[Scan-DC] Med Star moves dispatch

[JWilliamH@aol.com]

I was wondering why I could no longer hear the dispatcher side of the 
conversation on 462.950 in Virginia.  This must be the answer.

Jeff




> Medical Transport Company Makes Big Change
> 
> MedStar Moves Dispatch Center
> 
> POSTED: 4:43 p.m. EDT July 15, 2003
> 
> FORT MEADE, Md. -- A company that handles hundreds of ambulance and 
> medical helicopter rides is moving its communications center.
> 
> MedStar used to house its communications offices at the Washington 
> Hospital Center in the District. Now, after 20 years, a new dispatch 
> center is open at Tipton Airport in Anne Arundel County. The company 
> said the change will not negatively affect service.
> 
> Each year, the company handles 15,000 requests for ambulances and 
> 3,200 requests for medical helicopter services.
> 
> 
> With other locations in Charles, Frederick and Talbot counties, 
> MedStar says it can airlift patients to hospitals in about 20 minutes.
> 
> The company said its first patients were primarily victims of car 
> accidents. However, now accident victims account for only about 8 
> percent of air transports while about 90 percent are critical care 
> patients who are being moved to other hospitals.
> 
> 
> 




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