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Resident describes 5‑hour ambulance delay; county EMS says ambulances were staffed and protocols updated after the incident
Summary
A local resident told the Atchison County Commission that an ambulance transfer on May 19 took five hours to arrange; county EMS leadership said ambulances were staffed that night, investigated the case and met with hospital staff afterward to establish clearer transfer protocols.
A woman who brought her husband to the commission’s public comment period on July 22 said her husband experienced shortness of breath and chest pain on May 19 and that Amberwell Hospital in Atchison waited five hours for an ambulance to transfer him because, she said, “there was no paramedics on duty.” She said the delay required the couple to wait at the hospital while clinicians made care decisions and that the experience raised concerns about rural emergency transport capacity.
“When he was experiencing shortness of breath and chest pain…we had to wait 5 hours for an ambulance because there was no paramedics on duty,” the resident said during public comment.
County EMS leadership responded…
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