Community Ambulance Service

Programs: Community ambulance service continuously seeks to improve the pre-hospital healthcare provided in its primary service areas while ensuring that emergency and non-emergency ambulance service will be available to all those in need. The equipment is modern, state of the art, satisfactorily maintained, and adequately operated. Response times are monitored and kept within industry accepted parameters as well as utilization and adherence to current and local medical protocols. Community ambulance service is accredited by the commission on the accreditation of ambulance services (caas) which bears witness to the commitment to community service, public education, and high quality emergency medical care. In demonstration of these commitments, community ambulance service responded to 28,676 requests for ambulance service in 2016 and transported 21,989 patients. Community ambulance service (cas) currently provides emergency ambulance service to the communities of zanesville city, village of south zanesville, village of philo and the city of belpre, as well as the townships of muskingum, meigs, blue rock, harrison, washington, wayne, salt creek, springfield, along with mutual aid services to other member departments throughout the remainder of muskingum, perry and washington counties. The emergency requests within the city of zanesville were met with a response time average of 4 minutes 47 seconds. Supporting the community is a key part of our mission statement. In pursuit of that mission, cas provided support to fundraising efforts for several local charities. Other in kind services to the community included standbys at local events such as: boat and car races, motor-cross races, fourth of july events, local sporting events, fire and rehab standbys for multiple fire departments and several other activities throughout the service area. Cas also provided transport and standby services at the first aid tent for the muskingum county fair. Community ambulance provides paramedic (als) services to volunteer agencies who are unable to provide advanced levels of care during transport to ensure all patients receive high quality ems.