Denver Health Paramedic Division is a public, hospital-based paramedic service based at

Denver Health Medical Center Denver Health Medical Center, formerly named Denver General Hospital, is a hospital in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, founded in 1860. It is one of five Level I Trauma Centers in Colorado. Denver Health Medical Center is one of the ...

Denver, Colorado Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

, in the United States. Denver Health Paramedics are contracted to provide the

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medical services to The City and County of Denver, The City of Glendale, the City of Sheridan, City of Englewood, the "Skyline" portion of unincorporated Arapahoe County and

Denver International Airport Denver International Airport , locally known as DIA, is an international airport in the Western United States, primarily serving metropolitan Denver, Colorado, as well as the greater Front Range Urban Corridor. At , it is the largest airport in ...

. The Denver Health Paramedic Division has a fleet of 36 ambulances (34 ALS) (2 Critical Care Transport). At peak times it has 24

advanced life support Advanced Life Support (ALS) is a set of life saving protocols and skills that extend basic life support to further support the circulation and provide an open airway and adequate ventilation (breathing). Components These include: * Tracheal in ...

ambulances available, most staffed by two

paramedic A paramedic is a registered healthcare professional who works autonomously across a range of health and care settings and may specialise in clinical practice, as well as in education, leadership, and research. Not all ambulance personnel are p ...

s. Denver Paramedics respond to an average of 130,000 calls for service a year, an average of 355 calls a day. More than 90,000 patients are transported to Denver area hospitals a year by Denver Paramedics. The largest number of emergency calls that Denver Paramedics respond to are auto accidents,

alcohol intoxication Alcohol intoxication, also known as alcohol poisoning, commonly described as drunkenness or inebriation, is the negative behavior and physical effects caused by a recent consumption of alcohol. In addition to the toxicity of ethanol, the main p ...

, altered mental status, psychiatric emergencies, falls, chest pain, and shortness of breath, followed by assaults, abdominal pain, seizure, and overdose. Cardiac arrest calls account for one half of one percent of all emergency calls.

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for Denver EMS Organizations based in Denver Ambulance services in the United States Medical and health organizations based in Colorado

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