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Latest News                                                   SUBMITTED BY                          DEBRA WELLS When a life-threatening illness or accident happens, it’s a relief to know that help is as close as a telephone. In a small community like Borger and in even smaller communities like Sanford, Fritch and Stinnett, dialing 9-1-1 can bring an ambulance to your doorstep in mere minutes. Having an excellent ambulance service in a community increases the quality of life and can, indeed, save lives. That’s why it’s important to remember that the ambulance should be called for only if there is a life-threatening situation such as stroke; chest pain, squeezing or pressure; heavy bleeding; poisoning; serious burns; broken bones visible through an open wound or injuries from car accidents or explosions. Often, local ambulance services are called for inappropriate reasons. For example, people will call for assistance in lifting an elderly person who has fallen but is not injured or an anxious parent will call for an ambulance in the middle of the night if their child is crying with an ear ache or fever. The person dealing with such disturbing situations may not feel they are qualified to handle them and may call 9-1-1 for an ambulance. Unfortunately, if the ambulance has been called to a lift-assist and another is racing to the home of a child who has 102 degree fever with signs of a cold, that may leave a person with severe symptoms of heart attack without an immediate response from their emergency medical services. When you know a scenario is not immediately dangerous to someone’s life, do not call 9-1-1. Wait until you can speak with your family physician during regular office hours. In the case of needing to lift an elderly person who has fallen, call for family or neighbors to help. It is important to note that Medicaid, Medicare and other insurances may not pay for ambulance service if the call is considered inappropriate. The public’s help is invaluable in ensuring that local ambulance services are consistently available to those who are in life threatening situations. Wise and considerate use of the 9-1-1 emergency call system could make the difference between life and death for someone, maybe even someone you know and love

Who is Borger EMS?

Borger EMS serves Hutchinson County and the City of Borger. This service is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week by Paramedics,Intermediates and EMT-Basics. Borger EMS has three ambulances. There is always one ambulance fully staffed with Advanced Life Support.
     Borger EMS is there when you need us no matter the time of day or night with Advanced Life Support and MICU capabilities.
 

 Borger EMS  is owned by Hutchinson County Hospital District and is under the management Golden Plains Community Hospital LLC