Driver Exam

O bank Channel 1

Dispatch: we dont talk here

O bank Channel 011

NE/SE (not us) only use when in NE/SE areas

O bank Channel 12

NW/SW US!! This is our default

H bank: H2

Children’s National Medical Center 

H bank: H4

MedStar Trauma

H bank: H5

Howard University Hospital

H bank: H7

Georgetown Hospital

H bank: H8

George Washington University Hospital

H bank: H11

Poison Control (not a hospital)

H bank: H12

Sibley Memorial Hospital

H bank: H13

Washington Hospital Center

GWPD Channels: 1

GWPD 1

GWPD Channels: 2

GWPD 2

GWPD Channels: 3

EMeRG

GWPD Channels: 4

SAMS

GW Call signs: GW 1-2 Alpha

crew chief

GW Call signs: GW 1-2 Bravo

Driver

GW Call signs: GW 1-2 Charlie

EMT (attendant/probie)

GW Call signs: GW 1-2 Delta

EMT (attendant/probie)

OUC Call Signs: EMeRG ambulance (1st)

Ambulance GW-1

OUC Call Signs: EMeRG ambulance (2nd)

Ambulance GW-2

ELO

EMS Liaison Officer, paramedic

When do we contact ELO

• Off-campus calls

• hospital other than H8

• interagency disputes 

• Possible med con

Priority 1 (response)

Lights and sirens call ALS en route

Priority 2 (response)

Lights and sirens, no ALS

Priority 3 (response)

No lights no sirens drive standard

OUC priority (response)

Responding to OUC call

Transport Priority 1

lights and sirens (CRITICAL)

• als no als on board 

• Cardiac arrest

Transport Priority 2

lights and sirens

Transport Priority 3

no lights or sirens (BLS patient)

Primary service area

• 19th St NW

• E St NW

• Virginia Ave NW

• Pennsylvania Ave NW

• 24th St NW

Secondary Service Locations

• Dupont Circle NW

• Connecticut Ave NW

• 17th St NW

• Independence Ave SW

• Rock Creek Parkway NW

• P St NW

Mount Vernon Locations

• Foxhall Road NW

• Whitehaven Parkway NW 

• MacArthur boulevard NW

• W street NW

Parking considerations

• Egress 

• scene safety 

• allow access for other emergency vehicles 

• protect the rear 

• think about the quickest route to hospital 

• cause the least disruption of traffic

When to use OUC Radio

Responding → on scene → transporting → at hospital → clear and available

• clear and avalible 

  • from hospital name

  • PT care transfered to (unit)

  • PT refusal 

Limited stretcher access

• Madison

• Munson

• JBKO

• Building JJ

• 2109 F St NW

• Fullbright (1st Floor)

• Mitchell (only one elevator fits stretcher, not the main entrance)

• FSK

Required Locations

• 2120 L Street NW (MFA Training Center)

• 1776 G Street

• Corcoran Gallery of Art/The Flagg Building 

• Student Health Center