EMS Spends Most of January Responding to Fall Victims and Medical Emergencies

Fire Chief John R. Amet's monthly report—which includes a record of all Emergency Medical Service (EMS) activity in the borough—for January 2011 shows fall victims and medical emergencies as having contributed to the majority of calls.

Emergency Medical Services in January:

Total Number of Calls = 152

Daytime EMS Calls = 80

Nighttime EMS Calls = 72

1647 Responded = 50

1648 Responded = 102

Male Patients Transported = 63

Female Patients Transported = 80

Mutual Aid Given/Received in January:

Given to West Collingswood Extension = 7

Given to Camden City = 2

Given to Pennsauken = 3

Given to Westmont = 4

Total Mutual Aid Given = 16

Received from Westmont = 15

Received from Haddonfield = 1

Total Mutual Aid Received = 16

Classifications of Emergency Medical Calls in January:

Abdominal Pain = 3

Assault = 3

Back Pain = 1 

Back Pain (Non-Trauma) = 2

Bleeding = 7

Cardiac Arrest = 1

Cardiac Emergency = 9

Chest Pain = 3

DOA = 1

Diabetic Emergency = 3

Fall Victim = 27

Fractures = 3

Medical Alarm = 2

Medical Emergency = 42

Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) = 9

Overdose = 2

Overdose (Suspected Drug or Alcohol) = 1

Psychiatric Emergency = 1

Respiratory Emergency = 12

Seizures = 2

Sick Person = 3

Stroke/CVA = 5

Unconscious/Fainting = 2

Unconscious Person = 8