The Iowa Bureau of Emergency Medical and Trauma Services has issued a citation and warning to the Belmond Ambulance Service for failing to comply with standards for hospital to hospital transportation of a patient with one currently certified emergency medical care provider, and one driver, and with the repeated failure to meet the requirements or standards of Iowa’s EMS law.
The Iowa Capital Dispatch is reporting that on June 28th, a member of the Belmond Ambulance Service transported a flight crew and patient in the Belmond ambulance without meeting the minimum staffing requirements.
The board also alleges that in July of 2022, the Belmond Ambulance Service was issued a formal letter of warning for violating the state’s minimum staffing requirements.
