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Local ambulance services recognized for EMS Clinical Excellence

The Rock County Ambulance and Jasper Community Ambulance are among 95 ambulance services statewide to be recognized by the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board (EMSRB) for providing outstanding pre-hospital clinical care in 2022.
Working with EMS physicians from across the state, the EMSRB last year established clinical advisory performance measures to benchmark ambulance performance, according to Dylan Ferguson, Executive Director of the EMSR Board.
“They highlight the wonderful prehospital care that Minnesotans receive every day from our dedicated EMTs and Paramedics,” Ferguson said.
The measures look specifically at the quality of patient care in cases of strokes, chest pain, trauma and pediatrics.
In order to qualify for recognition, the 95 awardees had to achieve a performance rate of 80 percent or higher in five or more individual performance measures.
Joe Newton, president of the Minnesota Ambulance Association, applauded the 95 ambulance services for achieving the EMS Clinical Excellence awards.
“Minnesota’s EMS providers continue to provide excellent service even as they confront serious challenges related to staff and volunteer shortages and increased demand for emergency medical services,” he said. 
Each year ambulance service providers throughout the state respond to nearly 715,000 calls for service using 804 individual ambulances.
“All Minnesotans count on EMTs and paramedics throughout our state to provide not only transportation, but high quality out-of-hospital care to keep Minnesotans safe and healthy,” Newton said.

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