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EmergyCare, Inc. was started in the early 1980's as a not for profit ambulance service for the city of Erie. The service has support from Hamot Medical Center and Saint Vincent Health Center both in Erie, PA. Emergycare currently has divisions in Erie, PA, Meadville, PA, Titusville, PA, Warren, PA and Kane, PA. Meadville is the County seat of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. Titusville is a city in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. Warren is a city in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. Kane is a Borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, 94 miles (151 km east by south of Erie. They are also co-owners of Corry Ambulance in Corry, PA along with Corry Memorial Hospital. Corry is a city in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6834 at the 2000 census

Services Provided

EmergyCare provides both emergency and non-emergency medical transportation services. They have a medical taxi service which gives ambulatory patients transportation to and from doctors appointments. They also provide wheelchair transportation for wheelchair bound patients.

EmergyCare also provides non-emergency ambulance transportation. This service is used for patients who are non-ambulatory and are unable to tolerate a wheelchair, or who may need other types of monitoring, both basic and advanced. They also provide critical care transportation by ground with what is known at the Mobile Intensive Care Unit or MICU team. These crews are specially trained to provide advanced care to critical patients. These teams can consist of an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Paramedic, and may also have a Pre Hospital RN. The Emergency Medical Technician ( EMT) exists in many countries and is a health care provider trained to provide prehospital emergency medical care A paramedic is a medical professional usually a member of the emergency medical service, who primarily provides Pre-hospital advanced medical and

EmergyCare provides emergency ambulance to all areas in their respective divisions. They also provide paramedic intercepts for residents in eastern Erie County, as well as areas in Northern Crawford County, PA. Crawford County is a County located in the US state of Pennsylvania.

LifeStar Air Medical Services

Current Lifestar (EC-145)
Current Lifestar (EC-145)

EmergyCare provides medical crew staffing for LifeStar helicopter which is based out of Harborcreek Township, PA. Harborcreek Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The LifeStar program was started in May, 1986. The current aircraft is a EC 145 . WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The flight team is comprised of a pilot, critical care/emergency Board Certified RN and critical care paramedic. The pilots and mechanic are employed by Air Methods Corporation which conducts all aviation services for the LifeStar program. LifeStar is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems

LifeStar provides a robust and comprehensive level of on-scene and interfacility critical care air medical transport within a 150 mile radius of Erie, PA. The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS (pronounced cames) is an independent non-profit agency which audits and accredits fixed-wing and rotary The level of care provided includes: cardiac monitoring, defibrillation, external and transvenous pacing, advanced airway management, ventilator, invasive and non-invasive CPAP/BiPAP, blood product administration, invasive line management, a-lines, central lines, extensive line of critical care medications, IV pumps, cardiac assist devices, intraaortic baloon pump management and specialty team neonatal critical care.

Emergycare/Lifestar Operations

Emergycare/Lifestar Operations located in Erie, PA
Emergycare/Lifestar Operations located in Erie, PA

EmergyCare/Lifestar Operations was started with the start of Emergycare. They are currently responsible for dispatching:

Eight fire departments:

Three police departments:

Air Medical Services:

Also tracks calls for outlying divisions in:

The communications center handles 911 calls for city of Erie ambulance calls, Corry Ambulance, the eight fire departments and three police departments. Corry is a city in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6834 at the 2000 census Greenfield Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Greene Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Lake City is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Summit Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Mill Village is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Waterford is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Wattsburg is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Union City is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, 26 miles (42 km southeast of Erie. Edinboro is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Lake City is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Union City is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, 26 miles (42 km southeast of Erie. Kane is a Borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, 94 miles (151 km east by south of Erie. Meadville is the County seat of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. Titusville is a city in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. Warren is a city in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. They also handle connecting outlying hospitals with the trauma surgeon at Hamot Shock Trauma. Weekdays, the communications center is also staffed with two non-emergency calltakers which schedule non-emergency medical taxi, wheelchair and stretcher serivce for all divisions of the company. All emergency and non-emergency scheduling is handled through operations.

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