[Scan-DC] Montgomery County on Blue Alert

[edtobias at comcast.net]

This has been happening regularly. COVID cases are again jamming hospitals. This results in nowhere to put patients that arrive via ambulance. That results in EMS units being held for extra long times at ERs before they can unload their patients. That results in fewer EMS units in service even though there are no weather events or catastrophes, other than the catastrophe of COVID.

Ed

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From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of along at comcast.net
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Right, that’s why I asked.  It was concerning, especially since there were no apparent weather incidents, MCI’s or anything else out of the ordinary besides having to dispatch an ambulance from station 20 for a cardiac arrest to Georgia/Bel Pre area during late afternoon rush hour just after the Blue Alert went out.

 

-Andy

 

From: Glen Jackson <kd4tzg at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 4:55 PM
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Cc: along at comcast.net; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Montgomery County on Blue Alert

 

We call that Level ZERO if it's the EMS term. Meaning - NO AMBULANCES AVAILABLE.

 

People would be surprised how frequently it happens everywhere...

 

On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 3:40 PM ~Bill <ecps92 at earthlink.net <mailto:ecps92 at earthlink.net> > wrote:

BLUE ALERT: When an EMS jurisdictional system is temporarily taxed to its limits in providing pre-hospital care and ambulance transportation due to extraordinary situations such as multi-casualty incidents, snow, icing, or flooding or other circumstances that contribute to high demand for ambulance service. The jurisdiction may declare blue alert suspends yellow alert.

https://miemss.org/home/Portals/0/Docs/Guidelines_Protocols/Region_II_Alert_ <https://miemss.org/home/Portals/0/Docs/Guidelines_Protocols/Region_II_Alert_Status_Policy.pdf?ver=2015-07-27-143552-300#:~:text=BLUE%20ALERT%3A%20When%20an%20EMS,high%20demand%20for%20ambulance%20service>
Status_Policy.pdf?ver=2015-07-27-143552-300#:~:text=BLUE%20ALERT%3A%20When%2
0an%20EMS,high%20demand%20for%20ambulance%20service.


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Subject: [Scan-DC] Montgomery County on Blue Alert

All,



Any idea what's going on in Moco?  They just went on blue alert.



-Andy

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