146 Business View - May 2015
Each base, Russell said, helps service adjacent hos-
pitals and nursing homes to bring the right amount of
resources to the respective areas as they’re needed.
In 2014, North East did nearly 29,000 ambulance
transports and is already tracking toward exceeding
30,000 in 2015 – including all the bases, 911 calls
and inter-facility transfers.
Wheelchair transports numbered at roughly 350 per
week last year, he said, but that figure has similarly
climbed to more than 500 this year. Meanwhile, the
car service that didn’t exist in early 2014 is on pace for
100,000 patients contacts in 2015.
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