Lancaster EMS was recently reaccreditated by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS), a nonprofit organization established to encourage and promote quality patient care as well as high professional and ethical standards. CAAS has established national standards that not only address the delivery of patient care, but also an ambulance service's operations and its relationships with other agencies, community members, and the entire medical community.
The EMS accreditation includes successful completion of a comprehensive application and an in-depth, on-site survey by a team of national EMS experts. Accreditation must be renewed every three years.
Lancaster EMS obtained its original accreditation in 2005. It reported that it is the only CAAS-accreditated ambulance service provider in Lancaster County, one of five in Pennsylvania and one of 192 in the United States.
To learn more about CAAS, visit http://www.caas.org.
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