State Representative Gail Pavliga recently met with Deerfield trustees regarding her looking into sponsoring a state bill to institute a training program that would qualify someone to drive an ambulance only, no treating of the patient.
“Currently, what happens is,” township Vice Chair Ed Dean said, “you have a paramedic on board caring for the patient, but you still have to have another EMT minimum to drive the ambulance to the hospital. What Gail is proposing is another qualified driver just to drive the vehicle, and the patient would still be cared for in the back by a paramedic or an advanced EMT or whatever the situation may be.”
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