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Local ambulance service credits millage funds for new field blood program, reports response metrics
Summary
VMSC CEO Shane Wheeler told supervisors VMSC ran 1,526 responses in Towamencin in 2024 (average response 8:23), described a new in-field whole-blood transfusion capability enabled by municipal funding and partnerships, and outlined training and paramedic recruitment activities funded in part by the township millage.
Shane Wheeler, chief executive officer of VMSC, delivered the emergency-service annual report to the Towamencin Board of Supervisors on March 12, saying the service provides EMS across 12 municipalities and highlighted operational metrics and new clinical capabilities supported in part by municipal millage funding.
Wheeler said VMSC ran 1,526 EMS responses in Towamencin last year and reported an average response time of 8 minutes and…
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