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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION— SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 2 <br /> Brian LaCroix, President Allina Medical Transportation (AMT) reviewed the history of <br /> Emergency Medical Services (EMS) which arose from lessons learned from military experience <br /> and the need to address problems of sudden cardiac arrest and trauma. He stated that EMS today <br /> has one foot in healthcare and one in public safety. EMS in Minnesota is governed by the EMS <br /> Regulatory Board which certifies individuals, licensed agencies, and manages fiscal programs. He <br /> added there are 309 EMS services in Minnesota. Mr. LaCroix explained that Allina Medical <br /> Transportation serves over 100 Minnesota communities with 72,000 ambulance responses <br /> annually, approximately 198 responses every day, and more than 440 employees. Allina Medical <br /> Transportation is one of Minnesota's largest EMS providers. One million Minnesotans live in <br /> AMT's primary service area. He pointed out that AMT has had a base in Arden Hills for 20 years <br /> and will soon be moving from the Dunlap Street location to Mounds View. He stressed that the <br /> physical location of their ambulance garage does not impact how they perform because they use a <br /> fluid deployment system. <br /> Kevin Miller, Director of Operations, Allina Medical Transportation, introduced Mark Dascalos <br /> and Mike Pintar who are the managers for the north region. He explained that their ambulances <br /> are not placed in one location but are placed based on the day of the week and the hour of the day. <br /> There could be as many as 20 ambulances placed at the height of the day based on special events. <br /> Currently out of the north metro location, he explained there are approximately 30 ambulances <br /> which check into their base, load medications, and then head out to various locations and those <br /> locations change as needs change. He then reviewed a chart reflecting the history of responses in <br /> the City of Arden Hills which showed an average response time of 6.1 minutes for 2010. He also <br /> • reviewed a chart reflecting a total of 501 patients transported in Arden Hills in 2010 and the <br /> patient destinations, including Health East, Hennepin County Medical Center, Fairview, Regions <br /> Hospital, and Allina. He stressed that AMT takes patients where they want to go. He added that <br /> there are some exceptions, such as when the hospital a patient wants to go to does not treat the <br /> specific medical emergency of that patient. To address concerns about why the police, fire and <br /> AMT all respond to emergencies, he explained that when a call comes into their center they're <br /> able to talk with the patient and determine the acuity of their needs all of which is overseen by <br /> medical direction and which makes it possible to customize the response by fire and police <br /> personnel. Not all communities have fire and police respond as well as the AMT personnel <br /> responds. <br /> Brian LaCroix commented that the decision whether or not to have fire and police as first <br /> responders is a community decision. He explained that the initial 911 call goes into the Ramsey <br /> County dispatch and they decide where to direct that call. If it's an EMS call, the County will <br /> decide, based on the arrangements with the municipality, who they want to send as first <br /> responders and at the same time that is happening they hand the call off to the Allina center at <br /> which time an ambulance is dispatched. <br /> Kevin Miller explained that AMT follows a process called zero response time; having someone <br /> on the phone with a patient or family member helping them through the medical crisis while the <br /> ambulance is in movement. <br /> Mayor Grant questioned if the response time reflected in the chart is an average response time. <br />
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