Response Times
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鈥淚 watched my employees be on the phone for 20 minutes with a citizen doing CPR on a loved one, and to me, that鈥檚 unacceptable,鈥� Battalion Chief John Gaddie said
The city has seen ambulances break down en route to the hospital with patients inside, EMS Chief Amera Gilchrist said
Kern County EMS to hold a job fair and resume 911 ad campaign to increase staffing and reduce response time
Sedgwick County reverses course on a 2018 study that led to staffing shortage, slow response times and employee burnout
Decatur Morgan Hospital Ambulance Service won an appeal but will still have points on record for possible revocation of license
Aiken County EMS says data since shift change shows 7 days with no 鈥渟tatus zero鈥� incidents, times when ambulances were not available
John Goward moves in as the city鈥檚 Fire-Rescue Department takes over staffing, deployment and billing
AMR and Metro West debate over ALS vs. BLS model to deal with shortages and improve times
A Riverside County report noted 38,000 instances of 鈥渁mbulance patient offload delays,鈥� meaning medics had to wait 30 minutes or more
Falck is required to keep providing the average number of ALS ambulance hours or face fines
The Richland and Lexington departments鈥� pact is intended to reduce response times
Charlotte-based Mecklenburg EMS鈥� high-acuity calls now have a time limit, and low-acuity calls are expected to take longer and will not include rig lights or sirens
Employees will get 9 percent raises if the city council OKs the contract
Decatur Morgan Hospital is accused of failing to meet the city鈥檚 response-time requirements
The Rochester plan includes creating an EMS division and building a new station
An AMR representative said the company is taking 鈥渆xtraordinary steps鈥� to hire more paramedics in Riverside County
The Erie County Sheriff鈥檚 Office chief medical officer, EMS providers and bystanders had a similarly quick response
William Dwyer stands by his officers鈥� decision to not wait for an ambulance and to rush the 4-month-old to the hospital
Decatur Morgan Hospital Ambulance Service faces fines for failing to meet response-time requirements in the fourth quarter of 2022
Falck officials acknowledge staffing and response-time issues, but the two sides are at an impasse over how much the city will pay the service
Bergen County Emergency Medical Services assists local agencies
Austin鈥檚 Robert Luckritz said that most airport patients could be treated on-site, not transported
Since the ambulance was impeded by snow-covered streets, Portland firefighters transported the child to a hospital
Despite long holds and dispatcher errors, a spokesperson said that in February, the district has been answering 90% of calls within 15 seconds
Bystanders called 911, but the child鈥檚 family said no one performed CPR, and it took up to 30 minutes for first responders to arrive
Under the alliance business model, Falck and other private providers will still own and staff the ambulances
A Charlotte Fire crew, not EMS, was dispatched after police first called for help; once on scene, firefighters called Medic to treat Jovontay Williams, who later died
Fire Chief Tracy Thornton said the city could decide to grant some exemptions for the Decatur-Morgan Hospital Ambulance Service
Four paramedics and four EMTs resigned from CARE Ambulance鈥檚 Fairfield location, forcing leaders to call in workers from other branches
The consideration comes as the city鈥檚 current provider, Falck, continues to fall far short of the staffing and response-time obligations in its contract
