Patient transport
EVAC Ambulance is a subsidiary of the Emergency Medical Foundation, a private, nonprofit Florida corporation. It is the only Florida licensed ambulance service in Volusia County under a performance based contract with the county. Each unit is staffed with at least one emergency medical technician and one paramedic working eight- or 12-hour shifts. There are 18 ALS-licensed and staffed ambulances during the day and 11 during early morning hours. EVAC uses Systems Status Management for the strategic deployment of its fleet, which allows EVAC to place as many as 25 medic units in service. EVAC units are equipped with mobile data terminals and GPS systems to speed response times to requests for emergency medical services. Further information about EVAC, as well as its performance statistics, please visit www.evacamb.org.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, through a partnership with Halifax Medical Center, operates three Bell 407 helicopters for law enforcement and aeromedical transport purposes. Approximately 70 percent of the flight time of the helicopters is spent on law enforcement duties with the remaining 30 percent used for medical purposes. The helicopters are equipped with a FLIR System (forward-looking, infrared night vision system) to assist in nighttime law enforcement. As ALS transport, they perform more than 200 medical flights each year.
The county receives an annual EMS County Grant, funded from a surcharge on the fine for various traffic offenses. Grant funds are to be used to improve the existing quality of pre-hospital EMS activities or services, or to decrease patient mortality and morbidity; and to expand the extent, size or number of existing pre-hospital EMS activities or services. EMS Providers within the County are urged to apply for a portion of the funds. The applications are reviewed by the EMS Trust Fund Advisory Board, whose members include representatives from the Emergency Room Directors, Volusia County Fire Chiefs Association and Police Chiefs Association, the Emergency Medical Foundation, Daytona State College, Volusia County Public Protection Services and Sheriff’s Office, and the Medical Director. Their recommendations are delivered to the Volusia County Council for approval. Grant funds have been approved for EMS equipment, training, ALS station upgrades, printing of protocols, etc.
Emergency Medical Services Award Trust Fund - Project Proposal Form FY 2009-10
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