Response Times
Policies, training and practice changes resulted in faster response time, penalty savings and improved morale across EMTs, paramedics and EMS leadership
Finger Lakes Ambulance decreased their response time from six minutes and 43 seconds to five minutes and 39 seconds with the addition of a new ambulance
Planning active shooter response training with police, fire, EMS and medivac helicopters is a complex and challenging task
The CityHawk EMS vehicle will be designed to easily navigate and land in busy cities
In this episode, co-host Kelly Grayson is joined by guest host EMS1 columnist Rob Lawrence to discuss the development of quality metrics
While COVID-19 cases have surged, EMS run volumes have dwindled as people are legitimately scared of going to the hospital
EMS providers said they were forced to wheel a stretcher for a quarter-mile down the road after being told it wouldn’t be cleared for another hour
The first responders on bicycles will be able to respond to medical emergencies more quickly than on larger apparatus
The two ambulance companies were allowed to serve the same area due to one of the agencies being understaffed
Austin EMS Association President Selena Xie said crews are responding to back-to-back calls and being pressured to “expedite”
SPC Nicholas Panipinto died in a training accident at Camp Humphrey in South Korea, after one medevac helicopter got lost and another wouldn’t start
Attorneys for the 19-year-old shooting victim’s mother say the city had no plan for delivering emergency services to the zone before allowing it to be occupied by protesters
Jack Stout’s innovations changed the way people thought about EMS
A village trustee said the decision to completely defund the ambulance service was “simply economics”
First Response Ambulance Service in Decatur disputed the computer-based system’s calculations that it had fallen short of meeting response time requirements
Local activists said the upcoming contract decision is an opportunity to improve racial equality after past complaints about response times in more diverse areas
Officials also said high call volumes due to COVID-19 are straining the city’s EMS system
Officials said there were nearly 2,000 emergency calls, as well as more than 2,000 non-emergency calls, as civil unrest peaked on May 30
Councilmember and Public Safety Committee Chair Lisa Herbold raised concerns about patients needing to be brought to the edge of the zone to reach fire department medics
One person was transported to the hospital in a private vehicle following the second shooting in the zone in 48 hours
Officials say fire department and police personnel were not able to enter the zone and did not reach either victim
A South Carolina senator sent a letter to Aiken County officials outlining the incident in a call for improvements to the county’s EMS
Conduct a needs assessment to establish how accessories will be used to save time and protect providers
Ambulance fleet management cost measurement, preventative maintenance to prevent critical failures can extend the vehicle life cycle
An appeal to a call response reduced the time by 15 seconds, allowing First Response Ambulance to hit the required response time maximums
A proposed ballot measure would help the county raise money to replace the system, which has failed more than four times in the last seven months
One city commissioner says he wants “backup” for the city’s current ambulance service, but the service says bringing in new companies would be “disruptive”
The fire department report said first responders scrambled to find the collapsed runner on a crowded bridge without adequate maps or information
Saratoga Springs officials are seeking to build the $6.6 million facility in a location that will improve response times to newly developed parts of the city
A committee formed after local firefighters and residents expressed frustrations over EMS response times and service
The service is calling for the requirements to match national standards as it appeals $10,000 in response-time penalties
The fire department said they believed an ambulance had already been sent, but it was sent to the wrong location
The pilot program with electric vehicle company Arcimoto will test the Rapid Responder, which is designed to quickly reach emergencies
