The private Action Ambulance company is posting three ambulances in various parts of Baxter County (Ark.) so they can accept more runs from the county’s 911 center, in competition with the five EMS units fielded by the Baxter Regional Medical Center. The county originally was dispatching every fourth incident to Action Ambulance when the company opened in 2005. But the company went to court and received a 50/50 split arrangement from a judge. Last month the 911 center switched to dispatching the closest EMS units, which gave Action Ambulance an average of 3.8 emergency incidents a day. Company spokeswoman Nancy Melton said the posting of ambulances is a trial to see if they can accept more incidents each day from the county center. Read more about the competition and the rotation system here.
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