Gloucester City Fire Department

Emergency Medical Services

CALL EMS IN EMERGENCIES ONLY

When you think someone is badly hurt or suddenly becomes sick and in danger, call EMS immediately. EMS stands for Emergency Medical Services. One call connects you with a whole emergency medical team of emergency dispatch operators, emergency medical technicians, paramedics that are specifically trained to handle these situations.  Call EMS when you think someone's life is threatened, when someone faints or collapses, has persistent chest pain or difficulty breathing or is badly injured. If you are not sure if it is an emergency, call EMS anyway. 

DON'T CALL EMS FOR NON-EMERGENCIES

Going to a doctor's appointment, getting a scraped knee bandaged or filling a prescription does not require professional EMS assistance. But calling EMS in non-emergencies does tie up the system and make it harder for EMS personnel to do their job-responding to serious emergencies.

 Again, if you're not sure if it's an emergency, do call EMS!

Duties and Responsibilities

• Basic Life Support

• Medical Calls

• Accidents

• CPR

• AED—Automatic External Defibrillator

 ü  The residents and guest of Gloucester City are protected with 24/7 with basic life support ambulance service and hospital based advanced life support when needed.  We are equipped with  AED—Automatic External Defibrillators on all response vehicles including fire trucks.  

 ü  We can provide information on CPR courses for you and your family members or co-workers

 ü  Public assistance

 ü  Assistance with bills for medical service  

[ Home ] [ Up ]

Send mail to webmaster@gloucestercityfd.org with questions or comments about this web site.
Copyright © 2009 Gloucester City Fire Department