Ambulance

The mission of the White Earth Reservation Ambulance Service is to provide the highest level of pre-hospital care through rapid response, continuous training, compassion, and dedication to the people we serve.

The White Earth Reservation Ambulance was first organized in 1976. The service now has 20 staff members consisting of both EMT's and Paramedics. We provide 24 hour emergency medical coverage to the citizens of the White Earth Reservation. We are a BLS (Basic Life Support) service which serves approximately 5,500 people, with fluctuations during the tourist seasons. Our service covers approximately 1,300 square miles. We have our base stations in the village of White Earth and a substation in the village of Naytahwaush. The service is dispatched through the White Earth 24 hour Dispatch Center located in the village of White Earth.

What To Do In An Emergency

Heart Attack
Signs and Symptoms:
Clutching chest, grey color, sweating, chest pain, pressure, squeezing, nausea, pain or numbness in neck radiating down left arm and shortness of breath.

Actions:
Call 911. Keep the person calm and have them sit or lay down. Give the dispatcher any information that you have on the persons medical history. If the person has gone unconscious, then you need to get them down to the floor and check for breathing. If not breathing, do rescue breathing, if no pulse, do CPR. Keep CPR going until help arrives from either law enforcement or EMS personnel.

Choking
Signs and Symptoms: Both hands grasping at neck, unable to make sound, red face and blue lips.

Actions:
Call 911. Ask the person "Are you choking?" If they shake thier head yes, do the Heimlich maneuver. Repeat until the object comes out or they collapse. If they collapse, look for the object and try to take it out. Try to give 2 breaths, if you can't get breaths in, do abdominal thrusts until object comes free. If you can get a breath in, give 2 breaths and check for a pulse. If no pulse, do CPR.