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Ventura County EMS reports 6–6½ minute average response time for Oak Park calls
Summary
Ventura County EMS and AMR presented a four-month spot survey showing 107 calls in Oak Park with 90% of Zone 4 ambulance responses under eight minutes and an Oak Park average response time of about 6–6½ minutes; AMR said Oak Park averaged 20–27 calls per month and only 15 of 107 calls were not handled by the local AMR unit.
Ventura County EMS officials and AMR representatives gave the Oak Park MAC an update Feb. 22 on ambulance service in Oak Park, reporting that a four-month spot survey showed 107 calls with about 90% of Zone 4 responses under eight minutes and an Oak Park average response time of roughly 6–6½ minutes.
Steve Carroll, Administrator of the Ventura County EMS Agency, said Oak Park is in EMS Zone 4, which the county divides into five zones. Carroll reported that in the four-month sample there were 107 calls and that only 15 of those calls were not handled by the AMR ambulance stationed in Oak Park. Brandon Ober, AMR Ventura director of operations, said AMR staffs five ambulances in Zone 4 and that Oak Park averages 20–27 calls monthly.
Captain Weiner described paramedic training at Fire Station 36 and Carroll noted that AMR also staffs a paramedic at that station. The speakers said public funds do not directly pay for ambulance service in the county. MAC members asked for additional details; Derek Ross asked what percentage of ambulance calls resulted in patient transport to hospitals, and Carroll replied that the county is responsible for disaster coordination and that plans are in place for major incidents.
Diane Starzak, a member of the Ventura County EMS Advisory Committee, described expansion of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program and said County Public Health is organizing a Medical Reserve Corps of health professionals to assist in disasters; the county may coordinate CERT and the Medical Reserve Corps in the future.
The presentation was informational; no vote was taken.
