The MDJ Citizen of the Year award went to Cobb County’s frontline health workers at the Cobb Chamber’s 79th annual meeting Monday. The announcement breaks with tradition by naming a group of “Citizens of the Year,” rather than honoring an individual. Frontline workers from Metro Atlanta Ambulance, Wellstar Health Systems, Cobb and Douglas Public Health,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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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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