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About Cabarrus EMS
Cabarrus EMS was established in 1973 and has continued to grow. Currently, Cabarrus EMS operates ten 24-hour ambulances, one non-emergency transport unit, and one supervisor in a quick response vehicle and averages 55 calls per day.
The system is involved in many areas to improve patient care such as community education and advanced cardiac/stroke programs. The service operates under a liberal set of patient care protocols that include RSI, adult IO, 12 Lead EKG, capnography and digital EKG transmission with transports directly to the cath lab.
May 5, 2010
Population - 160,000
(transient increase of 200,000 3 times annually with race activities)
Coverage Area - 365 square miles
Ambulance stations - 8
| Resource |
Amount |
| Paramedic Ambulances |
10 |
| Paramedic Supervisor QRV |
1 |
| BLS Ambulance (EMS) |
1 |
| Tactical ALS Team |
1 |
| HazMat ALS Team |
1 |
| Water Rescue ALS Team |
1 |
| Structure Collapse ALS Team |
1 |
| Disaster Response ALS Team |
1 |
| SMAT 3 Team |
1 |
| Year |
Call
Volume |
Response
Time
Average |
| 2001 |
12,171 |
6.4 |
| 2002 |
13,119 |
7.3 |
| 2003 |
14,049 |
7.4 |
| 2004 |
15,224 |
7.59 |
| 2005 |
17,064 |
7.69 |
| 2006 |
17,348 |
7.2 |
| 2007 |
17,835 |
7.3 |
| 2008 |
19,556 |
7.1 |
| 2009 |
19,938 |
7.2 |
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