F-M Ambulance Service Inc

"DEDICATED TO THE WORK OF HEALTH AND HEALING"

AS PART OF THE SANFORD HEALTH INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEM, F-M AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. (FMA) PROVIDES EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA/MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA METRO AREA AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. FMA IS ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF AMBULANCE SERVICES (CAAS) AND IS THE LARGEST ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT GROUND AMBULANCE PROVIDER IN NORTH DAKOTA AND OUTSTATE MINNESOTA. FMA RESPONDS TO MORE THAN 35,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE ANNUALLY WHICH RESULTED IN TRANSPORTING MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE AND OVER 9,000 CALLS THAT DID NOT RESULT IN A PATIENT TRANSPORT. FMA SERVES AS A RESOURCE TO RESCUE SQUADS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AMBULANCE PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. FMA PROVIDES TACTICAL PARAMEDICS FOR THE REGIONAL S.W.A.T. TEAM AND PROVIDES FIREFIGHTER REHAB SERVICES PRO-BONO. FMA WORKS CLOSELY WITH LOCAL VOLUNTEER SERVICES TO COORDINATE THE DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE TO COMMUNITIES IN ITS SERVICE AREA AND IS A LEADER IN HOMELAND DEFENSE PREPAREDNESS BY SERVING AS A REGIONAL TRAINING SITE, RESOURCES PARTNER AND FIRST RESPONDER.THROUGH ITS READY WHEELS OPERATIONS (A SPECIALTY CARE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE), FMA PROVIDES LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE TRANSPORTATION FOR INDIVIDUALS CONFINED TO WHEELCHAIRS. THIS SPECIALTY CARE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO PROVIDE DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE. THESE SERVICES ALLOW INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY TO ACCESS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THAT ACCOMMODATE UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS DUE TO HEALTH CONDITIONS.EDUCATION AND OTHER SERVICES:FMA PROMOTES COMMUNITY HEALTH AND INJURY PREVENTION WITH MORE THAN 8,000 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC EACH YEAR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AID, AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR, CPR, BABYSITTER TRAINING AND OTHER COMMUNITY WELLNESS COURSES. FMA IS ALSO THE HOME TO THE REGION'S LARGEST INITIAL EMS CERTIFICATION CENTER. EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER CLASSES ARE TAUGHT TO AREA FIRE DEPARTMENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL OR INDUSTRIAL RESCUE SQUADS. EMT CLASSES ARE HELD MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR AND SUPPLY STAFFING FOR FULL-TIME AND VOLUNTEER AGENCIES ACROSS OUR AREA. NEW IN 2021, FMA OFFERS FREE EMT TRAINING AND MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR RURAL RESPONDERS IN ND AND MN.IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, OUR PARAMEDIC PROGRAM OFFERS AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE LEVEL COURSE ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS (ONE OF 3 IN ND). FMA ALSO OFFERS RECERTIFICATION COURSES IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY THAT ARE ACCREDITED THROUGH THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR PRE-HOSPITAL CONTINUING EDUCATION (ONLY ONE IN ND). SEVERAL OF OUR EDUCATORS ARE ACTIVE REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY ON EMS EDUCATION TOPICS.