City Of Champaign Institutes Temporary Ambulance Ordinance Amendments

From the City of Champaign:

March 17, 2020

Today, Mayor Feinen issued COVID-19 Related Emergency Order 20-01 for Ambulances. This order amends guidelines placed on ambulance services allowing for flexibility in the staffing of ambulances to respond to non-life-threatening, low priority ambulance only calls.

Under current City Ordinance 5.5-50 every ambulance response requires at least one EMT-Paramedic in addition to one EMT-Paramedic or EMT-Basic. Emergency Order 20-01 allows ambulance responses meeting certain criteria to allow two EMT-Basics to respond to that call. Examples of these calls are typically where individuals only need transport to a medical facility for an illness or minor injury.

This order will be in place for the period of the declaration of the emergency.

Please view the order by clicking here.

This press release was produced by the City of Champaign. The views expressed here are the author’s own.