VIDEO: For the first time since 2009, the Cincinnati Fire Department (CFD) added a new medical transport unit, put in service Sunday in Avondale. Assistant Fire Chief Matt Flagler said the unit will enhance the support they can give to those in areas around the University of Cincinnati campus and adjacent neighborhoods.
“This is an advanced life-support paramedic unit, meaning that we can do anything that the emergency room can do in about the first 15 or 20 minutes,” Flagler said.
Flagler said it gives them more resources to help patients when responding to emergency calls. “We can stabilize patients, we can deliver babies, we can restart hearts, we can give all kinds of medications,” Flagler said.
Flagler said the reason the department went so long without a new one was due to staffing issues.
