CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SIXTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO.
R-25-122 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Dan Lewis, Joaqu?n Baca
RESOLUTION
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Establishing Minimum Staffing Requirements For Albuquerque Fire Rescue, Rescue Apparatus (Lewis, Baca)
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ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE, RESCUE APPARATUS.
WHEREAS, Albuquerque Fire Rescue has a proud tradition of providing excellent emergency response services to the citizens and visitors of the City of Albuquerque; and
WHEREAS, Albuquerque Fire Rescue operates a triaged response that prioritizes paramedics for emergency medical calls rather than non-patient related emergencies; and
WHEREAS, prompt and coordinated care is essential for maximizing positive patient outcomes in medical emergencies, especially heart attacks, trauma-related incidents requiring immediate transport, and multi-casualty accidents; and
WHEREAS, two paramedic Rescue apparatus provide a higher standard of care, particularly in complex medical emergencies, by reducing treatment delays, improving patient monitoring, and enhancing on-scene decision making; and
WHEREAS, two paramedics working in tandem and responding on the same apparatus provide increased crew cohesion, checks and balances for complex EMS protocol interpretation, leading to increased positive patient outcomes and ultimately saving lives; and
WHEREAS, Albuquerque Fire Rescue's two paramedic Rescue apparatus system offers beneficial professional mentorship and peer support to paramedics new and old; and
WHEREAS, to ensure full staffing of the two-paramedic Rescue apparatus system, the City must take proactive steps and train its own paramedics by working with our education partners to bring back our own training program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque has repeatedly fought trends to diminish and dilute service delivery to constituents; and
WHEREAS, the City of Albuqu...
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