Local AMR Paramedic/EMT Score 2nd in National Competition

Editor's note: The following news release was received from American Medical Response, which provides ambulance service in Fairfield.

American Medical Response (AMR) Paramedic Chris Molnar and EMT Aimee Roberts from Bridgeport recently returned from Denver where they placed second in the AMR National Competition. The event was held June 13. The national event brought together several of AMR’s top caregivers who competed in a safety and clinical skills competition.

Molnar and Roberts represented the AMR Northeast Region. The team had the second highest scores for both the safety and clinical events.

The AMR National Competition tests the skills of paramedics and EMTs from AMR locations across the country. The event simulated situations that EMS practitioners encounter on a daily basis. It included a timed driving course that measured their abilities to safely and efficiently operate an ambulance while providing care to a training mannequin simulating a patient in need of emergency medical services. The teams were scored on teamwork and technique of skills performed.

AMR held the event at the Community College of Aurora’s (CCA) nationally renowned Center for EMS Simulation. They also used the CCA Disaster Management Institute's fully functional operations center, which uses some of the most advanced control room technology available.

AMR operations from around the country hosted preliminary competitions over the past few months to choose the finalists for the national event.

Submitted by AMR