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Castle Rock ambulance service reports high run volumes, staffing upgrades and role in tunnel response
Summary
Castle Rock Hospital District told commissioners its ambulance service saw a December spike, is training staff to fill advanced-life-support positions, plans to add a fourth ambulance during busy hours, and described its response to the Green River Tunnel tragedy.
Castle Rock Hospital District officials told the Sweetwater County commissioners on Feb. 18 that ambulance call volume spiked in December and remained high into January, and that the district is hiring, training and planning service changes to reduce overtime and improve coverage.
The district reported 463 calls in December and continued elevated run totals through January. A district representative described staffing challenges for advanced-life-support (ALS) crews, saying one ALS employee recently left but three newly licensed intermediate EMTs completed training and were in their field training; staff expected their availability to improve by March.
Why it matters: The ambulance district’s capacity affects local emergency response and the county’s ability to move patients to higher-level care, including interfacility transfers to Utah and Denver. Commissioners pressed staff…
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