In this column: MGSHC = Ministry Good Samaritan Health Center; AWH = Aspirus Wausau Hospital; MSCH = Ministry St. Clare’s Hospital; MSJH = Ministry St. Joseph’s Hospital; PCNH = Pine Crest Nursing Home.
January 1
Medic runs: #1- 5:35 a.m., 45yo female, Sturdevant St. to MGSHC, trauma; #2- 9:13 a.m., 74yo male, E. 3rd St. to MGSHC, medical; #3- 11:44 a.m., 42yo male, E. 9th St. to MGSHC, medical; #4- 1:55 p.m., 92yo female, Mill Rd. to MGSHC, respiratory; #5- 1:58 p.m., 73yo female, Crescent Dr. to MGSHC, respiratory; #6- 2:49 p.m., 42yo male, MGSHC to E. 9th St., patient assist.
Other activities: year & monthly reports.
January 2
Fire runs: #1- 11:52 a.m., Hwy. 51, 1-vehicle rollover, assisted medic crew on scene, no extrication needed; #2- 8:33 p.m., 205 E. St., odor investigation, nothing found.
Medic runs: #7- 3:46 a.m., 46yo male, Genesee St. to MGSHC, medical; #8- 5:35 a.m., 58yo male, Hwy. X to MGSHC, cardiac; #9- 7:35 a.m., 58yo male, MGSHC to MSCH, cardiac; #10- 9:17 a.m., 79yo male, Hwy. E to MGSHC, respiratory; #11- 11:43 a.m., 49yo male, Hwy. 51 to Medevac Air, trauma; #12- 11:43 a.m., 54yo female, Hwy. 51 to MGSHC, trauma; #13- 1:08 p.m., 54yo female, MGSHC to AWH, trauma; #14- 6:40 p.m., 92yo female, 6th St. to MGSHC, trauma; #15- 8:49 p.m., 92yo female, MGSHC to PCNH, trauma; #16- 10:07 p.m., 44yo male, Cleveland St. to MGSHC, medical; #17- 11:06 p.m., 42yo male, W. Main St. to MGSHC, medical.
Other activities: review SOG on ice rescue.
January 3
Medic runs: #18- 3:27 a.m., 44yo male, Hwy. Z to MGSHC, cardiac; #19- 8:52 a.m., 84yo male, O’Day St. to MGSHC, medical; #20- 1:42 p.m., 73yo female, E. 2nd St. to MGSHC, medical; #21- 1:50 p.m., 71yo female, Grand Ave. to MGSHC, trauma.
Other activities: fire inspections of Merrill businesses.
January 4
Fire runs: #3- W5032 Hillside Dr., 3 p.m., CO check, nothing found, left a loaner detector on scene.
Medic runs: #22- 7:34 a.m., 82yo female, Hwy. E to MGSHC, illness; #23- 9:58 a.m., 17yo female, E. 1st St. to MGSHC, medical; #24- 3:06 p.m., 16yo female, N. State St. to MGSHC, illness; #25- 3:58 p.m., 95yo male, PCNH to MGSHC, trauma; #26- 4:59 p.m., 69yo male, Chippewa St. to MGSHC, cardiac; #27- 6:49 p.m., 25yo female, Memorial & Main to MGSHC, trauma; #28- 7:29 p.m., 95yo male, MGSHC to PCNH, trauma.
Other activities: bi-annual inspections of area businesses; snowmobile safety class; taught First Aid to 68 students.
January 5
Fire runs: #4- Hwy. 51, Rescue 1 came across truck rollover in northbound lane, driver OK, Rescue 1 stood by for scene safety.
Medic runs: #29- 4:37 a.m., 86yo male, E. 6th St. to MGSHC, respiratory; #30- 8:17 a.m., 86yo male, MGSHC to PCNH, trauma; #31- 6:59 p.m., Hwy. 51, motor vehicle accident, no transport; #32- 7:32 p.m., Hwy. 51, motor vehicle accident, no transport.
Other activities: fire inspection, city of Merrill & town of Merrill.
January 6
Fire runs: #5- 7:29 p.m., 3350 E. Main St., gas leak at the pumps, on arrival pumps were shut off, used Sphag Sorb to contain & neutralize spill, no fire.
Medic runs: #33- 1:44 a.m., E. 1st St., no transport; #34- 7:53 a.m., 77yo male, E. 6th St. to MGSHC, respiratory; #35- 8:32 a.m., 34yo male, E. Main St. to MGSHC, trauma; #36- 11:43 a.m., 44yo male, Pine Ridge Ave. to MGSHC, medical; #37- 1:11 p.m., 67yo female, VanRensselaer St. to MGSHC, medical; #38- 11:14 p.m., 84yo female, E. 6th St. to MGSHC, medical.