Rutherford First Aid Ambulance Corps

Rutherford First Aid Ambulance Corps Squad Captain Arnie Listhaus has reported that the Squad responded to 1,231 calls for assistance during the calendar year 2006, traveling over 12,709 miles. Of the 1,231 calls for assistance, 774 calls were classified as medical emergencies, 381 calls were for trauma, 127 calls were for motor vehicle accidents, 4 were for cardiac arrests, 4 transports, 2 calls requiring the use of a defibulator and 72 calls were classifified as other. The Squad visited 11 different hospitals, with Hackensack University Medical Center leading with 520 visits, followed by 197 visits to St. Mary's in Passaic, 136 trips to the Passaic Beth Israel Hospital and 39 calls to Meadowlands Hospital and Medical center in Secaucus. The Squad treated 874 residents, 349 nonresidents, which were broken down to 629 female patients, 593 male patients, 458 senior patients and 155 minor patients. The Squad responded to 82 mutual aid calls to surrounding communities, which included, 61 calls for Lyndhurst, 17 calls to East Rutherford, 2 calls to Clifton and 1 call each to Passaic and Nutley. The Squad requested the services of the Paramedics on 514 occasions. Of those 514 calls, the paramedics worked up 202 patients, released 151 patients, were cancelled 150 times and were unavailable on 11 occasions. There were two ambulance calls at the same time on 80 occasions and three calls at the same time on 7 occasions.