Posts by Devan.Seabaugh
MAAS Disaster Response Team Assists at Georgia Emergency Operations Center During Hurricane Dorian
Marietta, GA. When Governor Brian Kemp recently declare a State of Emergency in Georgia for Hurricane Dorian, local ambulance provider, MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service (MAAS) in conjunction with the Georgia Office of EMS and the Georgia Department of Public Health, sent a highly trained Emergency Response Team to the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) Emergency Operations…
Read MoreMetro Atlanta Ambulance Service Receives the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Award
Marietta, GA – MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Award for the fifth consecutive year for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks. “We continue to dedicate time and provide the education and training resources necessary to ensure our medics are…
Read MoreMetro Atlanta Ambulance Service awarded 2019 Emergency Medical Service of the Year
Atlanta, GA – Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service was recognized as “EMS Service of the Year” at the Georgia EMS Region III EMS Awards banquet hosted by Northside Hospital on May 23, 2019. The award is presented to a licensed Georgia Emergency Medical Service in Region III which exemplifies outstanding professionalism on the local, regional and…
Read MoreGeorgia First Responders Save 29-Year Old Cardiac Arrest Victim
FOX 5 NEWS By Beth Galvin, FOX Medical Team PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. (FOX 5 Atlanta) – The 911 call came in December 9, 2018, a Sunday night. Daniel Sherrod, a 29-year-old beer distributor, had collapsed at his Paulding County home. He recalls nothing about that night or the week that followed. "I remember asking my mom…
Read MoreRestart of Patient’s Heart Earns Paulding Emergency Medical Workers Regional Award
West Georgia Neighbor By Tom Spigolon @TSpigolonNBR Two Paulding emergency medical responders’ successful efforts to revive a cardiac arrest patient whose heart had stopped earned them honors during a recent awards banquet. They were in a group honored for outstanding service to their communities at the 40th annual Northwest Georgia Region 1 Emergency Medical Services…
Read MoreMetro Atlanta Ambulance Now Providing 9-1-1 Transport Services to Bartow County
Cartersville, Georgia –Local ambulance provider MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service, under contract with Bartow County Government, began responding to 9-1-1 calls in Bartow County October 1st at 7:00 AM. MetroAtlanta Ambulance President/CEO Pete Quinones stated,” The transition has gone very well. Our intent was to make it seamless and we have spent a lot of time meeting…
Read MoreA Changing of the Guard
JAMES SWIFT/THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS BY NEIL B. MCGAHEE Shortly after 8 a.m., a series of tones followed by a stoic message blared over the Bartow County Emergency Services radio, announcing the end of the county's Emergency Medical Services "Bartow County EMS stations 1,2,3,6 and 10. As of Oct. 1, 2018, the county EMS will…
Read MorePrivate Ambulance Service Taking Over Bartow EMS
Effective Oct. 1, MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service will begin operating in Bartow County. By Kristal Dixon, Patch Staff CARTERSVILLE, GA — Bartow County is days away from its transition to team up with a private company to provide ambulance services to citizens in its jurisdiction. Effective Monday, Oct.1, MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service will take over this role…
Read MoreMetro Atlanta Ambulance Service Transition Takes Effect Oct. 1
The Daily Tribune News Cartersville, GA Posted Thursday, September 6, 2018 BY JAMES SWIFT When MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service officially takes over emergency medical services in Bartow County next month, many of the faces will be familiar. "All Bartow [EMS] employees were offered a job, and about 75 percent of those that applied are coming over," said MetroAtlanta Vice President…
Read MoreMetroAtlanta Ambulance Recognized with the Health Hero Award
Marietta, GA December 4, 2017 Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service was recognized with the Health Hero Award, presented by Cobb & Douglas Public Health and the Cobb Chamber of Commerce monthly breakfast. The annual award is given to an organization deemed to have made a significant and positive impact on the health of the Cobb community.
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