(File Photo of the Front of an Ambulance)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) An advanced life support ambulance that is based at the Oakdale fire station brings hospital-level care to parts of Allegheny County thanks to a recent partnership with Northwest EMS.  An advanced life support ambulance is not an ambulance that is basic, because inside the unit are cardiac monitors that are advanced, airway equipment, life-saving medications, and the ability to treat trauma that is severe, cardiac arrests and breathing emergencies on scene. This is care that used to start at the hospital that can now start at the side of the patient, and the unit is responding to calls already. It is staffed every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for twelve hours a day.