MedStar’s response volume in February of ’24 was 1.8% higher than February ’23 and 8.5% higher than February ’22.
We continue to be blessed with the ability to retain, recruit and deploy staff to increase daily ambulance resources to meet this rising demand, somewhat bucking the national the national EMS worker shortage.
Below is a chart of the average daily staffed ambulance “Unit Hours”. A ‘unit hour’ represents one hour of a staffed on-duty ambulance.
Also below is the summary of MedStar’s response volume, and patient destination summary through February 2024.
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NOTE: February ’24 had 29 days, vs. the 30 or 31 days of other months, which impacts monthly destination volume reports in this graph.
