EKB News

Pike County Emergency Management Director Doug Tackett says the need for a mass casulty incident response trailer in the area resulted in a grant from the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to purchase the 11x5x5 trailer which contains 30 filled trauma kits, 12 medical restock boxes, 16 roll-a-stretchers, 50 trauma patient packs, 1 triage management kit and 50 backboards. Tackett says he believes the newly acquired trailer is the only such medical trailer in the eastern part of Kentucky, and, with the trailer, emergency personnel can save lots of lives. He says the trailer will enable emergency teams to treat people on the ground where several injuries occur, making it ideal in events such as bus crashes, a building collapse or during a mining accident.