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Austin‑Travis County EMS briefs committee on response model, new community health tools and data on disparities
Summary
Chief Robert Lukritz and Dr. Mark Escott told the Public Safety Committee that Austin‑Travis County EMS is expanding nontransport response options, reducing vacancies and using data to target inequities such as lower bystander CPR rates in some neighborhoods.
Austin‑Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) Chief Robert Lukritz and City Chief Medical Officer/EMS Medical Director Dr. Mark Escott briefed the Public Safety Committee on March 31 about EMS structure, innovations and clinical oversight.
Lukritz said ATCEMS serves the City of Austin and Travis County under an interlocal agreement, operates 48 ambulances (44 on 24‑hour schedules and four on 12‑hour schedules), and has an authorized sworn strength reported at 714. He said the department recently graduated 39 cadets, reducing vacancies to 88 — the lowest level in several years.
Lukritz described ATCEMS’s strategy to expand non‑ambulance…
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