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Essentia Health briefs Pine County on EMS coverage, new ECMO pilot and staffing
Summary
Essentia Health presented its FY25 I‑35 ambulance operations report to Pine County commissioners, describing coverage across four local bases, staffing and training levels, pilot programs including a field-activated ECMO partnership and prehospital antibiotics, and increased call volumes concentrated in Pine County.
Essentia Health staff briefed the Pine County Board on ambulance operations, staffing and new clinical pilots in the I‑35 corridor.
AJ, Essentia Health’s regional manager for I‑35 ambulance operations, said the service covers roughly 1,900–1,900 square miles in the region with four permanent bases in Moose Lake, Sandstone, Hinckley and Pine City. Locally, the service responded to just under 6,000 incidents in the last year—about a 3% increase over the prior…
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