Tag: emergency medical services
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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…