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Welcome to… Calhoun County Emergency Medical Service |
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“A State and National Award Winning E.M.S. System” |
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ABOUT CCEMS Calhoun County Emergency Medical Service is the sole provider of emergency care and transportation of the sick and injured in Calhoun County, South Carolina. The service is county government operated and was established in 1990 to serve the approximately 16,000 citizens who reside in our 385 square mile county located in the geographic center of the state of South Carolina. Our county is very rural and is traversed by 20 miles of Interstate and over 100 miles of major state routes. We run a lot of crash related trauma...more than would be expected from our size. We also do not have a hospital in the county. Our paramedics quickly become EMS trauma experts! We are proud to have won several state and national awards, including the NAEMT National Paramedic Service of the Year, the Global MEDNET 2000 and the Secretary’s Award for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. We have also been named an EMS Best Practice Model by the National Rural Health Association. SERVICE MODEL We operate as a public health entity. We believe that EMS should provide services that the target population requires to positively impact and augment the public health status. In addition to responding to emergencies, our personnel are involved in community education, public health screening and emergency planning. SYSTEM STATISTICS We operate a fleet of six ambulances and two administrative/fly cars. Three crews are on duty at all times working 24 hour shifts from three strategic locations in the county. Our average response time is 12 minutes. In 2007, CCEMS responded to just over 2,800 calls. DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Thank you for stopping by our site! I am personally proud of our EMS personnel who work and train to deliver emergency and non-emergency health care to you and yours when you need it. They are truly professionals and deserve our appreciation. They also provide CPR and first-aid classes to the public and provide stand-by coverage for many public events. Calhoun County EMS can also provide your church or civic group with informative programs. Please feel free to contact me about any concerns, complaints or complements you may have. I appreciate your input and support. William F. Minikiewicz, B.H.S., M.P.A. |
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UP-DATED APRIL 7, 2008 |