Las Vegas Valley Apparatus

[mesquite5010]

[quote name='bandit' date='06 October 2009 - 07:35 PM' timestamp='1254881705' post='341358']

Thanks for the reply. I guess this is another westcoast version of EMS. It just seems strange to have transport units that do not transport. What is the purpose of have a private company doing EMS when the county/city has transport unit? I assume whoever transports gets the money?



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Whoever transports gets to bill. I don't think County fire is even allowed to bill YET. While to those outside the system may find it strange...it does provide tremendous surge capacity for a system with a population you can never exactly guage with all the tourists and other times of surge (New Years EVE). Also, a few years ago when I worked there for AMR, it was not unusual to wait HOURS for a bed at the hospital with a pt on my gurney waiting for a bed in the ER. Its hard to plan for other peoples problems(ER Overcrowding).