Emergency Medical Services (MN)
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This article is designed to address larger Emergency medical Services in Minnesota of the following Types
- EMS's that operate their own Secondary PSAP
- EMS's the operate in Multiple counties
- EMS's that are larger in operational size
Minnesota Has 4 Secondary PSAP's which by definition, are secure centers that are capable of recieving 911 calls. Secondary PSAPs are:
- Mayo Clinic Medical Transport
- North Memorial Ambulance Service
- Hennepin County Medical Center
- Allina Medical Transportation
Contents
Medical Resource Control Centers
The Twin Cities breaks EMS up into 2 major groups - East and West Metro, each spearheaded by their own Control Center. Medical Resource Control Centers operate as the hub of patient information and the coordination points for their side of the river.
- East MRCC is located in the Emergency Department of Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Ramsey County
- West MRCC is a service of Hennepin County Medical Center Emergency Medical Services Communications Center
Allina Health Emergency Medical Services
Field Operations
Allina EMS provides coverage through a number of Bases
- North Metro (Arden Hills)
- South Metro (Eagle Lake)
- Cambridge
- Wright County
- A.L.F. (Apple Valley, Lakeville and Farmington)
- New Ulm
- Hutchinson
Unit Numbering
Unit ID | Group ID | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
100-199 | Special Transportation & Greater MN Program | ||||
201 | Isanti County Operations Manager | ||||
202-208 | Isanti County ALS units | ||||
2771-2775 | Hutchinson Ambulance | 2710 Manager | |||
300-310 | Northfield Ambulance | Dispatch Contract | 310 Supervisor/Manager | ||
371-372 | Glencoe Ambulance | 3710 Supervisor | |||
401-408 | Dispatch Management | ||||
500 | Allina Secondary Communications Center | ||||
501-506 | Clinical Services | ||||
511-536 | South Service Area ALS units | 550 South Manager | |||
5601-5602 | Elk River Ambulance | 5603-5604 Medic Chase Vehicles | |||
587 | South Metro Critical Care Truck | ||||
592-597 | ALF Ambulance | 590 ALF Manager | |||
600 | Allina Primary Communications Center | Dispatch call sign | |||
610 | On Duty Paramedic Supervisor/Manager | ||||
620-685 | North Service Area ALS units | ||||
686-689 | North Metro Critical Care | ||||
690 | Wright County Operations Manager | ||||
691-699 | Wright County ALS units | ||||
671-676 | Bike Team | ||||
800-806 | Lakeview EMS Ambulance | Dispatch Contract | 801 Manager | 810 Duty Supervisor | |
905-915 | New Ulm Ambulance | 910 Manager | |||
931-932 | Community Paramedic | ||||
950-953 | Interfacility Manager/Supervisors | ||||
983-999 | Metro Area BLS units |
Communications
In addition to Dispatching Allina EMS Site, Allina Communications also provide dispatch services for:
- CentraCare EMS (Formerly New River Medical Center EMS)
- Northfield Hospital EMS
- Lakeview Hospital EMS
- Lakes Regions EMS (1SEP2016)
Allina Communications has 13 Dispatch Positions and conducts all of its operations on ARMER. Allina uses TriTech's visiCAD.
- Allina Communications uses Motorola Gold Elite Consoles, as such, every talkgroup at each dispatch console has a unique radio ID which can be found here.
F-M Ambulance (Fargo-Moorhead)
- F-M Ambulance operates in the Fargo-Moorhead Area and Thief River Falls. They have service area in Cass County, ND, Clay County, MN & Pennington County, MN
HealthEast Medical Transportation
- HealthEast Medical Transportation operates ALS and BLS ambulances. They have 911 PSA in Dakota County.
- All operations are on ARMER
Hennepin County Medical Center EMS
- HCMC EMS is solely a 911 ALS Service within Hennepin County.
- All Ambulances are staffed with 2 paramedics.
- Maximum Staffing is 19 ALS Ambulances, minimum staffing is 6 ALS Ambulances
- 911 PSA is:
- Minneapolis (85%)
- St. Anthony Village
- Richfield
- St. Louis Park
- Hopkins
- Minnetonka
- Eden Prairie
- Golden Valley (Tyrol Hills Neighborhood)
- Excelsior
- Greenwood
- Woodland
- Deephaven
- All operations are on ARMER
LifeLink III
Air Operations
Rotor Wing bases in
- Blaine (Anoka County, MN)
- Rice Lake (Barron County, WI)
- Alexadria (Douglas County, MN)
- Hutchinson (McLeod County, MN)
- Hibbing (St. Louis County, MN)
All operations are on Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER), except Rice Lake, which uses a UHF LTR system that is not in the database.
Mayo Clinic Medical Transport
Ground based operations in:
- Rochester
- Austin
- Owatonna
- Mankato
- Fairmont
- Litchfield
- Little Falls
- St. Cloud
- Eau Claire
- Duluth/Superior
Operates 4 Helicopters in:
- Mayo One - Rochester
- Mayo Two - Eau Claire, WI
- Mayo Three - Mankato
- Mayo Four - Red Wing (Part Time)
- Fixed Wing Operations with 2 Airframe based out of the Rochester Airport
- Critical Care Staffing of 2 Pilots, 1 Nurse and 1 Paramedic
North Memorial Ambulance Service
- 700 operates from North Memorial Ambulance Services Headquarters in Brooklyn Center
- Dispatches and provides Pre-arrival Instructions
Ground Operations Sites in:
- Metro (Brooklyn Center)
- Metro ALS, BLS and Critical Care in Hennepin County
- Princeton, Zimmerman and Milaca in Sherburne, Mille Lacs & Benton Counties
- Faribault, Waseca, Kenyon and New Prague in Rice, Goodhue, Waseca, Le Sueur & Scott Counties
- Brainerd, Crosslake, Aitkin, Deerwood and Longville
- Park Rapids
- Alexandria in Douglas County
- Burnett County, WI
- All operations are on ARMER
- Emergency Medical Services (MN) Radio IDs on ARMER.