North Baldwin EMS

SERVICES

Overview

Emergency medical transport: North Baldwin EMS provides emergency advanced life support treatment and transport form various locations such as 911 assistance/mutual aid scenes, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers, cancer treatment centers, physian’s offices, hospitals, residences of patients requiring home health and/or hospice care, all residence that contact us directly and more.

Critical care transport- high risk inter-facility critical care transportation for patients requiring cardiac, or other advanced interventions such as advanced cardiac care, neurological emergencies, or patients who are ventilator dependant.

General medical transport- non-emergency and inter-facility transports that are considered medically necessary and non-emergent, such as trips to and from a variety of treatment centers (i.e., dialysis, cancer treatment, physical therapy, and/or outpatient clinics)

Long distance medical transport- available for patients needing medical transport anywhere in the continental United States.

Special event and medical standby- includes events such as athletic activities (football, rodeos, marathons, etc.0, and standbys for local fire departments.

Emergency hurricane deployment - contracted with FEMA, North Baldwin EMS will deploy units to aid in emergency hurricane evacuation anywhere in the continental United States within hours of notice.

Critical Skills

A rigorous ongoing continuing education program is necessary to support the extensive knowledge and skills that are expected of our emergency personnel. The following is a list of the skills that North Baldwin EMS paramedics are trained in and prepared to utilize:

• Endotracheal intubations
• Thoracic needle decompression
• Intraosseous access
• Transcutaneous pacing
• CPAP
• 12 lead ekg interpretation/ transmission
• auto pulse operation
• and advanced pain management just to name a few

Membership Program

Our membership program covers family member living in the household, including the subscriber, their spouse and unmarried children under 21 years of age.

Membership covers a 12-month period from August to August. Members receive service with no out-of-pocket expense for emergency and medically necessary ambulance transportation. Medical necessity is defined by the United States Government Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Membership Covers

• Emergency transports to the hospital
• Emergency transports from one hospital to another
• Medically necessary non-emergency transports

Membership Does Not cover

• Non-Medically necessary transports
• Transports from the hospital or nursing facility to your home
• Transports to or from your physician’s office
• Transports to the hospital for non-urgent conditions
• Scheduled repetitive transports

(The above services are offered to members only at a rate discounted up to 50%)

The cost of the membership program is $65.00 yearly.