Ambulance Company Needs Infusion

NBFD is a supplemental first responder. They only respond to a portion of ems calls in New Britain (usally those that are EMD'ed as "life threatening" such as chest pain or bleeding)...I don't know the exact percentage, but I'm sure they respond on well less than half of all ems calls.

CTAuxie wrote:

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Then How come NBFD First responds on all medical calls?

NBFD doesn't respond to all medical calls. I know because I have run multiple 911 emergency medical calls there this past summer when NBEMS was not available, and guess what? No NBFD on scene, even though it took me 20 minutes to get there. NBFD only responds when the CAD and EMS-D tells the dispatcher a first response is warranted.

Secondly, NBEMS is a private corporation. You cannot by law "merge" a private entity with a government.

Also, if you think the city can run EMS cheaper, think again. Firefighters make a lot more money than EMT's and have great benefits, including retirement benefits.

I guess there is nobody out there who knows the cost of the service. Everybody seems to know what the price is but noone seems to know the cost of providing it!

Typical of any public service provider!

called the waambulance I have acute prs

As far as the people talking about the trucks. You don't know what your talking about. Have you ever compared the amount of equipment we carry compared to a van ambulance. we would love to have smaller ambulances but we can't fit all of our equipment. And if you've noticed latley the new ambulances are smaller and alot cheaper than the bigger ones and were pusrchased with the purpose of remounting the boxes.

As for merging the two departments, the city couldn't afford the ambulance and you would see a significant decline in the level of service.

And I previously worked for a hartford area commercial service and they are all about the profit. Not the employees but the management absolutley is. And my point is clear when your covering 4 towns with 1 ambulance because of transfers (where they make there money)

New britain ems though not the highest payed is the best ambulance company I have ever worked for. They are very patient care oriented and very progressive, providing the best equipment for there employees to due best they can in a decaying city.

Maybe if you'd take some of that equipment that you use once in a lifetime off the rig, you'd have the same as others who use vans, and not need mobile home ambulances.

As for public v private, if the rate cards are appropriate, there should be no money issues. The ambulance can be self funding as it is in many cities and towns.

Perhaps you have identified the problem they're experiencing. In life there is a balance between having the best equipment money can buy and spending money to support that in a decaying city. While I know, after 20 years in EMS, how cool it is to have the latest whiz bang toys, that's not always the best thinking when it comes to balancing a budget. I'll be impressed when I see NBEMS in a van, then I'll know they're thinking the same as everyone else.

Perhaps the NBEMS team should relocate in a place like Beverly Hills or Greenwich where money is no object.

While your opinion is noted you have no idea about the equipment we carry. We carry everything a harford are ambulnce carries only we carry double. Due to call volume there is little time to restock the truck. And it is not uncommon to do back to back codes or trauma calls. As far as "wiz bang toys" (sorry they don't teach us young bucks old slang) you are probably referring to the autoplulse (which we got for free) and the auto vent. Both of those tools are nessicary because we can't get even 3 people to ride in on a code (3 with diver included) and even the best provider can't do everything by himself.

I guess we will never impress you because NBEMS will never own a van. The new trucks were bought for less than 100 thousand each and in there life will be cheaper than a van (repair costs and length of life).

I don't know where you spent your twenty years and I don't care (it doesn't impress me) I know some pretty bad providers with that time on. And I'm not asking any one to work here. I'm jut tired of seeing un educated comments on some message board

If Medicare wouldn't decline every other claim, maybe most Ambulance Services COULD SERVIVE'

Why do you get a fire truck, when what you really need is an ambulance? It is called man power. How many of you have tried to get a 700 pound person down a flight of stairs and to a hospital? How many "cots" have you purchased? Do you have any idea of the cost?

How many times have you run a call to an illegal immagrant, with no insurance, no "money", and when you get there they want a ride to a drug store because they have a tooth ache? Send the fire truck home, and do your best not to punch them out so they forget about the tooth ache.

Yes, there are problems with EMS. How about the cost of drugs we are required to carry? How about the taxi rides we provide free of charge? How about the abuse of the system? The people that call 911 and you show up and they have their suitcase packed. Yes, that was a real emergency. How about the ambulance rides back to the nursing home because Jr. could not be bothered to get up and take his mother back to the nursing home. Forget Jr. even being at the emergency room for his mommma.

How about Medicare refusing to pay claims for a broken hip when the medic clearly documents leg rotated, shortened, point tenderness, all the classic signs, but did not write down it was a non-weight bearing fracture?

Fred Flinstone wrote:

Maybe if you'd take some of that equipment that you use once in a lifetime off the rig, you'd have the same as others who use vans, and not need mobile home ambulances.
As for public v private, if the rate cards are appropriate, there should be no money issues. The ambulance can be self funding as it is in many cities and towns.
Perhaps you have identified the problem they're experiencing. In life there is a balance between having the best equipment money can buy and spending money to support that in a decaying city. While I know, after 20 years in EMS, how cool it is to have the latest whiz bang toys, that's not always the best thinking when it comes to balancing a budget. I'll be impressed when I see NBEMS in a van, then I'll know they're thinking the same as everyone else.
Perhaps the NBEMS team should relocate in a place like Beverly Hills or Greenwich where money is no object.

You sir, are retarded. Try knowing what you are talking about before you go and open your big mount....