JFK Medical Center Expands EMS Programs

7 Functional Division:

• Administration, Operations, Communications, Specialty Care Transport, Clinical Services, Training and Information Technology

5 Operations Service Lines:

• Specialty Care Transport – High Acuity Interfacility for all HMH Facilities (excluding HUMC retrievals)
• Advanced Life Support – Certificate of Need Based in Southern Union, Eastern Somerset, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties
• Basic Life Support – Municipal 911 Contracts for Edison, Metuchen, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, Scotch Plains, Aberdeen, Matawan, Red Bank and Highlands
• Basic Life Support – Non-Emergent/Interfacility Transport for >60 Network and Non-Network Hospitals, SNFs and ALFs
• Mobility Assistance Vehicle Transport

175 Ambulances, Wheelchair Vans and Support Vehicles traveling > 4M Miles Annually

• Talmadge Road, Edison
• Airport Road, Lakewood

14 Additional Deployment Stations and Offices:

• Bergen County – Teterboro
• Middlesex County –JFK University Medical Center, JFK Satellite ED in Plainfield, Raritan Bay Medical Center-Perth Amboy, Raritan Center-Edison, Sayreville EMS Squad, Scotch Plains Rescue Squad
• Monmouth County – Holmdel, Middletown, Red Bank, Jersey Shore University Medical Center
• Ocean County – Brick, Ocean Care Center-Point Pleasant, Southern Ocean Medical Center

2 Regional Communication Centers Providing:

• EMS 911 Call Screening
• GPS Based Unit Dispatching to both Emergency and Non-Emergent Requests for Service
• Coordinated Transfer Center Services
• Networkwide Lyft Rideshare Coordination
• Clinlab Specimen Pickup/Mobile Imaging Services Coordination
• Hospital Emergency Preparedness Hub for Central Region

JFK EMS Training Center

• Central Region hub for AHA Certifications (CPR, ACLS, PALS)
• EMT Training Program (initial and recertification
• Future Plans for JFK EMS Paramedic Training Program