Response Times
Before DC Fire and EMS accuses the public of 911 abuse, the system needs to be staffed, monitored and performing effectively
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss a story about N.C. medics being incentivized to run calls in under 70 minutes
Change throughout the health care system is needed to align supply with demand for service
Dispatchers would send the ambulance or fire truck that would arrive the quickest, a computer calculation based on mapping and the use of automatic vehicle location devices
Only about 79 percent of the 1.27 million emergency calls received in 2015 were answered within 10 seconds; the national standard is 90 percent
Data collected from May through Nov. 16 show that of the 338 calls, the company had no crew for 88 of them
Following a call that killed 23 horses, the call center has decided to hire more employees
A report released in November claimed that Ottawa Paramedic Services has an “ongoing and systemic dispatching problem”
The lawsuit alleges that the ambulance was “unreasonably delayed,” because crews were lost en route and drove to the wrong location
Although the city’s ambulance response times have decreased, it is failing to meet the national standard
The lawsuit alleges had the ambulance not gotten lost on the way to the call, a cardiac arrest victim would still be alive
Officials have discussed the potential transfer of Ligonier Valley Ambulance Service with Excela Health; some are concerned the existing level of service will not remain intact
Under the agreement, the department would place one paramedic on every fire engine in order to provide ALS
Newton Ransom Volunteer Fire Company’s ambulance service’s low response rate leaves its license in jeopardy
A fire truck was on scene within three minutes of the call, but it did not have a paramedic on board
The implementation of dynamic deployment and how it is different from system status management is explained in this second myth busting primer
The definition of dynamic deployment and its implementation are explained in this mythbusting primer
Inaugural report sets foundation for evaluating changes, trends in the emergency care system, including standards of care, educational requirements and performance indicators
The newly formed Global Resuscitation Alliance offered four recommendations to increase cardiac arrest survival rates worldwide
The Lehigh Valley Health Network serves as a level 1 trauma center, comprehensive stroke center and burn center for the region
Family members claim “more could have been done” to save the woman
The plan to add two additional paramedic ambulances was met with opposition by the fire union, which claimed the change would decrease response times
The railroad crossing has taken valuable time away from heart attacks, fires
Speed humps could be worse for ambulances, slowing them on the way to and from the scene
Officials said EMS “didn’t know where to go”
Our co-hosts sit down with EMS1 Editor-in-Chief Greg Friese to discuss this year’s EMS Trend Report
San Luis’ new ambulance service predicts it will be able to respond up to five times faster than contractors
From July 1 to July 7, 6 percent of calls were not answered in a timely manner
Taxi services and Uber drivers could be used to transport 911 callers as early as 2017
The firefighters’ union said the agency’s response time was ‘unsatisfactory'; the mayor said he’s satisfied with the agency’s performance
The problem forced medics to divert to a route that added at least a few minutes to get to the inmate in the bring him to an ambulance
It took 18 minutes for any ambulances to arrive to the scene; it took a paramedic 13 minutes
The evidence tells us that not using red lights and sirens should be the rule – and using them should be an infrequent exception
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