Vision of the Walsh Ambulance Service
Our vision at the Walsh Ambulance Service is to provide fast and reliable emergency medical care to residents and visitors of our service area.
Mission of the Walsh Ambulance Service
Our mission is to provide the highest quality pre-hospital care and transport while ensuring that we care for the person and not just the patient. We support a positive and team work environment for our staff and our patients.
The Values of the Walsh Ambulance Service are:
Respect: We support the intentional affirmation that all human beings are gifted with life and uniqueness and deserve to be treated with dignity
Integrity: We create and maintain an atmosphere of trust, honesty, sincerity, and unshakable personal ethics.
Compassion: we support the individualized caring and comforting offered as healthcare providers. We listen with sensitivity to others viewpoints, making every efferent to hear rather than to judge, and using tact and diplomacy to resolve conflict.
Professionalism: we accept the challenge and responsibility to maintain the highest standard of excellence in Emergency Medical Services. We continually strive to determine and meet the needs of those we serve and measure our performance.
Integrity: We create and maintain an atmosphere of trust, honesty, sincerity, and unshakable personal ethics.
Compassion: we support the individualized caring and comforting offered as healthcare providers. We listen with sensitivity to others viewpoints, making every efferent to hear rather than to judge, and using tact and diplomacy to resolve conflict.
Professionalism: we accept the challenge and responsibility to maintain the highest standard of excellence in Emergency Medical Services. We continually strive to determine and meet the needs of those we serve and measure our performance.
This is the first ambulance that was operated in the Walsh area. It was operated by Dykes and Morich Furniture and Undertaking. In 1929 David Dykes began operating the ambulance transporting patients to wherever they needed to go. During the"dirty thirties" (1930's) many people became ill with dust pneumonia. David made many trips to and from the hospital in Halstead, Kansas, so his friends and neighbors could receive necessary care. This photo of David was taken outside the old elementary school building prior to one of his trips to Halstead.
Story from Dykes Memorial Chapel http://www.dykesmemorialchapel.com/fh/aboutus/history.cfm?&fh_id=12394
Story from Dykes Memorial Chapel http://www.dykesmemorialchapel.com/fh/aboutus/history.cfm?&fh_id=12394
This advertisement appeared in the Democrat Herald 1936 editions. Throughout the 1930's with the dustbowl and depression not many businesses made it. The Dykes & Morich Furniture and Undertaking and Ambulance service was one of those businesses that persevered through the hard times.