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

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

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

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ambulances available, most staffed by two

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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, Seizures, Falls, Altered Mental Status calls and other emergencies. Cardiac arrest calls account for one half of one percent of all emergency calls.

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