Las Vegas (NV) firefighters are moving to take over ambulance transport in the city.
Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Chief Willie McDonald wants the city to take the bulk of patients to the hospital instead of private ambulance companies, according to a KLAS-TV report (http://bit.ly/1nb9l0M), and he’s laid out a timeline of when this will all happen.
Fire-Based EMS: The Solution for an Ailing System?
An efficiency report on the city’s fire department suggested changes to be more effective and to bring millions of dollars to the city. The move has many benefits, but it could also cost the jobs of some emergency medical technicians and paramedics.
Read more about this development athttp://bit.ly/1nb9l0M.
For more on fire-based EMS, considerReport: Plenty of Firefighters, Not So Many Fires,FIRE-BASED EMS AND THE FLSA “FIREFIGHTER EXEMPTION”, andDeveloping a Fire-Based EMS System: One Departmentâs Strategic Plan.
