Bethany Beach EMS completes 2nd year of service - Bethany Beach

Monday, January 31, 2011

The Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company Emergency Medical Services has just entered its third year of service. The service is thriving and growing every year and the members of the Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company look forward to providing this essential service in the years to come. Our call volume increased from the previous year by 9% for a total of 920 calls for service. We were able to handle 97% of these calls, with other agencies covering any additional emergencies during the busy summer months. We transported 479 patients to a medical facility with 76% of these patients going to Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Delaware. Other hospital destinations included Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, Maryland, Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland and Millville Medical Center in Millville, Delaware. 67% of our calls were medical emergencies and 33% of our calls were a result of a traumatic event. 53% of the patients contacted were male and 47% were female. Our busiest month was July with 179 calls for service; at one point on July 4th we were handling 6 calls at one time. Our busiest days were on Fridays, followed by Saturdays, then by Sundays. The busiest hour of the day was 12 Noon. Our average call duration was 1 hour and 13 minutes. We utilized 1934 personnel for a total of 1907.97 personnel hours. We traveled at total of 14,605 miles. We would like to thank the citizens of the Bethany Beach Fire and EMS district for their continued support of the Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company Emergency Medical Services.