Denver Paramedics
Denver Paramedics is a hospital based paramedic service that is based out of Denver Health. Denver Paramedics are contracted to provide the 911 medical services to The City and County of Denver, The City of Glendale, and Denver International Airport.
The Denver Health Paramedic Division has a fleet of 31 ambulances.At peak times Denver Paramedics has 14 Advance Life support Ambulances available, that are staffed by two Paramedics. and 6 Basic Life Support Ambulances available, that are staffed by two Basic EMT's.
Denver Paramedics respond to an average of 80,000 calls for service a year, an average of 219 calls a day. More than 46,000 patients are transported to Denver area hospitals a year by Denver Paramedics.
The largest number of emergency calls that Denver Paramedics respond to are auto accidents, alcohol intoxication, altered mental status, psychiatric emergencies, falls, chest pain, and shortness of breath, followed by assaults, abdominal pain, seizure, and overdose. Cardiac arrest calls account for one half of one percent of all emergency calls.
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