Tag: american medical response
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‘Earn While You Learn’ paramedic school in Colorado Springs pays students to study
An “Earn While You Learn” program of American Medical Response has more applicants than slots available. That could be because the classroom is an ambulance, where hands-on training helps develop and hone the abilities needed for the hectic but rewarding job of paramedic. On top of that, throughout the lessons students are paid the salary…
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Man accused of setting church, restaurant and gas station on fire Friday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police arrested a man they say set a church, gas station and fast-food restaurant on fire early Friday in the 4200 block of North Academy Boulevard, according to a police blotter entry. Officers booked Eric Therrien, 32, into the El Paso County jail,…
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Inmate dies in El Paso County jail; Sheriff’s Office investigating
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Authorities are investigating the death of a 33-year-old female inmate who was found unresponsive in her cell at the El Paso County jail around 5:38 a.m. Friday, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office. Deputies and medical staff responded and performed lifesaving efforts.…
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CSFD or AMR? City Council set to vote on Colorado Springs ambulance services
The Colorado Springs City Council is scheduled on Tuesday to hold its first vote on a potential change in the city’s emergency medical services. The Colorado Springs Fire Department wants to end the city’s existing contract with American Medical Response and run ambulances themselves. Colorado Springs is currently one of the few U.S. metropolitan areas…
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Colorado Springs City Council split on proposed EMS enterprise
The Colorado Springs City Council appeared split on Monday about bringing ambulance services in-house, following five hours of presentation from the Fire Department and city staff on the plan to create a new emergency medical services enterprise. Some councilmembers characterized the potential move away from the city’s current ambulance services provider, American Medical Response, as…
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Colorado Springs City Council split on proposed EMS enterprise
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include Councilman Risley’s full name. The Colorado Springs City Council appeared split on Monday about bringing ambulance services in-house, following five hours of presentation from the Fire Department and city staff on the plan to create a new emergency medical services enterprise. Some councilmembers characterized the potential…
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AMR vs. Colorado Springs Fire Department: How competing ambulance services stack up
Sabra Shay waited nine hours at UCHealth Grandview Hospital on narcotics to ease her pain before the hospital called an ambulance to take her for emergency gallbladder surgery. Her daughter had driven her to the hospital initially, but by the time the ambulance was scheduled, she didn’t have any other option. Ambulnz by DocGo, a…
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AMR vs. Colorado Springs Fire Department: How competing ambulance services stack up
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect updates to the amounts Colorado Springs Fire Department plans to charge for Advanced Life Support and Basic Life Support ambulance transports, as reflected in a city presentation to the City Council on Monday, May 13. Sabra Shay waited nine hours at UCHealth Grandview Hospital on narcotics…
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Colorado Springs considers city-run ambulance service to replace current provider, AMR
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A dulcet but definitive voice scratches on the loudspeaker, echoing through the multi-bay garage ground floor of Colorado Springs’ oldest, busiest firehouse. “Truck respond, medical assist.” And so the firefighters of Station 1 do. A Colorado Springs Fire Department ambulance, or squad as it’s referred to…
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Colorado Springs considers city-run ambulance service to replace current provider, AMR
The Springs is one one of the few major U.S. metro areas that still contracts with a private company for ambulance services