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Fla. EMS strained by Spring Break calls

911 calls are up 9 percent compared to last year, and there has been a 7 percent increase in transports of revelers who have been injured, over-imbibed or overdosed

Panama City News Herald

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Paramedic Joslyn Connor recently worked a Spring Break shift in which 167 calls were dispatched for 911 ambulance service.

“That was pretty much no sleep for 24 hours,” she said. “It’s a rough business when it gets hot.”

Ambulances with lights on and sirens blaring have been traveling over the Hathaway Bridge on a regular basis, transporting Spring Break revelers who have been injured, over-imbibed or overdosed to Bay Medical Center and Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center.

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