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Paramedics mountain bike to hard-to-reach patients |
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Friday, November 11, 2011 17:22 |
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By Trevor Hughes, The Coloradoan
Paramedics on bikes are now rolling along with races and at community festivals across Fort Collins where ambulances don't ordinarily go.
The medics work for Poudre Valley Hospital EMS, the ambulance service serving Fort Collins and large portions of Larimer County.
Team members carry a wide variety of medications and treatments on their bikes, including defibrillators and cardiac medicine.
"We can run the first five to 10 minutes of any given call," said Rob Collett, a paramedic and leader of the Bicycle Emergency Response Team, or BERT.
Depending on the size of the event, as many as six paid and volunteer BERT members will be on patrol.
Read more about the program, its funding and the cycling paramedics who staff it.
PHOTO: John Betz, EMT, from left, Stephanie Callie, EMT reserve, and Rob Collett, paramedic, assisted participants in the Ciclismo Lory State Park mountain bike race. Courtesy of Rob Collett and The Coloradoan
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