June 2020 Pocono Mountain Regional EMS Regional Resources Newsletter

JUNE 2020

PMREMS newsletter

RegionalResource

Thank you again to all our community friends who brought lots of care packages for our PMREMS crew

Safe Practices with Insight on What’s Right

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OVID safe practices are a focus of this month’s Regional Resource edition with insight from some of the area’s top medical professionals.

Learn how cautious consideration for when to call 9-1-1 can sometimes cause greater health

concerns as physicians and Pocono Mountain Regional EMS add facts on why it’s important to react in time.

Also see where our Annual Subscription Drive is at, and how you can help share where neighbors can sign up today!

IN THIS EDITION

2 Household Stats Subscription Tally to Date 4 Staff Spotlight Special Sharing Inside Appreciation 5 St Luke’s COVID19 Readiness 6 Sign Me Up Deadline Extended 7 Lehigh Valley Health COVID Safe Care

P oco n o M ou nta in R eg io n a l E m e rg e n cy M e dica l S e rv ice s Headquarters135 Tegawitha Rd, Tobyhanna, PA 18466 WebPMREMS.org

Phone570.839.8485 EMAILINFO.PMREMS@gmail.com

8 Importance of Calling 911 Don’t Hesitate

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Pocono Mountain Regional Emergency Medical Services continues to pursue operational revenue through funding avenues like our annual Subscription Drive and we

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SERVES

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households

COVERAGE AREA

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BELOW compared to households shows how FAR WE ARE from that total goal this year’s subscriber numbers

To Date We Have

2,145

subscriptions*

help us HELP OUR COMMUNITY

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

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pmrems.org/subscription_page *Data as of June 18, 2020

St. Luke’s is working tirelessly to ensure our hospitals and facilities are as safe as ever: is working tirelessly • St. WeLuke’s are all masking for you

to ensure our hospitals and facilities are as safe as ever: • We screen all patients for COVID-19 prior to appointment and convert positive screens to virtual appointments

We are is all working masking fortirelessly you St.• Luke’s to ensure our hospitals • We limit the number of people in our waiting rooms • facilities We screenare all patients foras COVID-19 and as safe ever: prior to appointment and

and maintain social distancing convert positive screens to virtual appointments •• We allguests masking youperson and mask all guests Weare limit to for 1 per • We limit the number of people in our waiting rooms •• We screen allpatients patients for COVID-19 priorpatient to appointment and maintain social without distancing We provide COVID-19 rooms thatand are convert positive screens to virtual appointments safe and separate from other patients • We limit guests to 1 per person and mask all guests •• We the number of people infor ourmedically waiting rooms Welimit make special arrangements compromised patients •and We providesocial patients without COVID-19 patient rooms that are maintain distancing safe and sure separate fromisother patients • We make our staff healthy and fever-free • We limit guests to 1 per person and mask all guests Weprovide make special arrangements medically compromised patients • • We virtual registration andfor check-in as well as online payments • We provide patients without COVID-19 patient rooms that are Weand make sure our staff is healthy and fever-free • •safe We offer a blend of appointments (in-person and virtual) separate from other patients We provide virtual registration andmedically check-in as well as online payments We maintain high levels of infection prevention, repeatedly cleaning •• •We make special arrangements for compromised patients and disinfecting all waiting and exam rooms We offersure a blend of appointments (in-person and virtual) • •We make our staff is healthy and fever-free The care you trust.

Nowof more thanprevention, ever.

• We maintain high levels infection repeatedly cleaning • We provide virtual registration and check-in as well as online payments and disinfecting all waiting and exam rooms • We offer a blend of appointments (in-person and virtual)

The care you trust. Now more than ever.

• We maintain high levels of infection prevention, repeatedly cleaning and disinfecting all waiting and exam rooms

The care you trust. Now more than ever.

sluhn.org/COVID-19

pocono mountain regional ems

subscription

DRIVE

EXTENDS SIGNUPS Pocono Mountain Regional EMS has extended it’s annual Subscription Drive signups!

