Captain's Report - April 2011
In March we handled 92 calls. The calls were classified as medical with 60 calls and trauma with 20 calls including 11 motor vehicle accidents. We handled 1 call classified as other and 0 as fire.
Ambulance BLS1 handled 21 calls and traveled 246 miles. Ambulance BLS2 handled 3 calls and traveled 35 miles. Ambulance BLS3 handled 68 calls and traveled 777 miles. We had two ambulances in service at the same time on 10 occasions.
ALS was called 37 times. They treated 23 patients, released 6 patients, were canceled 7 times and were unavailable once.
We visited 5 different hospitals. Hackensack led with 50 visits followed by St. Mary’s with 21.
Our members spent 170.5 hours in the ambulances. We treated 67 residents and 27 non-residents. We responded to 5 mutual aid calls in Lyndhurst.