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The Ambulance Division of the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS is the main arm of the EMS Bureau and consists of the City's 13 frontline medic units (staffed by two paramedics), three frontline ambulances (staffed by two EMTs). The Medic Units and Ambulances are responsible for answering calls for medical assistance within the city limits.
The exact nature of the response sent may vary slightly between Ambulance Trusts. Following a Category 2, 3, or 5 telephone triage, the patient may receive an ambulance response (which could be Category 1-4 depending on the outcome of the triage), may be referred to another service or provider, or treatment may be completed over the phone.
Code 1: A time critical case with a lights and sirens ambulance response. An example is a cardiac arrest or serious traffic accident. Code 2: An acute but non-time critical response. The ambulance does not use lights and sirens to respond. An example of this response code is a broken leg. Code 3: A non-urgent routine case. These include cases ...
There were no national standards for ambulance services and staff generally had little, if any, medical training or equipment, leading to a high pre-hospital mortality rate. [10] Such companies continue to operate this way in some locations, providing non-emergency transport services, fee-for-service emergency service, [ 11 ] or contracted ...
The first ever PCSO on the streets was PCSO 7115 Barry Faust, who was stationed at Belgravia Police Station in Westminster, Central London. PCSO 7155 was due to begin his shift at 7 am on 9 September 2002; however, owing to a vehicle needing to go to a garage for repair, Barry and a sergeant left Belgravia early between 6:30 and 6:45.
Standards for ambulance design have existed in the United States since 1976, where the standard is known as KKK-1822-A. [3] This standard has been revised several times, and is currently in version 'F', known as KKK-1822-F. As with the European system, only the most current version of the standard should be used.
Basic life support transports for 9-1-1 calls are provided by either a fire department or one of the private ambulance companies American Medical Response and Tri-Med Ambulance. Advanced life support transports for 9-1-1 calls are provided by paramedics.
PCSO may refer to: Police community support officer, a police staff role in England and Wales; Police custody and security officer, a police staff role in Scotland; Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, a law enforcement agency in Florida; Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, a government-controlled corporation for fundraising