Comprising nearly 10% of revenue sources, our annual Subscription Drive is not only a critical part of PMREMS revenue; it enables families to pay a fee of just $75 for emergency ambulance transpor t coverage up to May 31, 2021.

Responding to nearly 6900 emergency calls shows an elevated need. As call volume increases, so do

operating costs which include building and vehicle maintenance, equipment purchases, and training classes for our medical professionals.

To help offset these costs and continue to give the quality of care you deserve, we turn to our community for help. While fundraising isn’t a new thing, we see it as an opportunity to not only subsidize operational expenses, but also cut costs for residents.

SEE HOW HELPING US HELPS YOU YOUR $75 Subscription

WITHOUT

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Covers your household

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Unlimited medically necessary 911 transports

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PMREMS bills your insurance directly

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No co-pay or deductible associated with your medical insurance coverage -plus- you will not be billed for the portion not covered by insurance

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Accepted by ambulance services providing mutual aid to PMREMS A Note to Medicare Beneficiaries

Billed for the portion not covered by insurance that could mount to hundreds of dollars

Medicare pays 80% of their fee schedule leaving the patient responsible for a 20% balance

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20% Medicare balance waived

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Billed 20% Medicare Balance

Medicare beneficiaries may still be billed for co-payments & deductible if required by law

download a subscription Drive form

today

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When to See a Neurologist

When someone suffers from migraines for long time, it’s easy to dismiss every headache as a migraine. Serious brain bleeds have been missed as a result of this. It is very

When headache stops responding to over the counter pain medications, becomes too frequent or starts affecting your school or work performance, it’s time to see a neurologist.

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Headaches associated with visual symptoms, especially visual loss should prompt a visit to your neurologist. A neurologist can look inside your eyes to detect raised pressure inside the brain. A timely diagnosis of this condition can avoid permanent vision loss.

How LVHN is Providing COVIDSAFE Care in Our Practices Treatments for Migraine Sufferers

Depending on the headache frequency, patient preference, coexisting medication conditions, several medication options are available to

BY AMANDA BIALEK treat migraines.

Some medicines are supposed ated on June 10,2020 to be taken on a daily basis and others are to ting or be taken only when a headache happens. sensitivity Providing quality and compassionate health care has always been our mission at Lehigh Valley Health nauseous When headaches are resistant to these Network (LVHN). You can be confident that even during the coronavirus pandemic, that same level of ople medications, patients can be referred for botox care injections. continues but with an added commitment – to provide you and your loved ones with COVID-SAFE a migraine s worse.care. At our Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG) and Coordinated Health practices, we have As strange as it sounds, overusing headache ts between implemented many safety like screening everyone for COVID-19 symptoms and medications can actually cause aprecautions headache.

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The Importance of

Calling 9-1-1

This is really a crisis As COVID understandably leads to apprehension over avoiding exposure; it’s those same cautionary decisions causing those in need of immediate medical attention to put themselves at risk by not call 9-1-1.

Other disorders besides COVID can be just as deadly just as crippling The early signs of heart attack or stroke are an example of illnesses that when treated appropriately and without hesitation can result in a positive situation as opposed to a serious outcome.

If presented early can have a high level of intervention Medical professionals across the nation, like Dr. Jonathan Hosey, urge anyone experiencing symptoms of an illness trust in experienced medical professionals and without hesitation seek medical attention.

Click the video above to LEARN more Adding to Dr. Hosey’s advice, Pocono Mountain Regional Emergency Medical Services, Denise Doremus, shares EMS insight.

any hesitation because they hope to avoid possible exposure to COVID is putting themselves at serious risk.”

“Procedures are in place across all medical fields; from ambulance EMTs and Paramedics responding to calls and transporting patients, to Emergency Room professional protocols, all are intended to protect not only patients but doctors and nurses from the spread of COVD,” she states.

Continue to follow Regional Resource Newsletter updates on COVID consideration along with tips for healthy lifestyles and more

Adding, “For someone experiencing signs of a disorder where seconds count,

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