Scope of Care
Metro Atlanta Ambulance is a ambulance transport provider licensed by the State of Georgia, Office of EMS and Trauma. Emergency and non-Emergency transports including basic life support, advanced life support and critical care transport is provided 24 hours a day/ 365 days a year in the greater-metro Atlanta, Georgia region. A fleet of vehicles which include Mercedes Sprinter ambula
nces, Ford E-450 and Ford F-450 ambulances are used to perform both 911 Emergency scene transports and inter-hospital transfers. Requests for service are received from authorized 911 public safety answering point centers in Bartow County, Cobb County, Paulding County and the cities of Marietta, Smyrna, and Kennesaw/Acworth, Georgia. Inter-hospital transfers are received from authorized hospital personnel. Request for service are accepted without discrimination due to race, creed, s*x, color, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, handicap, or ability to pay. Emergency scene responses or requests, in the Metro Atlanta Ambulance service area, which involve a patient with a potentially life threatening illness or injury, are accepted without prescreening for the ability to pay. EMS Staffing is consistent with the requirements of the Georgia Office of EMS & Trauma. The medical crews provide ambulance transport for a wide variety of patients from adult to pediatric age suffering from varied medical diagnosis or traumatic injury. Additionally, specialty teams from Emory University and Piedmont Hospital accompany our crews on ECMO critical care transfers. The medical crew performs assessments and intervene with basic and advanced skills when required by written protocols or with the direction of a medical control physician.
