County in Florida Seeks to Send Fewer Paramedics to Less-Urgent Calls

However, just about anyone who wants an ambulance ride to the emergency room will get one


Anne Lindberg, Tampa Bay Times | | Monday, December 10, 2012


PINELLAS, Fla. -- Pinellas commissioners are poised to change the county's emergency medical services dispatch system to make it more efficient by sending fewer paramedics to certain calls.

What won't change is who gets an ambulance ride to the emergency room. Those include people who are itching, have hiccups, can't sleep or feel nervous. In short, just about anyone who wants an ambulance ride to the emergency room will get one, just as they do today.

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