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The Denver Health Paramedic Division has a fleet of 36 ambulances (34 ALS) (2 Critical Care Transport). At peak times it has 24 advanced life support ambulances available, most staffed by two paramedics. [5] Denver Paramedics respond to an average of 130,000 calls for service a year, an average of 355 calls a day.
Flight For Life's Critical Care Transport (CCT), known as “Terra One”, is a specially outfitted ambulance, staffed by one of the adult team flight nurses and a paramedic. Ground transport is performed roughly within a two-hour drive radius of Denver; Cheyenne to the north, Limon to the east, Pueblo to the south, and Vail to the west.
The show's technical advisor was a pioneer of paramedicine, James O. Page, [18] then a Battalion Chief responsible for the Los Angeles County Fire Department 'paramedic' program, but who would go on to help establish other paramedic programs in the U.S., and to become the founding publisher of the Journal of Emergency Medical Services. [19]
Paramedic programs began to be established in many counties in California. Before 1980, the responsibility for emergency medical services (EMS) and disaster medical preparedness was spread among a variety of state departments. It became clear that a more unified approach to emergency and disaster medical services was needed.
EMT-Intermediate (state specific, phased out by Sept. 30 2013 however any EMT with this certification before Sept. 30 2013 could still be an intermediate and by the next recert cycle had to switch to AEMT) [56] EMT-Intermediate Advanced (analogous to EMT-Intermediate/99, phased out by Sept. 30, 2013 ) [56]
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It is designed for paramedics in Canada which are currently registered and interested in enhancing their science knowledge as well as their research and communication skills, thus increasing access to post-graduate opportunities (e.g., master's degree programs) and improving paramedicine career prospects or in other fields.
Certified flight paramedic emblem. A certified flight paramedic (FP-C) is a person who has met the advanced certification requirements for flight paramedics established for this designation by the International Board of Specialty Certification (IBSC), [1] a not-for-profit organization responsible for the administration and development of specialty certification exams for critical care ...