Gristol-Serkonos Emergency Paramedic Services
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| Subitis medicinae ministerium Ambulansetjeneste Waöwödíya’dágeha’ | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | August 2, 1947 |
| Headquarters | Pontiac-Bernadotte, Gristol-Serkonos |
| Employees | 9,112 |
| Annual budget | GSC 192.5 billion USC 1.3 billion |
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| Parent agency | Jointly operated by the Public Security Agency and National Office of Health |
The Gristol-Serkonos Emergency Paramedic Services is the federally-chartered emergency medical services provider in Gristol-Serkonos. The service is operated jointly by the Public Security Agency and National Office of Health. While under federal government control, it is subject to federal legislation and licensing. The GS-EPS is not the only service provider in Gristol-Serkonos as private-for-profit medical transport service also provide routine, non-emergency transports and coverage for special events. Under the federal charter, the GS-EPS is the only provider permitted to service emergency calls.
The organization was founded in 1947 to unify the various emergency medical services organized by the Constituent Countries. Its operating charter is the 1947 Federal Emergency Medical Services Charter. It provides all tiers of response for emergencies from first aid to wilderness emergency medical service, CBRNE, heavy urban search and rescue response, and tactical emergency medical service.
Staff
The Gristol-Serkonos Emergency Paramedic Services has 8,600 members including paramedics and other support staff.
- Paramedics: 7,512 members
- Primary Care Paramedics: 4,200 members
- Enhanced Primary Care Paramedics: XX members
- Critical Care Paramedics: XX members
- Paramedic Superintendents: XX members
- Paramedic Commander: XX members
- Support Staff: 1,600 members
- Managerial staff: XX members
- Support staff: XX members
- Emergency Medical Dispatchers: XX members
Special operations
In addition to regular operations, Gristol-Serkonos Emergency Paramedic Services staffs several special operation units, tasked with the provision of Paramedic services in unusual circumstances.
- Air Ambulance Unit: The Air Ambulance Unit operates 10 AW189 super-medium-lift helicopters capable of transporting patients in a medical emergency where the situation is impractical for conventional ground ambulance.
- Tactical Unit: Cross-trained paramedics providing tactical emergency casualty care, K-9 medicine, police operations and tactics. They are provided specialized training for high risk situations.
- Marine Unit: Cross-trained paramedics providing staff for patrol vessels of the Royal Gendarmerie Riverine and Lakes Unit in order to provide medical support.
- Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (GS-JTF3): Specially-trained paramedics operating alongside elements of Federal Fire Protection Services, Royal Gendarmerie, volunteers from the Civil Defence Services, and emergency physicians from regional hospital networks to provide a joint-service Heavy Urban Search and Rescue team.
- Rapid Organ Transport Unit: Trained by special pursuit officers from the Royal Gendarmerie, paramedics from the Rapid Organ Transport Unit are permitted to exceed speed limits in public roads within reason. In 2013, Marklin-Ashton Motors was contracted to provide a fleet of their 2014-model Vision sports cars specifically modified with an organ perfusion systems on its rear boot compartment to preserve the donated organ. A ROTU vehicle is required to operate within a 500 kilometre-radius between hospitals due to the maximum allowable time for the donated organ to remain outside the body is five hours. A ROTU team consists of two paramedics, one to drive the car, and one to operate the communications, monitoring the organ perfusion system, and the on-foot transport from the car to the operating theatre.
- During rapid organ transport operations, Royal Gendarmerie's special pursuit unit provides an escort to clear a path for the ROTU unit.
Operations
Fleet
| Year | Make/Model | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Spireos Loader | Type 2 Ambulance | Primary Care Unit Critical Care Unit |
| 2022 | Redpath Sentinel | Supervisor/Tactical Unit | In use with the GS-EPS Tactical Unit. |
| 2014 | Redpath Victor | Nontransporting EMS Vehicle | Capable of responding and provide emergency medical services (EMS) without the ability to transport patients. |
| 2016 | Spireos Access | Multi Patient Emergency Response Vehicle | Used primarily for medical evacuation of mass casualty incidents and non-emergency medical transport of care-dependent patients. |
| 2014 | AW189 | Twin-engined, super-medium-lift air ambulance | Capable of transporting injured or sick people in a medical emergency or over distances or terrain impractical for a conventional ground ambulance. |