LMC Ambulance Service
The staff at Lincoln Medical Center Ambulance Service is held to the highest standards of quality in clinical care, maintaining all appropriate credentials and continuing education to ensure the highest quality care and compassion only community can provide.
At LMC Ambulance Service, we strive to provide superior service to the citizens of Lincoln County and all who pass through. We provide patient-centered care 24-hours per day, 7 days per week covering a population of approximately 39,000 people and 530 square miles.
We work diligently to be true servants to the community providing 911 emergency response, non-emergency patient transfers, special operations/disaster response, community event coverage, as well as providing community education programs such as CPR classes.
Services Provided to the Community
- Community outreach
- 911 Emergency response
- Convalescent transportation
- Inter-facility transport
- Critical care transport
- Event coverage
- Special operations response
Our Commitment to Excellence
- ALS staffed ambulances
- Paramedics with ACLS, PALS, BLS, and Trauma certifications
- 12 & 15 lead ECG
- EZ-IO
- Video Laryngoscopy
- Warmed IV fluids
- IV infusion pump
- Right Dose pediatric drug guides
- Advanced field protocols
- 40+ hours of continuing education yearly
- 13+ Pediatric education hours
- Program oversight by local Medical Director, Dr. William R. Jones
History
Lincoln County began its ambulance service operation under the supervision of the county hospital on September 1, 1972. There was only basic first aid service in the beginning, with nine full-time employees working 24-hour shifts every other day. Two ambulances were staffed twenty-four hours a day. Within a year all employees had successfully completed the state sanctioned EMT (emergency medical technician) training course. The new EMTs gave the citizens of Lincoln County BLS (basic life support) service countywide for the first time.
In 1975 the county had its first three EMT-Paramedics, offering ALS (advanced life support) through the ambulance service. By this time, the ambulance service was recognized as an Emergency Medical Service (EMS). Advances in training and equipment have always been a priority in our ambulance service.
There have been many advances in EMS for Lincoln County in the last 40 years. Today our EMTs and Paramedics are provided with the latest training and technology to meet the medical emergencies they encounter every day. Our staff is part of the Accredited Chest Pain Center at Lincoln Medical Center and was chosen along with Lincoln Medical Center to be a Beta test site for the St Thomas Stroke network, and Lincoln Medical Center Ambulance Service was named the 2013 ALS Service of the year by the Tennessee Ambulance Service Association.
Our staff complete over 30 hours of in service and continuing education yearly, and are required to complete yearly skills evaluations. We are recognized as an “A” rated ALS ambulance service by the state of Tennessee.
Our services include but are not limited to: 911 emergency response covering 520 square miles with an approximate population of 39,000 residents, medical convalescent transport to and from doctors’ offices, dialysis, and surgery centers, Inter-facility transfers to hospitals of higher care, Event Medicine, and Haz-Mat response. We serve as oversight for Fayetteville Fire Department and Lincoln County Volunteer Fire Rescue First Responder programs and offer the Heart Safe Community program to citizens of Lincoln County. Our monthly call volume consists of over 500 calls per month, 41% emergency calls.
Locations
Lincoln Medical Center Campus
108 Medical Center Blvd
Fayetteville, Tn
Fayetteville-Lincoln County Airport Campus