RILEY COUNTY

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

Riley County Emergency Medical Service, located in Manhattan, Kansas is one of 28 Type I ambulance services out of 182 in the state. EMS services are licensed as Type I only if they can provide paramedic level advanced life support 24 hours a day. Other services are considered Type II. Riley County contracted with Memorial Hospital in 1989 to oversee operations of the ambulance service. Today, RCEMS is part of the Department of Emergency Services at Mercy Regional Health Center of Manhattan. We are the primary providers of Emergency Medical Services for all of Riley County, and the southwestern corner of Pottawatomie County (Blue Township).

Staff
-23 full time employees (includes 2 administrative personnel)

-17 Mobile Intensive Care Technicians (paramedics)

- 6 Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic or -Intermediate (EMT-B or EMT-I)

-20 part time MICTs, EMT-Is and EMT-Bs

-1 volunteer First Responder

-Volunteer Fire Departments that provide first response in their Fire Districts

Education
MICT (paramedic) 2000 hours, including classroom, clinical training, and internship

EMT-I 450 hours

EMT-B 300 hours

First Responder 80 hours (typically works in a volunteer role)

Vehicles
Five Mobile Intensive Care Ambulances

First Responder unit (a retired ambulance) stationed in the town of Riley

First Responder unit (a retired ambulance) stationed in the town of Randolph

One Chevy Suburban four-wheel drive vehicle that serves as a Supervisor Unit

Two GMC Yukon four-wheel drive vehicles that serve as support vehicles

One Chevy Blazer four-wheel drive vehicle that serves as a support vehicle

Call Volume
Over 4000 calls or patient contacts per year, averaging over 11.5 calls per 24 hour shift

Shift Structure
Three 24 hour shifts, each consisting of a Captain, a Lieutenant, and five other technicians who are either MICTs or EMTs. Each crew works a 24-hour shift starting and ending at 07:00, working three shifts with 24 hours off in between, followed by four days off.

Facilities

Our headquarters and administrative offices are located at 2011 Claflin Road, and were built in 1980.

The second station is located at the Manhattan Fire Department on Poyntz Ave. where we have one EMS unit and crew.

Station Five is our substation in the town of Riley, built in 1995. This is a building that is shared with the Riley County Fire Department and houses our First Responder Unit.

Station Nine is our substation in the town of Randolph, which is a Riley County Fire Department station and houses our First Responder Unit.

Special Outreaches

Members of our staff teach CPR, ACLS, PALS, and other classes through area hospitals and educational institutions.

RCEMS serves as a statewide clinical and field internship site for First Responder, EMT, EMT-I and MICT classes for several educational institutions.

Provide standby EMS coverage to area high school and university athletic events, special events, drag races, and Bramlage Coliseum events.

Kansas approved training center for continuing education for EMS and other public safety personnel.

Sponsorship of Safe Kids, Riley County.