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Office Box 707 <br /> CONCORD. NORTH CAROLINA 28 · <br /> <br />TO: MIKE RUFPIN, CABARRUS COUNTY NANAGER <br />FROM: AQBREY ATTKISSON~ DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVI~E8 <br />SUBJECT: CONVALESCENT TRANSPORT8 <br /> <br /> OVER THE LAST MOHTN I HAVE 5PENT MANY HOURS ON CONVALESCENT TRANSPORTS <br /> ANDTHE POSSIBILITY OF CABARRU8 COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL ~ERVICE8 GETTING <br />OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF CONVALESCENT TRANSPORTS. DURING MY INVESTIGATION I <br /> HAVE 'I'AL~(ED WiTH MANY PEOPLE AND DONE MUCH RESEARCH ON ALL FACTORS <br /> CONCERNING THE AFFECTS OF LOS1NG THIS NUMBER OF CALLS AND ]'HE REVENUE THEY <br /> GENEIRAT~. PLEASE FIND BELOW TNIS INFORMATION~ <br /> <br /> CA~ARRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL <br /> <br /> ON MAY 17~ 1990 I 8AD RON HARWOOD CONTACT MR, ~LENN REAVE8 AT OABARRUB <br />MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON WHAT 8TAblE TREY WERE IN REGARDING <br />CONVALECENT ]'RANSPORTS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION NAS LEARNED: <br /> <br /> l> THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CABARRUS NEMORIAL HAS APPROVED THE CONCEPT <br /> OF HANDL]NG CONVALESCENT CALLS. <br /> <br /> 2> THEY WOQLD UTILIZE ONE (1) AMBULANCE INITIALLY. <br /> <br /> 5> AT THAT POINT THEY WOULD OBSERVE HOW IT WAS WORKIWG AND IF IT WAS <br /> PROBUCTIVE ADDITIONAL AMBULANCES WOULD BE STAPFED AT A LATER POINT. <br /> <br /> · ~> INI]'IALLY THEY WOULD HANDLE QNLY HOSPITAl_ ORIGINATING CALLS. <br /> <br /> 5> TNEY WOULD STAY IN'TOUCH WITH US AS PROGRESS IS MADE. <br /> <br /> ON JUNE 1~ 1990 I WENT TO CABARRUB MEMORIAL NOSPITAL AND MET WITH <br />REAVES. BURING OUR M~ETING SEVERAL THIN~S CAME OUT OF THE CONVERSATION WHICH <br />CHANGED MY ~NITIAL IMPRESSION OF HOW TNEY WOULD BE MANDLING CONVALESCENT <br />CALLS. <br /> <br /> l> THERE ARE ONE OR TWO (1-2) MEMBERS OF TGE HOSPITAL BOARD PUSHIN~ HIM <br /> TO ~ET STARTED DUE TO SEVERAL RESIDENTS OF THE PINE HURSING HONE~ <br /> WHICH IS LOCATED IN MECKLENBURG ~OUNTY~ WANTING TO COME TO OABARRUS <br /> MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR THEIR TREATNENT. <br /> <br /> 2> I-IE HAD NO IDEA OF THE TOTAL CALL LOAD THAT THEY WOULD BE HANDLING OR <br /> WHAT KIND OP REVENUE WOULD [~E REQUIRED TO GET STARTED OR OBTAINED BY <br /> HANDLING CONVALESCENT CALLS. <br /> <br /> 5> I ADVISED HIM THAT IF' THE COUNTY GOT OUT OF THE CONVALESCENT BUSINESS <br /> THAT IT WOU~D WANT TO ~ET OUT OF IT TOTALLY AND TMAT OTHER SERVICES <br /> WOULD ALSO B~ ALLOWED TO OOM~ INTO TNE COUNTY TO HANDLE NIS TYPE OF <br /> CALLS. AT THIS POINT ME STATED ]HAT HE WOULD CONSIDER A GREATER ROLE <br /> 1F I COULD PROVIDE HIM WITH MORE FACTS AND EIGURES ON WHAT WAS N~EDED <br /> TO PROVIDE CONVALESCENT CALLS TWENTY-FOUR (24~ HOURS A DAY~ SEVEN <br /> DAYS A {,~EEI4. I TOLD MR. REAVES TIIAT ,I WOULD PROV1DE TO Hit{ WITH TRE <br /> <br /> <br />