Ambulance-Based Emergency Transport to Continue
Pinellas County Commissioners signed off on a two-year contract with Paramedics Plus, thus, putting the brakes on immediate changes to the way citizens are transported to the hospital during emergencies.
County commissioners dropped a proposal to change Pinellas County's current medical response system to one that is firefighter-based, for now. Commissioners approved a two-year contract with Paramedics Plus, the Texas-based ambulance service that now operates in Pinellas County. County Administrator Bob LaSala wanted a three-year contract. The Dec. 20 vote came after commissioners listened to presentations and discussed and debated the complicated hot-button issue for hours. Commission Chair Susan Latvala expressed her support for a Paramedics Plus contract, despite concerns raised by other commissioners. Commissioner Neil Brickfield questioned Paramedics Plus representatives about the pricing in one of the contract options they offered. …
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Timbo
10:12 am on Friday, December 30, 2011
This will give the County and the fire chiefs time to tweak the FD transport plan so it can be implemented in 2014. So FD transport will still happen it just takes time.. more ›