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Maury County EMS reports increased call volume, average response just under 10 minutes and $3 million year-to-date loss
Summary
The county EMS presented first-quarter data showing 4,138 calls, an average response time just under 10 minutes (goal <8), staffing vacancies and a fiscal loss trending over $3 million after subsidy; officials discussed dispatch consolidation options.
Maury County EMS reported 4,138 calls in the first quarter and an average emergency response time just under 10 minutes — short of the department goal of under eight minutes.
The EMS presenter said crews operated eight units 24/7 from five stations and employ 48 full-time clinical staff and 23 PRN staff; the department has one EMT and four paramedic openings and eight dispatch positions with two vacancies. Of the quarter calls, 178 required transfer to higher-level care and 2,589 patients…
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