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Puckett EMS Recognized at the Regional and State Level
Puckett EMS was nominated this year for both the Region III Metro Atlanta Awards and the State of Georgia EMS Awards in the following areas: Service of the Year, EMT of the Year, Pediatric Trauma Call and Educator of the Year.
Puckett EMS received the Pediatric Trauma Award for 2011 at the State Level. Paramedic Tim Cronin and EMT Meghan White were recognized for their critical thinking skill and quick actions when they responded to a call that involved a two year old drowning. Congratulations to Tim and Meghan for a job well done!
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Puckett EMS Launches Transportation Partnership with
Erlanger Health System
Chattanooga, Tennessee - Puckett EMS (Puckett) started service earlier this month, partnering with Erlanger Health System (Erlanger) to provide non-emergency, emergency and Critical Care ambulance transport for Erlanger patients throughout Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia.
Both Puckett and Erlanger are recognized leaders in health care; this partnership preserves the commitment and takes patient care and transport to a new level.
Steve Puckett, President and founder of Puckett EMS stated, “The philosophy of our organizations match very well, we are excited about providing excellent service to the patients and families of the Erlanger Health System. As a family business, we focus on the communities we serve, and have hired the best EMT’s and Paramedics from the Chattanooga area.”
Roger Forgey, Erlanger Senior Vice President of Regional Operations and Business Development added, “Erlanger’s mission is to provide the highest quality care to patients in our community and we think our partnership with Puckett furthers that commitment. Puckett is well known as an exceptionally high quality provider having already attained national certification for their program. The partnership between Erlanger and Puckett allows for the very best care for our patients both locally and regionally. That high quality care and service is consistent with both our missions and we are proud to be partnered with Puckett.”
Established in Cobb County, Georgia in 2001, Puckett EMS has a proven track record of experience and expertise in providing non-emergent, emergent and Critical Care Medical Transportation. Puckett is an accredited ambulance service, verifying excellence of service and patient care, through the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services and is only 1 of 158 ambulance services to receive this certification i nthe United States. Puckett has been recognized as the State of Georgia EMS Agency of the Year and has received the designation twice in the last 3 years as the Metro Atlanta EMS Agency of the Year. They have also has been recognized as one of the top 25 small businesses.
Erlanger Health System is an 818 Acute-care bed system comprised of five campuses serving residents living within 150 mile radius of our flagship facility, Erlanger Baroness campus, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The hospital was founded in 1891, and the system serves residents of Southeastern and middle Tennessee, North Georgia, northeastern Alabama and southwestern North Carolina. Affiliated with the University Of Tennessee College Of Medicine Chattanooga, Erlanger is the only academic medical center, the only Level One Trauma Center, and T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital at Erlanger is the only pediatric healthcare center in the region.
Region III Metro Atlanta Awards and the State of Georgia EMS Awards in the following areas: Service of the Year, EMT of the Year, Pediatric Trauma Call and Educator of the Year.
