Paramedic Jobs Recognized
Those with paramedic jobs in New Jersey have been recognized by a national commission.
Jersey City Medical Center's Emergency Medical Service, operated by LibertyHealth, recently received accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services. This is the first ambulance service in northern New Jersey, the third in the state and one of only 135 across the country to receive the accreditation.
"This accreditation reflects the commitment we have to the people in the community who depend on us for their well being," Christopher Rinn, EMS director, said. "It's a real credit to the hard work, perseverance and professionalism of our medical director Dr. Bill Wang and the 250 individuals who comprise our team, and it speaks to the commitment the hospital has in maintaining a first class emergency medical service for Jersey City and Hudson County."
The EMS program was accredited after undergoing a voluntary review process, which included completion of a comprehensive application and an on-site review by a team of national EMS experts, according to EMSResponder.com. JCMC received special special recognition for having no deficiencies during the review.
"This is another wonderful tribute that is being paid to the work of the Jersey City Medical Center EMS," LibertyHealth Chair Robert Margulies said. "In addition to ambulance groups from Europe and Canada visiting here expressly to observe its operations, EMS was recently named a finalist in a prestigious statewide competition for its innovation in healthcare."
The CAAS was established to encourage and promote quality patient care in America's medical transportation system and was initially based on the efforts of the American Ambulance Association.
The CAAS acts as an independent commission to establish a comprehensive series of standards for the ambulance service industry, which address patient care and the ambulance service's total operation and relationships with other agencies, the general public and the medical community.
In order for an ambulance service to be accredited by the CAAS, they must meet the "gold standard" determined by the industry to be essential in a modern EMS provider. These standards often exceed those established by state or local regulations.
"We're very proud of our EMS team's ability to meet the Commission's extremely demanding standards," said Joseph Scott, president and CEO of LibertyHealth, said. "It speaks volumes to the standards held by both EMS and the hospital, and reinforces our mission of 'enhancing life.'"