The Ambulance provides pre-hospital care and transportation.
Other services include medical coverage for community events such as, Pow-wows, sporting events, elder events, fishing, boxing and many other activities as well as EMS education to schools and community members.
We strive to provide a level of care that is continually evolving and growing to a more advanced level. We achieve this through continuous training and education for our employees and through an on-going program of community education involving interaction with the EMS System.
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Leech Lake EMS developed a Certified Training Center that allows the staff to train community members as First Responders. There are approximately *60 people in our communities trained as First Responders, it is our goal to be able to continue to develop a Reservation wide first response group. Other training available is First Aid and CPR. There are *8 EMS Instructors. Last year the EMS staff trained approximately *800 people. *As of August 2010 |
National and State Certified
All staff employed with the Ambulance Service must maintain a state or national certification as Emergency Medical Technicians. Bi-annual recertification of their skills are required for certification.
The ambulance is licensed by the State of Minnesota Emergency Services Regulatory Board to operate and is inspected on equipment and records on a bi-annual basis.
Basic Life Support
The Ambulance Service is a basic life support unit with advanced life support variances and protocols. We provide some medications through a variance with the State EMSRB. The staff are trained in advanced life support measures such as king airway, defibrillation, IV therapy, medication administration along with on-going education on a monthly basis.
Eligibility Requirements
Open to all community members. Need not be enrolled to receive Ambulance services.
Documents Requested
Insurance information may be requested
Intake Procedure
Patients are picked-up when they call for emergency services.
Fees
- No fee if eligible for care through IHS
- The Ambulance charges a pull-out fee and then the patient is charged based on mileage from pick-up
Method of Payment
If the patient does not have insurance they will be billed for services. The Ambulance uses an outside billing service.