Does FireTransport Fragment the EMS System?
The current Two-Tier EMS system is already fragmented, with Fire Department 1st-Tier responders forced to “Hand-Off” every patient to the 2nd-Tier private ambulance company. Each patient is evaluated, interviewed, and treated by two (2) different agencies during the course of their prehospital care and transport… that’s fragmentation. Continuity of Care is provided when the first responder provides total patient care, including transport, so that the same paramedic that first evaluates, interviews, and treats the patient, also provides transport and continues patient care all the way to the hospital.
