Virginia Tech Rescue Squad

10/28/2025

Happy National First Responders Day!

Today, we recognize the unwavering dedication, courage, and service of our fellow first responders.

As members of the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad, we have the honor of working closely with other first responders such as Virginia Tech PD, Blacksburg PD, Blacksburg Fire, Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad, and all other agencies that serve Montgomery county. We want to thank all first responders for dedicating their time to help communities all around the country. Join us in celebrating our first responders!

06/05/2025

Orders will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for Virginia Tech’s safety and security functions.

06/02/2025

Funding from the university now supports costs and replacements of automated external defibrillators across all Virginia Tech facilities.

06/02/2025

Way to go, Thomas! 🥳

Thomas Feely and Katherine “Katie” Drinkwater will serve as undergraduate and graduate/professional student representatives, respectively. These representatives act as important liaisons between the university’s governing board and the broader student population.

02/24/2025

Over the weekend, 13 members of our agency went to the 32nd National Collegiate EMS Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
✅ Our team won 1st place in the Advanced Life Support Skills Challenge.
✅ Our status as a HEARTSafe Campus was renewed, acknowledging our continuous efforts to provide CPR/AED awareness, access, and competence to our community.
✅ We earned status as a MERIT-recognized agency, acknowledging our dedication to the highest quality of EMS on the basis of operations, apparatus, administration, and outreach.
✅ Jason Oberio, one of our Life Members, gave two case-study-based lectures. One on burns management and the other on cardiac issues.
✅ Team Leader Brennan Stimart gave a presentation on the use of VR as a new, upcoming tool for immersive training opportunities in the field of EMS.
Thank you to National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF) for having us and we congratulate them on another successful year of education, support, and progress!

02/20/2025

will wrap up at noon today! If you are wanting to donate to our agency, a $15 donation can score you custom Hokie shoelaces. Here's the link if you are interested in supporting the squad: https://givingday.vt.edu/giving-day/94092/donate?dept=94123

02/19/2025

starts TODAY at 12pm and goes for 24 hours. If able, please consider donating to the VTRS to further our mission of providing the highest quality of EMS care to the campus of Virginia Tech. Here's the link to donate: https://givingday.vt.edu/giving-day/94092/donate?dept=94123 We thank you for your support.

02/12/2025

Giving Day is only ONE. WEEK. AWAY! We truly appreciate your generosity! Ut Prosim! ❤️🧡 https://www.rescue.vt.edu/HowYouCanHelp.html

02/06/2025

Check out this article where two of our members, Sydney Sokol and Albert Annan are featured. 🙌
"When you are in the back of the ambulance with a patient in front of you, you get the opportunity to see how concepts from the classroom are applicable to the lives of the community around you,” -- Sokol.
"Albert Annan said working with the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad is as much of a social role as a medical role. 'We don’t just see people who need emergency help all the time. We see people who have anxiety, panic attacks, depression.'”

Students are helping rural residents away from more populated areas understand better what health services are available for them, but they also are learning from those rural residents about obstacles to care.