Eastern Pines Rescue

EMS DISTRICTS

EMS services are provided to the 169.819 citizens of Pitt County by 10 county stations and the City of Greenville Fire-Rescue/EMS (6 stations operating 5 ambulances). The county stations are located in Falkland (station 12), Bethel (station 21), Pactolus (station 24), Eastern Pines (station 34), Winterville (station 41), Ayden (station 42), Grifton (station 43), Bell-Arthur (station 52), Farmville (station 53) and Fountain (station 54). All of the stations provide Paramedic level care. All stations also benefit from Enhanced-911 computer aided dispatching, and our communications center is capable of giving pre-arrival instructions to the caller at the EMD level prior to EMS arrival. Click the map below for a detailed view of the EMS districts.

PITT COUNTY 911

For more information on Pitt County's E-911 department, please visit their website. It includes an informative video demonstrating the capabilities of the E-911 system, as well as information on when and how to use the 911 system in Pitt County.

PITT COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES

Preparedness for and response to all emergencies in Pitt County is coordinated by the Pitt County Emergency Services Office.

PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

In Pitt County, most patients requiring transport to an emergency room are taken to University Health System's - Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville. Serving 29 eastern North Carolina counties, PCMH is designated as one of five Level - I trauma centers in North Carolina, and the only Level - 1 trauma center east of Raleigh. According to the July 2006 issue of BestHealth,

Patients with traumatic injuries have their best chance at survival when treated at a Level I Trauma Center. A national study that included six North Carolina hospitals found the overall risk of death is 25 percent lower when care is provided at high level trauma centers, compared to hospitals without trauma centers.Level I Trauma centers have equipment and onsite experts to treat life-threatening injuries 24 hours a day. The National Study on the Costs and Outcomes of Trauma included 18 hospitals with Level I trauma centers (the highest level of care) and 51 hospitals without trauma centers, located in 14 states. Within one year after injury, the rate of death was significantly lower for patients cared for at trauma centers (10.4 percent versus 13.8 percent for non-trauma centers).



	EMS DISTRICTS EMS services are provided to the 169.819 citizens of Pitt County by 10 county stations and the City of Greenville Fire-Rescue/EMS (6 stations operating 5 ambulances). The county stations are located in Falkland (station 12), Bethel (station 21), Pactolus (station 24), Eastern Pines (station 34), Winterville (station 41), Ayden (station 42), Grifton (station 43), Bell-Arthur (station 52), Farmville (station 53) and Fountain (station 54). All of the stations provide Paramedic level care. All stations also benefit from Enhanced-911 computer aided dispatching, and our communications center is capable of giving pre-arrival instructions to the caller at the EMD level prior to EMS arrival. Click the map below for a detailed view of the EMS districts. PITT COUNTY 911 For more information on Pitt County's E-911 department, please visit their website. It includes an informative video demonstrating the capabilities of the E-911 system, as well as information on when and how to use the 911 system in Pitt County. PITT COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES Preparedness for and response to all emergencies in Pitt County is coordinated by the Pitt County Emergency Services Office. PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL In Pitt County, most patients requiring transport to an emergency room are taken to University Health System's - Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville. Serving 29 eastern North Carolina counties, PCMH is designated as one of five Level - I trauma centers in North Carolina, and the only Level - 1 trauma center east of Raleigh. According to the July 2006 issue of BestHealth, Patients with traumatic injuries have their best chance at survival when treated at a Level I Trauma Center. A national study that included six North Carolina hospitals found the overall risk of death is 25 percent lower when care is provided at high level trauma centers, compared to hospitals without trauma centers.Level I Trauma centers have equipment and onsite experts to treat life-threatening injuries 24 hours a day. The National Study on the Costs and Outcomes of Trauma included 18 hospitals with Level I trauma centers (the highest level of care) and 51 hospitals without trauma centers, located in 14 states. Within one year after injury, the rate of death was significantly lower for patients cared for at trauma centers (10.4 percent versus 13.8 percent for non-trauma centers). Site best viewed with Internet Explorer at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 Web site and all contents © Copyright Eastern Pines Fire-Rescue-EMS, Inc. 2009, All rights reserved.