Westchester Medical Center Ambulance?

[TAPSJ 30]

Does Westchester Medical Center have thier own ambulance? I saw in Dutchess an Ambulance with the Maria Ferrara Symbol on it today. I didnt know if they had thier own ambulance. Thanks.

Thomas

[Goose 188]

Sounds like the baby bus, ground transport for sick kids coming down to WMC. It's a transcare bus with a medic, emt and whatever hospital personnel they need.

Edited April 21, 2010 by Goose

[TAPSJ 30]

Thanks by the time I saw it the phone didnt come out quick enough. Thanks Again.

Thomas

[INIT915 1,119]

Thanks by the time I saw it the phone didnt come out quick enough. Thanks Again.

Thomas

Not just NICU, all ground transports, since LifeNet took over air operations, WMC handles ground calls, adult and peds.

[WAS967 97]

Yeah, that's the monster. Sexy looking truck, but I personally can't stand rescue body ambulances. But yeah, that's the ground truck. Usually has an EMT, Medic and one or two nurses. WMC might toss in some specialty care personnel from time to time if it's an unusual case.

Worth noting also is the medical center is on the grounds of the Grasslands Reservation (which includes NYMC, WCDES, Police Academy, Armory, the jails, the new consolidated homeless shelter, Ruth Taylor NH, etc) which has it's own ambulance as well (contracted out to Transcare).

[vtach39680 23]

Yeah, that's the monster. Sexy looking truck, but I personally can't stand rescue body ambulances. But yeah, that's the ground truck. Usually has an EMT, Medic and one or two nurses. WMC might toss in some specialty care personnel from time to time if it's an unusual case.

Worth noting also is the medical center is on the grounds of the Grasslands Reservation (which includes NYMC, WCDES, Police Academy, Armory, the jails, the new consolidated homeless shelter, Ruth Taylor NH, etc) which has it's own ambulance as well (contracted out to Transcare).

The rescue body freightliner is gone and has been replaced with 2 new Ford E450 superduty van fronts with larger "Volly" size patient area

[WAS967 97]

Well that's good. IF they had talked to Somers before getting the Freightliner, they could have saved themselves a ton of money. Who owns/buys/maintains the ambulances anyway? WMC or Transcare?

[tunaFish 0]

Yeah, that's the monster. Sexy looking truck, but I personally can't stand rescue body ambulances. But yeah, that's the ground truck. Usually has an EMT, Medic and one or two nurses. WMC might toss in some specialty care personnel from time to time if it's an unusual case.

Worth noting also is the medical center is on the grounds of the Grasslands Reservation (which includes NYMC, WCDES, Police Academy, Armory, the jails, the new consolidated homeless shelter, Ruth Taylor NH, etc) which has it's own ambulance as well (contracted out to Transcare).

Just a note. Ruth Taylor NH is no longer. Closed a while back.

[Guest WCDES636]

Just a note. Ruth Taylor NH is no longer. Closed a while back.

Ruth Taylor: Still operating. Just on a small scale for rehab.

[Guest mustangmedic]

The two new E450's are critical care units, both unit's are staffed with an EMT,Medic and Nurse

87A1 is the reservation Emergency unit

37M2 Flycar for Mount Pleasant

All unit's Come out of Ruth Taylor and all are run by Transcare