Field Operations
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St. John’s EMS strives to be on the cutting edge of services and technologies that will help save lives and ease suffering of those in need. In keeping with the philosophy of St. John’s Health System, we strive to meet the needs of the Ozarks area.

Operations at St. John’s EMS are primarily centered on “normal” emergencies that occur every day. But we are always looking at ways to be prepared and trained for devastating events such as, tornados, earthquakes, dam collapses, major fires, or homeland security events.

Here are a few examples of how we are improving our services.

Disaster Response

Special Operations Response Team

St. John’s EMS has a highly specialized team, capable of responding to an unlikely event, such as a weapon of mass destruction detonation. This team endures intense training programs to work hand in hand with the Homeland Security Response Team (HSRT) who responds to any such event. The Special Operations Response Team’s primary goal is to help with the care and decontamination of the crew members on the team so that they will be ready, trained, and available to care for the sick and injured on the scene.

EMS Bike Team

Although the names, Disaster Response, Special Response, and Bike Team, seem great, it is far more than just a name. Each one of these “specialties” comes with it a commitment, by employees, of long hours training, developing protocols, maintaining equipment, and actually responding when needed.