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New Technologies Expand Our Capabilities to Better Serve Patients ATLANTA, Nov. 9, 2018 — MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service (MAAS) has implemented a technology upgrade with FirstNet – a groundbreaking new communications platform developed just for public safety. FirstNet is the nationwide communications platform dedicated to America’s public safety – available when and where we need it.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Hiram, GA The Stop the Bleed project is a national awareness campaign intended to encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. WellStar Paulding Hospital Emergency Department and MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service professionals partnered to teach school Nurses from the Paulding County School System about the…
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Marietta, GA- MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service is pleased to announce its recent hire of Wayne Dodd to the position of Director of Community Relations. In his role he will serve as an ambassador for Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service to local government, business and non-profit organizations throughout the greater-Atlanta area. Metro Atlanta Ambulance Vice President, Devan Seabaugh…
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Marietta, GA, June 5, 2017 — Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks. Every year, more than 250,000 people experience an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) the most deadly type of heart attack caused…
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Marietta Daily Journal Staff Reports MetroAtlanta Ambulance was recently awarded full accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems at the April 4 meeting of the Board of Directors. The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems is an independent nonprofit agency which audits and accredits medical transport services, both private and public,…
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April 12, 2017- MetroAtlanta Ambulance was recently awarded full accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems at the April 4, 2017 meeting of the Board of Directors. The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems is an independent non-profit agency which audits and accredits medical transport services, both private and public, that…
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