2010 EMT of the year
Lora Lay, EMT –IV

Lora began her EMS career at Scott Co in 2003 after applying for a part time position. Lora had no experience and had not worked in EMS at that time. (I had no intentions of hiring her ) She explaned she could only work part time because of an illness of her child and would be traveling to Shiners Hospital three days a week for the next year and stated she would work any shift. I offered her a shift working every weekend which she excepted. Over the next year she never missed a shift on the weekends and worked many extra shifts. So when she was ask to take a full-time shift she accepted and went full time on a BLS truck. Then she work her way to ALS truck by working on her days off. With time and experience she became a very competent EMT IV at the ALS level. She was and is very competent of her skills at the EMT level. She is cool under pressure situations. She has a great ability to communicate and calm pt’s and family members during stressful situations. So over all as an EMT she does a great job, but I would like to explain where she steps up and goes beyond the norm.

Lora is and has always been very involved in any extra activity going on at the ambulance service. Such as our first Christmas float for our local X-MAS parade which she organized from the ground up including design ,volunteers, materials and financing which won first place. Lora became an assistant instructor for Roane State three years ago where she has instructed at the Scott Co Campus teaching basic skills at the EMT level and over those three years she has maintained a 100% pass rate in skills. Lora has prepared the paperwork for Scott Co EMS State Audit for the past two years with minimal assists and has done so very successfully with zero deficances .

Lora was given the assignment to reorganize our supply warehouse and to keep up the ordering of supplies. She came to me with a plan she had put together and I told her to go forward with the plan. After one year we had a decrease of nearly sixteen thousand dollars in supply cost and very seldom run short on any supplies. You can ask her at any time the amount spent on supplies and she can tell you down to the cent. Just to remind you while she does all the ordering and pricing of supplies , prepares the state audit and is involved in many extra activities with EMS, she does all this while working a full time truck with no extra pay. Overall Lora is that employee that we all hope, the one that is always at work (on time ) ready to do their job with a inthuastic attitude, willing to take on extra assignments without asking why and not expecting any extra for doing it. She is good with other employees, patents and other health care workers. In her words” I am a representive of Scott Co EMS” and she represents us well. But beyond her love of EMS she is a single Mother who puts her children first. She is always involved in their activities. If you need to fine Lora just find her kids, Bible School during the summer or vacationing in the mountains or the beach, during the fall we hear from her about a marble or pumpkin festival , winter it is Christmas plays and parades, and spring it is civil war reenactments or whatever her kids are involved in at the time. This is the first time Lora has been a nominee for EMT of the year and it will be the last because she has decide it is time to move forward with her career. She will start Paramedic School in Jan. 2011.Lora is a good Mom a good EMT and a good person with a compassionate heart for the people she is around whether it is a patent or a friend or a co-worker.

I feel she is very deserving and would a true representation of EMTof the Year.

2010 Service of the year
Sevier County EMS