03-28-05 Regular Meeting of La Porte Development Corporation

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HEALTH CARE Town Hall Meeting 03/04/2005 Ray Nolen La Porte EMS Chief EMS - Points of Interests . Increased need for a County Hospital in the SE region of the county with an Emergency Services Center. . Trauma Services in the SE region of the county is lacking severely due to the proximity of a Level 1 Trauma Center being at least 30.45 minutes away for emergent patients, which adversely affects the Golden Hour of survivability. . Although an Urgent Care Facility is greatly needed in the La Porte area, EMS units are prohibited from transporting to any facility other than a Licensed Emergency Department, which creates the need for an actual Hospital. . The demand for EMS has increased significantly in La Porte and surrounding areas, which adds to the overload of the existing two county hospitals. . La Porte EMS responds to over 3000 "911" calls annually with two ambulances, and the need to keep those ambulances in-service as often as possible increases annually. . Turn Around Times are extended for La Porte EMS and surrmmding EMS agencies that transport patients to the existing 2 County Hospitals which adversely effects the amount of time that it takes to get an ambulance unit back into service. (The average time for a Houston area ambulance unit is approximately 30 minutes as opposed to a La Porte ambulance taking up to 80 minutes before they can return to service. . 10 years ago there were 7 hospitals in the La Porte, Pasadena, Deer Park, and Baytown area. Now there is only Ihospital in Pasadena and Ihospital in Baytown, neither of which offer Level 1 trauma services. . La Porte is surrounded by large industrial type facilities, which often have traumatic type calls for EMS services resulting in the need for Trauma Services. . La Porte is developing with increasing access to Hwy. 225, 146, Fairmont Parkway, and Bay Area Blvd. · State Hwy. 225 and 146 are going to soon be major corridors of the Port of Houston's - Bayport Terminal expansion. . With the Port of Houston and large Chemical type facilities, La Porte would seem to be a very logical target for possible terrorists activities. . Considering these points, La Porte would be an ideal location for a new County Hospital, which offers Trauma services.