Tri-State Ambulance Inc

Programs: Tri-state ambulance has proudly served southwest wisconsin, southeast minnesota, and northeast iowa since 1970, with the most advanced pre-hospital patient care available to thousands of patients every year. Primary emergency 911 response as well as emergency and non-emergency interfacility transport and intercept services are provided 24 hours a day. Another measure of tri-state amublance's success is described in a recent comprehensive study analyzing the percentage of patients who were discharged from a hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest in which the event was witnessed and the victim was in a shockable heart rhythm (where a defibriliator could be used). Tri-state ambulance has achieved an impressive six-year average of 42 percent of cardiac arrest victims who survived to be discharged from the hospital. This is near the top in the country according to the study of emergency medical services (ems) system performance, which showed survival percentages across the country ranging from a best of 46 percent, to a low of 1 percent in certain areas. Our impressive cardiac arrest survival rate places our system among the best in the nation. In september 2011, tri-state ambulance purchased a newly renovated 23,400 square foot facility in la crosse, wi. The size of the new building has allowed tri-state ambulance to increase training opportunities for both emergency medical service providers and community members, provide proper service and maintenance to their fleet vehicles, and consoldiate central supply of medical supplies and equipment for disbursement to outlying tri-state ambulance locations. Operations began in the new facility in the early part of 2012. In the spring of 2012, tri-state ambulance took delivery of two new ambulances as part of a four year comprehensive ambulance fleet replacement plan. Not only are the new ambulances marked with highly visible lighting and reflective striping, but they are designed to offer both patients and staff a safer, smoother, and more secure ambulance ride. The slightly smaller size and switch from diesel motors to gasoline has made our fleet 20 to 30 percent less expensive to purchase and 30 to 40 percent less costly to maintain and service. In addition to the higher visability ambulances, all paramedics and emt's now have high-visibility outerwear that will help protect them while at dangerous scenes. In 2014, tri-state ambulance dedicated one of their ambulances as a critical care ambulance. This allowed for the expansion of their critical care ambulance services to be able to respond to small regional hospitals. This program allows tri-state ambulance to provide life saving advanced care for the small regional hospitals which are underserved by advanced paramedics. In 2014, tri-state ambulance also invested in the purchase of pulsepoint citizen responder technology. The investment in the pulsepoint citizen responder technology assists in alerting users of a sudden cardiac arrest in a public place and the location of the nearby automated external defibrillators (aeds). In 2016, tri-state ambulance began to install power stretcher lifts in the ambulances allowing for increased level of safety for parametics, emt's, and patients. Tri-state ambulance continues to meet and exceed contractual response time. In 2016, tri-state ambuance saw a record year in the service area for cardiac arrest survival and continues to work with hospitals throughout the service area to increase patient survival from medical emergencies.