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Ambulance & Chair
Ambulance & Chair Service, headquartered in Washington with stations in Washington and Burgettstown, has being providing quality compassionate care to the residents and visitors of Washington County since 1962.
The company, a leader in emergency ambulance services in rural areas, has 11 advance life support ambulances, 3 medical wheelchair vans and a special ops vehicle. All ambulances are licensed ALS and the 55 Paramedics and EMTs are certified by the department of health, Bureau of EMS>. There is 17 support staff including wheelchair van attendants, compliance, quality assurance and billing specialists plus mechanics.
2007 was a busy year, responding to 14,456 ambulance trips and events. Of those 289 were fire standbys and 354 mutual aid to other ambulance services. Personnel conducted 86 public safety programs for students and other organizations.
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We were selected to be a part of a national research study through UPMC. UPMC is one of the ten clinical centers in North America. This study may improve the treatment protocols for trauma and cardiac arrest patients. Our Paramedics and EMTs are very excited to be a part of this very controlled and interesting study.
With the assistance of the regional EMS office, we now have CPAP machines in eleven ambulances. CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) units improve oxygenation and ventilation of patients in severe respiratory distress. It reduces the need for pre-hospital and in-hospital intubation. Also, we purchased two new ambulances in 2007.
The challenges of providing ambulance service continues. The fee schedules for Medicare and most insurance are to low and Medicaid is below costs. We understand our contracted carriers; Highmark, Health America, UPMC, Unison and most others will be raising their deductibles and co-pays making more of a financial burden for our patients. While necessary business insurance, the cost of employee hospitalization benefits and responding to 2600 false alarms continues to rise. However, the rewards of caring for our patients and saving lives far outweigh the challenges.
We look forward to 2008 serving our patients, Post Gazette Amphitheater and other venues and facilities. We are privileged to serve Washington County.
