KTVU KTVU July 3, 2024
To transfer. The patient to the hospital, the situation becomes worse and the number of available ambulances gets reduced. This isnt a new thing. This has happened periodically over the years and its not unique to contra costa. Since september, the number of ambulances has increased from 54 to 72 per day, but Officials Say theyve received 240 calls for an ambulance this year alone. More than two thirds of them needed serious advanced medical attention, and paramedics are hard to hire and keep. We are putting up to a dozen firefighter emts through Paramedic School and then our subcontractor, am...