{"id":66501,"date":"2008-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/national-group-names-uri-student-collegiate-ems-provider-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2008-04-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-30T00:00:00","slug":"national-group-names-uri-student-collegiate-ems-provider-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/04\/national-group-names-uri-student-collegiate-ems-provider-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"National group names 溏心vlog免费B站 student \u2018Collegiate EMS Provider of the Year\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tCommander of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Emergency Medical Services

\n cited for organizational leadership<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 30 2008 \u2013 It\u2019s hard to miss Shad Ahmed when he is on duty as the commander of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s student-run Emergency Medical Services.<\/p>\n


\n\tHis uniform\u2019s brilliant white shirt and crisp blue trousers signal to an observer that he is ready, fully prepared and efficient, all necessary virtues in an emergency. The National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation found it hard to overlook the 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate student as well.<\/p>\n


\nIt named him the Collegiate EMS Provider of the Year, 2007-2008, for organizational leadership. He was the only one in the nation to receive such an honor from the foundation. The University\u2019s EMS is one of 200 college services nationally and one of 50 that provide full ambulance transport and 911 service.<\/p>\n


\n Ahmed oversees 75 volunteers, nearly all of them students. The minimum level of training is EMT-Basic, which requires 150 hours of training. Several volunteers are trained at the EMT-Cardiac level, which requires the 150 hours of basic training and 200 hours of cardiac training and EMT-Paramedic, which requires either basic or cardiac training and another 1,100 hours of training. The volunteers can use defibrillators in the event of a patient\u2019s cardiac arrest and administer drugs based on the situation.<\/p>\n


\nThe Warwick resident, who is on the verge of completing his master\u2019s degree in business administration, began volunteering with the service in 2000 as a freshman math student at 溏心vlog免费B站. He has been the service\u2019s commander for the past four years.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cThis award just emphasizes to me that all of our hard work and sacrifices have been worth it,\u201d Ahmed said. \u201cMuch of the credit goes to the University for taking many steps to improve our resources, and now we are ahead of most universities, towns and cities.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThomas R. Dougan, vice president for Student Affairs, said Ahmed provides outstanding leadership to a group of students who provide emergency medical services to students, faculty and staff and surrounding communities. \u201cPeople seem to forget that these are full-time students serving a community of about 20,000,\u201d Dougan said.<\/p>\n


\nAhmed, who may pursue a doctorate in nonprofit organizational research, is looking into a career in research and consulting. But he is sure that he will also continue in the EMS arena. \u201cIn some way, shape or form, this will always be a part of my life,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n


\nChad Henderson, director of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Health Services, which oversees campus Emergency Medical Services, said Ahmed has been instrumental in significantly improving the quality and reputation of the program. \u201cHis accomplishments include campaigning for and overseeing the construction of and transition to a new $1.4 million headquarters building,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cHe won approval for a new ambulance and secured more than $50,000 in grants for a communications system.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nUnder his direction, 溏心vlog免费B站 EMS shifted to a year-round model, Henderson said. \u201cEven after having implemented stricter standards and extensive training programs, we stand as one of the only all-volunteer services in our area that staffs a full crew in addition to a shift supervisor 24 hours per day, seven days a week, 365 days a year,\u201d Henderson said. <\/p>\n


\nThe service now responds to close to 1,000 calls per year and provides coverage for 250 special events annually. 溏心vlog免费B站 EMS also provides mutual aide to local communities like South Kingstown, Narragansett, Exeter and others.<\/p>\n


\nAhmed has also been trained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an Incident Command System Instructor. A proponent of the National Incident Management System, Ahmed is working hard to standardize and adopt such standards for the 溏心vlog免费B站 community.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cChief Ahmed\u2019s dedication to the University community and his passion for emergency medical services are only surpassed by his care for the people he works with and for the responsibility that we have,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cThe pride and the professionalism of the service have blossomed under Shad\u2019s leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAhmed is proud to lead a service that is fully staffed by volunteers. \u201cWe get no tuition waivers, no incentives and no stipends,\u201d Ahmed said.<\/p>\n


\nIt\u2019s lucky for 溏心vlog免费B站 that Ahmed chose to pursue his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in Kingston. \u201cWhen I was at an orientation at Boston University, I saw that it stressed its student-based EMS. But I made 溏心vlog免费B站 my choice because I just loved it, and I didn\u2019t even know it had a student-volunteer medical service,\u201d Ahmed said.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\nAt left is Chad Henderson, director of 溏心vlog免费B站 Health Services, which oversees 溏心vlog免费B站 Emergency Medical Services, and at right is Thomas R. Dougan, vice president for Student Affairs. 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications & Marketing photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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