St. Johnsville Ambulance - SAVAC

06/12/2026

That's a wrap for today! Beyond grateful to the Southern Adirondack Fire Prevention Team, Inc. for inviting us to attend the annual Health and Safety Expo.

Thank you to the Dolgeville Elementary School for hosting St. Johnsville Ambulance - SAVAC, Fulton County Sheriff's Office, Dolgeville Fire Dept., Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department, NYS Forest Rangers, and others...

We truly enjoyed connecting with the community were serve! There may be a few future St. Johnsville EMTs and Paramedics that came through today.

If you are interested in having St. Johnsville Ambulance attend one of your events in any capacity, please message here on Facebook OR call us directly at 518-568-5499.

Stay safe, and stay cool!

06/12/2026

06/10/2026

Tuesday Trivia answer.....

C — 100 to 120 compressions per minute! 🎉

Besides the Bee Gees...here are some other songs that hit that same tempo:

🎵 "Dancing Queen" — ABBA
🎵 "Crazy in Love" — Beyoncé
🎵 "Hips Don't Lie" — Shakira
🎵 "Sweet Home Alabama" — Lynyrd Skynyrd
🎵 "Another One Bites the Dust" — Queen (yes, really 😄)

Call 911. Push hard. Push fast. Don't stop until help arrives.

Bystander CPR can double or triple someone's odds of survival before we even get on scene.

That's how powerful it is.

Want to learn? Check with your local Red Cross or ask us — we can point you in the right direction. 💪

Shout out to J Katelyn Rose Bantis for being our first responder, pun intended....and Stephen Romano, for our last responder. Talk about down to the wire. Also, pun intended.

How'd the rest of you do? 👇

Stay classy.

06/10/2026

🌧️🌡️Heads up! Summer is here.

And!! Last chance to comment your answer for Tuesday Trivia before we share the answer this afternoon.....

🔥🌧️Friday: The National Weather Service has issued a Heat and Severe Thunderstorm Advisory for both Fulton and Montgomery Counties from noon to 8 PM, with heat index values expected to reach 100°F.

Remember!

🟡 Heat exhaustion: heavy sweating, cool/pale skin, weakness, nausea. Move them to shade, cool them down, hydrate.

🔴 Heat stroke: hot/red/dry skin, confusion, no sweating. This is a 911 call. DO NOT WAIT.

This week, that means:
🏠 Check on elderly neighbors — especially anyone without AC heading into Friday
💧 Hydrate now, not when you're already thirsty
⛈️ If you hear thunder any day this week, get inside — don't wait for the rain
⏰ Any outdoor plans Friday? Move them to the morning

We'll be out there all week if you need us. Stay safe. ❤️

06/10/2026

🚨❓️🚑❓️It's Trivia Tuesday for you night owls or early birds! ❓️🚑❓️🚨

When someone is in cardiac arrest, how many chest compressions per minute should a bystander aim for during CPR?

🅐 40–60
🅑 80–100
🅒 100–120
🅓 140–160

Drop your answer in the comments — we'll reveal the correct answer Wednesday evening. No Googling! 😄

06/05/2026

“Ready, set, action!” 🎥📹

Although our jobs may not be as glamorous as a movie star, our paramedics and EMTs follow the same motto!

There is so much that goes on behind the scenes in the EMS world, and our “rig checks” are one of them. We need to be prepared at any moment for any type of emergency. To ensure our patients receive the highest quality care, our crews check our ambulances from top to bottom multiple times a day making sure we have everything we need in any situation.

From IV pumps, medications, and ventilators, to oxygen, bandaids and gauze our crews take meticulous care to ensure we have all the supplies we need when our community needs it most! 🚑🚨💚

05/23/2026

05/22/2026

For EMS week this year, our hard working EMTs and medics were provided with customized St Johnsville EMS jackets.

While of course we wish we could give them gifts every single day to thank them for all of their hard work and dedication, this is a little something we wanted to provide to our team to show our appreciation for all that they do 💚🚨🚑

05/21/2026

🚨🚑💚Meet our crew! 💚🚑🚨

While we have many more employees here at St. Johnsville, here are a couple of our amazing EMTs and paramedics that make up just some of our amazing crew!

They would like to share what got them into EMS and what they love about it 💚🫶🏻