Members Members Everywhere!

Not that we are complaining though!

The club fair proved to be sucessful again this year, as 110 students expressed interest in joining FUEMS. The numbers that are coming to crew nights is hovering somewhere in the vicinity of 50, but that number appears to be risiging towards 60 as the weeks go on.

As usual, we continue to hold 4 crew nights, once a week, over the span of a month, on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the office at 8pm. So far we have covered the ever thrilling OSHA video and tonight we went over basic first aid. Next week we will be covering CPR and the following week will be "the attendant class" where we will go over important policies, procedures, how to take vital signs, and how to prepare for the first shift, and ambulance operations.

With just about all of our 20 new EMTs retunring this year, shifts are filling up quickly and everyone is on thier way to becoming cleared as crew chiefs. We never thought we'd actually see the day that people were fighting to sign up for shifts.

A BLAST FROM THE PAST

We have so many pictures in the office from our alumni (you guys really liked to take picture of yourselves, didn't you) so here is the first addition of our "BLAST FROM THE PAST"

A Year in Review (Better late than never)

2007-2008 proved to be quite a year for us here at FUEMS! We reconnected with our alumni at our 30th anniverssay dinner, took delivery of a brand new 2008 Trauma Hawk ambulance to reaplace the former Rig 1 (the 1993 McCoy Miller), worked to improve our relationships with the administration of the school, and began looking into new ways to secure a steady source of income for the organization to ensure that we remain financially sound into the future.

We saw one of the most successful membership drives in the history of the organization, with over 100 students expressing interest in joining, graduating 68 new members from our four week training program, and providing 23 students Emergency Medication Technician training.

We responded to over 600 calls for help this past year from both on campus and off campus housing. We aided university students, faculty, and staff and when called upon, residents of the surrounding community on a strictly volunteer basis.

We were able to learn about our history, who played an influential role in the organzation from Bruce Nedelka to Charles Ashdown, Bill White, Dave Winters, John Grasso and the many others who worked tirelesly to move the organization forward and make us who we are today. We take great pride in maintaining the ideals with which the organization was founded and continuing the Jesuit tradition to be Men and Women for Others.

Above: The 2007-2008 Office Staff (minus Jess and Luckie)