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MEMS crews are standing by — Call 911 in an emergency.
MEMS covers approximately 1,800 square miles in Central Arkansas, serving Pulaski, Grant, and Lonoke counties.
In the early days of EMS, every call received a lights and sirens response, and every call received the same equipment. In 2017, in an effort to provide the very best care and allocate equipment for its best use, MEMS became the first ambulance service in the state to adopt a tiered ALS/BLS system. This system allows MEMS' ACE Accredited dispatchers to process and route the best crew type (ALS or BLS) to a call.
In some instances, a BLS team will arrive on the scene first and administer care until an ALS team arrives, and vice versa.
ALS - Advanced Life Support
AKA "The Box Trucks"
Staffed with a Paramedic and EMT
BLS - Basic Life Support
AKA "The Vans"
Staffed with two EMTs, one being a Lead EMT.
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