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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…

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…

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…

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…

KENNESAW, Ga. (Jan 21, 2017) — In a collaborative effort with MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service, ten Kennesaw State University staff and students completed Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) Training.  Emergency Medical Responders will be located throughout the KSU campus and ready to provide immediate lifesaving care to critical patients who access the emergency medical services system. EMRs…

October 7, 2016-Local ambulance provider, Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service, served an integral role in the ongoing evacuation efforts of patients along coastal Georgia in preparation of Hurricane Mathew. Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service was activated on Monday by the Georgia Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency (GEMHSA). Staff reported to the GEMHSA Emergency Operations Center in…

Marietta, GA Sept 9, 2016 – MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service’s Manager of Safety and Risk Management, Elesa Sutton, became one of less than a thousand certified “Just Culture Champions” in the nation.  MetroAtlanta Ambulance introduced the concept of “Just Culture”, a system of shared accountability where organizations are accountable for the systems they design and for responding…

July 28, 2016, Marietta, GA – Metro Atlanta Ambulance is using state of the art technology to help stabilize life threatening respiratory emergencies using portable video laryngoscopes.  The King Vision Video Laryngoscopes are used to assist paramedics in treating patients who have stopped breathing or are having difficulty. The technology allows paramedics to have a clear…

Marietta, GA-June 20 2016-Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service was recognized as “EMS Service of the Year” at the Georgia EMS Region III EMS Awards banquet hosted by WellStar Health System on June 19, 2016.  The award is presented to a licensed Georgia Emergency Medical Service in Region III which exemplifies outstanding professionalism on the local, regional…

Marietta, GA, June 2,  2016 — 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…