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County partners test alternative ambulance response after Rockledge hospital closure announcement
Summary
Brevard County fire and emergency services launched a trial routing low-acuity calls to a private ambulance provider after Orlando Health Rockledge announced upcoming closure; county staff say medical direction and physician oversight remain in place.
Brevard County emergency-management and fire-rescue leaders told commissioners on March 27 they have begun a trial to route low-acuity ambulance calls to Coastal Ambulance Service after Orlando Health notified the county weeks earlier that Orlando Health Rockledge would close.
County Chief (on record during the meeting) said the trial began this week and so far Coastal Ambulance Service has handled six patient transports in about 96 hours of operation, covering low-acuity needs such as minor illness or conditions (“toothache, rash,” and…
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