Onboard computers are used to track and route all ambulances, using GPS mapping, so that
the nearest unit will be dispatched immediately.
In the event of a major disaster or catastrophe, the nearest and appropriate number of
ground and air ambulances will be sent immediately with little disruption of operations
throughout the service area.
An Acadian standard of care is the use of 12-lead EKGs or heart tracings, considered the
key to the pre-hospital evaluation of a heart attack. Our ability to rapidly diagnose
heart attacks in the field and wirelessly transmit that EKG to waiting physicians and
nurses at the hospital allows them to save precious seconds and minutes in a race to open
blocked arteries in heart attack patients. The hospital staff is notified rapidly and are
able to have their cath lab personnel assembled and waiting when we bring heart attack
patients through their doors. For more than 10 years, our timely diagnosis and treatment
have saved thousands of lives with rapid activation of cath lab personnel across all of
our three-state coverage areas and in the offshore industrial environment.
In life-critical situations such as shock, severe trauma and cardiac arrest, we utilize
the EZ-IO device, a bone drill that rapidly establishes vascular access. This allows
highly trained paramedics to administer lifesaving medications and fluids through this
bone needle directly into the circulation, saving seconds that can often make the
difference between life and death. We, along with other top-tier EMS services, have
embraced this lifesaving technology for many years and improved outcomes in thousands of
patients.