Services
LMEMS is a full-time provider of Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) and is accessible through the 9-1-1 system. LMEMS employs an entirely full-time workforce of Kentucky-licensed Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and paramedics (also known as EMT-Ps). Most employees maintain optional certification by the National Registry of EMTs, a national EMS accreditation association.
According to LMEMS official web page
| “ | Louisville Metro Emergency Medical Services (LMEMS) provides 24-hour-a-day, 911 emergency medical care throughout the Louisville Metro area. Medically focused and data-driven, LMEMS is committed to the development of the latest advances in basic and advanced life support patient care. Utilizing a comprehensive approach to education, training, technology and research, the goal of LMEMS is to provide a "Best-Practices" model for EMS to those whose visit, reside and work in Louisville Metro. | ” |
LMEMS provides transportation to the emergency department of the chosen hospital. LMEMS does not return patients home nor does it offer transportation to immediate care centers or hospitals without emergency departments. All scheduled ambulance service and inter-facility transports are handled by private ambulance companies retained by the patient. Only under exceptional circumstances will LMEMS provide hospital-to-hospital transfers. These types of transfers are at the request of an emergency department physician wishing a very high level of care and rapid transportation of patients with time-sensitive or critical conditions to more capable facilities (i.e. major trauma, imminent child birth). Most of the time the crew is coincidentally at the hospital for other matters when the request is made for the transfer.
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