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What is Emergency Medical Services?
Overview
At Essentia Health, our EMS is part of an integrated care team ranging from our professional pre-hospital staff to our highly skilled emergency department caregivers. Your care will be coordinated throughout your emergency.
EMS is an emergency room on wheels bringing advanced equipment and highly trained professionals to the scene of your emergency.
Emergency Medical Services Team
The Essentia Health EMS team consists of 170 skilled professionals in the following roles:
- Emergency vehicle technician
- Emergency medical responders
- Emergency medical technicians
- Paramedics
- Community paramedics
- Paramedic leadership positions
- Interfacility dispatchers
Emergency Medical Service Locations
At Essentia Health, each of our fourteen hospitals and seven ambulance services provide emergency medical services throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota. Our ambulance service provides 911 response to 4,900 square miles in 10 counties.
EMS FAQs
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How many patients are transported a year?
We have the privilege of transporting over 10,000 patients annually
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How many calls do you respond to annually?
EHEMS responds to 13,000 requests for service annually, including 911, interfacility transfer, mutual aid, and intercept calls
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What is the primary response area?
Primary response to an area close to 4,900 square miles in ten counties which includes:
- Aitkin, Becker, Carlton, Cass, Itasca, Kanabec, Norman, Pine, Polk, and St. Louis
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What type of services do you provide?
We provide 911 response, interfacility transportation, and community event coverage (rodeos, We Fest, high school and college sporting events, stock car races, etc.)
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Where do you provide Community Paramedics?
Our Communities Paramedics can be found in Ada, Brainerd, Deer River, Detroit Lakes, Duluth, and Fargo.
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Emergency Medicine
When you need emergency care, visit an Essentia Health emergency room near you in Minnesota, Wisconsin, or North Dakota.
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Community Paramedic Services Emergency Medicines
See how community paramedics from Essentia Health can provide basic care and preventive services so you can safely live well at home.