Midtown EMS

[londonfireguy]

Hey Guys

Well i have been travelling, and stopped at in NYC, spent a time with a Rescue, and did the sights of Manhattan and was very well accomodated by a friend at a Midtwon Engine for the night, (it turned out to be a quiet one for the company!!)

Visited friends in San Fran, then jetted over to friends in Sydney, Oz, before coming back to the UK, it all helped kind of.

Anyways, a question, or two, is Mount Sinai EMS still operating ambulances in Manhattan,

and what units, whether private or FDNY cover Times Square, as when I was there we came across NYU, St Lukes and thier very distinctive ambulances, the same FDNY EMS crew time and again in Times Square, but I never got the unit number, but I think thier CSL was W42nd and 7th, and I think a Presbytarian unit.

Regards to you all

JT

 

[baileyjeff]

Yes Mt. Sinai does provide EMS coverage in Manhattan 11G, 12G both Bls units and 10U which is ALS. NYC has one unit 8C and St. Lukes has several units I don't know all the unit designations. It does not matter if your FDNY or voluntary unit if you happen to be available and the closest unit available to a call you will get it. Its very hard to tell you what unit or units cover Times Square.

Lets say I get a callby the WTC and the patient is stable and wishes to be transported to NYU, I do the transport. I clear up from the ER and I get a call on 59 Street and then take the patient to Cornell on 70 Street. I can easily get calls all day long all over Manhattan.