Fresno County Extends Suspension of Ambulance Diversions Indefinitely

CAL/AAEM News Service pottsbri@yahoo.com
Mon, 26 May 2003 22:11:12 -0700 (PDT)


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Fresno County Extends Suspension of Ambulance Diversions Indefinitely 

05/16/2003 





Fresno County officials yesterday approved an order that will continue indefinitely a suspension of ambulance diversions at hospitals in the Fresno-Kings-Madera emergency medical services area, except in extreme cases such as equipment failure, the Fresno Bee reports (Anderson, Fresno Bee, 5/16). County officials in February approved a one-month suspension of ambulance diversions after the release of a report that found area hospitals "resort to diversion more rapidly, and that it no longer has the same significance as when diversion was used as a 'last resort'" (California Healthline, 2/25). County officials decided to approve the order yesterday after a report on the one-month suspension found no benefits to ambulance diversions. Daniel Lynch, division director for Fresno County Emergency Medical Services, said, "It's obvious that diversion wasn't working the way we thought. Hospitals were just rotating ambulances in circles" (Fresno Bee, 5/16). 



Brian Potts 
Managing Editor, CAL/AAEM News Service 
MS-IV, UC-Irvine

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<P>Fresno County Extends Suspension of Ambulance Diversions Indefinitely </P>
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<P>Fresno County officials yesterday approved an order that will continue indefinitely a suspension of ambulance diversions at hospitals in the Fresno-Kings-Madera emergency medical services area, except in extreme cases such as equipment failure, the Fresno Bee reports (Anderson, Fresno Bee, 5/16). County officials in February approved a one-month suspension of ambulance diversions after the release of a report that found area hospitals "resort to diversion more rapidly, and that it no longer has the same significance as when diversion was used as a 'last resort'" (California Healthline, 2/25). County officials decided to approve the order yesterday after a report on the one-month suspension found no benefits to ambulance diversions. Daniel Lynch, division director for Fresno County Emergency Medical Services, said, "It's obvious that diversion wasn't working the way we thought. Hospitals were just rotating ambulances in circles" (Fresno Bee, 5/16). </P></FONT></DIV><BR><BR!
 ><STRONG>Brian Potts <BR>Managing Editor, CAL/AAEM News Service</STRONG> <BR>MS-IV, UC-Irvine<p><hr SIZE=1>
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