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Beaufort County EMS outlines call volumes, revenue recovery and survivor account of 2015 crash
Summary
Beaufort County EMS director Donna Owenby presented operational statistics including unit counts, call volumes and revenue-recovery figures and introduced a paramedic and a patient who described a near-fatal 2015 injury and recovery.
Donna Owenby, director of Beaufort County EMS, briefed the Beaufort County Council on June 7 about staffing, call volumes, revenue recovery and the emotional toll of emergency work, then introduced a paramedic and a survivor to share a rescue story.
Owenby told the council that the EMS system operates 11 frontline units (including two vans serving Daufuskie Island), five quick-response vehicles staffed by paramedics and other resources. "We have 11 frontline units, and, of that, 2 are vans that are in Daufuskie. We have 5 quick response vehicles and all of those are manned by…
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