Open House Planned For New Hopkins County EMS Station/Hospital District Headquarters
Hopkins County EMS and Hospital District made the move in December and are getting settled into their new EMS station and Hospital District Headquarters, located on 116 Airport Road across from their old digs by CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs. An open house is planned Jan. 25 for the new building. The event will begin with a ribbon-cutting at noon, and include a facility dedication with the HCHD Board of Directors,...
Hopkins County EMS Earns National Recognition For Efforts To Improve STEMI Treatment In Northeast Texas
The American Heart Association Presents Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Plus Achievement Award For Implementation Of Quality Care For Severe Heart Attack Patients SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas — Hopkins County EMS has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Plus Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures to treat patients who suffer severe heart attacks. Each year, more than 250,000...
Hopkins County EMS Receives Achievement Award
CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Business News By Holly Ragan, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs, Texas, July 21, 2020 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Health Ministry of Jesus Christ. Awards Hopkins County EMS ambulances The American Heart Association proudly recognizes Hopkins County EMS with...
New Equipment, Vehicle Updates Approved For Hopkins County EMS
Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors considered four capital expenditure requests and a contract renewal. New equipment purchases and vehicle updates were approved for Hopkins County EMS, along with a modified EMS contract with Franklin County. Hopkins County Hospital District COO/ EMS Director Brent Smith Lucas Devices HCHD COO/Hopkins County EMS Director Brent Smith asked the board to consider the purchase of three...
SSHS Students Herd, Lopez Recognized For Creating Logos For Hopkins County EMS
Hopkins County EMS Director Brent Smith, Osiel Lopez, HCEMS C Shift Lt. Megan Boyles and Capt. Jeff Sanderson, and Katie Beth Herd Sulphur Springs High School graphic design students Katie Beth Herd and Osiel Lopez Friday were presented with cash awards for submitting the designs selected by Hopkins County EMS as their new logos. Herd was awarded at $250 honorarium check for her first place logo and Lopez received a $125 honorarium...
Hopkins County EMS: Ambulance, Vehicle Collision On Hillcrest Drive Resulted In No Serious Injuries
Hopkins County Emergency Medical Services ambulances An ambulance and another vehicle collided Saturday afternoon on Hillcrest Drive. No one sustained serious injuries as a result of the crash, according to Hopkins County Director of EMS Brent Smith. The mobile intensive care ambulance unit reportedly had a patient on board and was headed to CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs when the crash occurred at the intersection...
Meet Brent Smith, Hopkins County EMS Director
Brent Smith loves his job and is pleased with the many ways in which Emergency Medical Services is being recognized across the State for the services it renders to the public. But he is especially pleased with the professional level of care and the continuity of services that Hopkins County EMS renders to persons in need of emergency transport and medical care. In fact, according to Brent, “our EMS vehicles are like a mobile...
Rains County Tabbed To Become The 4th Served by Hopkins County EMS
PTO Buyback Policy Receives Hospital District Board Approval Hopkins County Emergency Medical Services personnel could soon expand its coverage into Rains County, making it the third county outside of Hopkins served by the local service. Hopkins County Hospital District Board of Directors, following an executive session Friday, agreed to the expand Hopkins County EMS services into Rains County, if Rains County Emergency Services...
Smith: Hopkins County EMS Receives American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline EMS Recognition
Brent Smith, director of Hopkins County EMS services, explains to Hopkins County Hospital District Board the process that went into the EMS service receiving gold plus recognition through the American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline EMS program. Hopkins County EMS has earned the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS gold plus recognition, according to Hopkins County EMS Director of services Brent Smith. The...
Hopkins County EMS Video Among Top 30 Competing in CBS Special “Lip Sync To The Rescue”
Hopkins County EMS is one of 30 emergency response departments from across the country selected to compete in an upcoming CBS reality special called “Lip Sync To The Rescue,” based on department’s #LipSyncChallenge video. For those unfamiliar, the #LipSyncChallenge began as a fun way for police, sheriff, fire department and EMTs to engage with their communities by creating lip sync music videos and challenging. The Lip...
