Workshop to focus on EMS service in Venice
Typically, that's 3 minutes, 7 seconds before county EMS personnel -- trained to administer advanced life saving procedures ranging from starting an IV to tracheal intubation to help with breathing -- arrive.
As part of a proposal to improve the quality of medical care provided by first responders, Venice Fire Chief
That plan will be presented to the
This is the third time in 15 years that the
Venice has also considered consolidating its fire department with
In addition to Carvey's proposal, council members will review a study from the
Call volume in
The ambulance stationed at Venice
In 2017, county ambulances were dispatched to 5,652 EMS calls in the city of Venice, or an average of 15.48 per day, according to Holdsworth.
Data from 2018, collected through
While the city of
The county taxes property at a rate of .66 mills -- one mill is a
In addition, fees charged to the consumer and typically paid by their insurance or Medicare and Medicaid, account for another
While consultant
--Work with
--Add and staff three ambulances to the city and increase training of personnel on three engines to reach ALS/paramedic level. This would require the hiring of 15 new paramedics, nine emergency medical technicians and one battalion chief. That is essentially Carvey's proposal and would be phased in over three years. As each city rescue unit goes online, the city would retain one-third of the ad valorem taxes city residents pay to the county that pays for ambulance service. When the city ultimately operates the system, it would be funded by roughly
In his report, Carvey noted that if the city takes over the ambulance service, it could institute an EMS impact fee on new construction to pay for the cost of expanding the service similar to the fees it started in 2017 for police and fire services.
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