Med Express Ambulance Service, INC

2008 Information Fact Sheet

History and Qualifications

• 16 Years in providing primary EMS and other medical services
• Owner has over 30 years of direct involvement with EMS
• Management Team has an average of 12 years in EMS administration
• 95 employees, operates 20 ambulances, 7 para-transit vans
• Fort Polk, LA EMS contract provider, Government just renewed Option for 8^th year
• Dugway, UT EMS contract provider, Government just renewed Option for 3^rd year
• 14,000 sq foot Administration/Maintenance complex, US Hwy 71, Alexandria, constructed 2003
• Innovations in service delivery, technology in EMS, consumer savings programs

Acuity (Severity) Based Resource Deployment

• Expands Resource determination on caller screening to type of vehicle response in addition to immediacy/urgency
  • Advance Life Support Ambulance
  • Basic Life Support Ambulance
  • Paramedic Sprint Unit (High and Low Acuity Response)          
  • Wheelchair Vans
• Reduces cost of services
• Reserves assets for actual needs

Current Services and Contracts

• Contractor for Surge Ambulances, State of Louisiana, Central LA EVAC CENTER
• Contractor for Louisiana Dept of Agriculture, Camp Grant Walker (Medical Staff)
• Contractor for Pinecrest, Para transit services
• Community Training Center, American Heart Association (Central LA)
• Disaster Information Center, Office of Emergency Preparedness
• Disaster Command Center, American Red Cross (Central LA)
• Center for Disease Control, EMS Chempak Repository

Disaster Mitigation Initiatives

• Med Express Ambulance Service has been directly involved in pre and post-incident disaster responses for 16 years, including hurricanes, World Trade Center bombing and other mass evacuations
• Direct involvement in coordinating and producing disaster response teams in Central America, the Caribbean and Asia
• Med Express Companies has provided screening services and urgent care clinic projects in Iraq for civilians attached to the US military for 4½ years and provided the communications and medical logistics to support this project
• Med Express Companies has and is participating as a FEMA vendor of services in Louisiana and Texas (Only LA company activated in the 2007 Hurricane Season)
• Med Express Companies has produced vaccination, urgent care and industrial medicine projects for the post Katrina contractor workforce (KBR, Murphy Oil)
• Med Express continues to be the contractor for repatriation from Katrina/Rita (Contractor with Air Care)

Memberships/Organizations

• Louisiana Ambulance Alliance
• American Ambulance Association
• Louisiana Rural Heath Association
• National Association of EMTs
• Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)
• Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association (DERA)