480 EMS runs keeps Bluffton squad busy in 2015
Bluffton EMS had a busy year with 480 total runs, according to Jan Basinger, EMS director.
The squad had 459 calls with 353 of those of a medical nature. The majority of calls, 360, were within the village of Bluffton.
The squad had 339 transports with Bluffton Hospital as the destination on 164 calls, Lima Memorial with 81, St. Rita’s Medical Center 81 and Blanchard Valley Hospital 52. There were four life flights from the Bluffton airport.
July was the busiest month with 48 runs. August was the lightest month with 29 runs.
A month-by-month breakdown of runs is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.
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