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Contact: Amanda
Olsen – AMR Public Relations Specialist
(503) 736-3480 Pager: (503) 920-0040
amanda_olsen@amr-ems.com
Josephine County Renews Contract for Ambulance
Service with AMR
GRANTS PASS, ORE., November
11, 2003 – American Medical Response (AMR) received
approval for a five-year contract renewal in Josephine County,
Ore. This contract will extend AMR’s advanced life support
(ALS) and basic life support (BLS) medical transportation
services in the county through June 30, 2009.
AMR provides 9-1-1 ALS emergency ambulance
service to the residents of Josephine County. Additionally,
AMR provides non-emergency BLS transportation, as well as
wheelchair transportation services. AMR also provides Mobile
Health Care to various businesses in the community. AMR also
has a Reach and Treat (RAT) team that performs water and high-angle
rescues throughout Josephine County.
“At AMR, our motto is commitment to the
community, and we follow through on this every day in Josephine
County,” says Dave Mathews, AMR Operations Manager for
Josephine County.
AMR is an integral part of the community in
Josephine County. AMR employees sit on the Kiwanis Board,
the Chamber of Commerce Board, the Search and Rescue Board,
two Rotary Clubs and serve as the chair of the Pathways to
Care Network. Through these organizations AMR shows commitment
to the community by providing medical standby services at
events such as Boatnik each year. Through its public education
program, AMR is the American Heart Association training center.
AMR also does DUII crash simulations at local schools and
Grim Reaper assemblies for area high schools. AMR also provides
Child Safety Seat Inspection Clinics throughout the year to
ensure the children in the community remain safe passengers
in vehicles. Each year, AMR provides an Automatic External
Defibrillator (AED) as well as training and maintenance to
local emergency responders.
In the state of Oregon, AMR provides emergent
and non-emergency ambulance service in Multnomah, Clackamas,
Josephine and Washington Counties.
American Medical Response Inc.
(www.amr.net), the nation’s largest provider of
medical transportation, is locally operated in 35 states.
More than 18,000 AMR paramedics, EMTs and other professionals
transport over four million patients nationwide each year
in emergency, critical and non-emergency situations. AMR,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Laidlaw International, Inc. (TSX:BUS),
is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo.
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