Crisis Center of Tampa Bay
 July 2013

 

Above & Beyond the Call of Duty   

 

Everyone at TransCare medical transportation strives to ensure that every patient receives exceptional care and compassion during their transport. This is an ambitious goal when you consider that last year TransCare provided medical transportation to 28,765 people and mental health transportation to 6,252 people.  
 
This commitment to excellence was apparent recently when a TransCare crew transported an individual to Tampa General Hospital. TransCare EMT's, Josh Allen and Gary Downs brought in a homeless male patient who was in very rough shape and covered in dirt and feces.  The crew asked the lead clinician if she would like help cleaning up the patient. She assured the crew that the man would be taken care of, but that it would take a while. The TransCare crew told her not to worry and took it upon themselves to take their patient to the decontamination area, undress and thoroughly wash him before  

assisting him into his bed. Later that week, the TGH clinician reached out to the Crisis Center to state that she was truly amazed and that in her 30 years  

on the job she has never witnessed a more compassionate and caring act by  

an ambulance crew.
 
Josh and Gary received special recognition by Crisis Center CEO, David Braughton for their work. At the award presentation, they stated they were simply doing their job and did what any TransCare crew would do in a similar situation.
 

 

    

  
 
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