Know The Signs of Stroke

We are honored to be a part of this great event.

CWTC #TeamAMT

Our ambulances are clean and shiny every day, and here are three reasons why. Ashley, Sara, and TJ work hard to keep them show ready! #TeamAMT

We Are AMT

#TeamAMT #25YearsStrong #MyHeadquarters

CWTC #TeamAMT STARS

Did you happen to spot our smiling CWTC #TeamAMT STARS in this recent print advertisement?

Calling all Quad Cities area Paramedics!

What did you do today?

Make a difference in the community in which you live and join our fast paced team of experienced care givers. AMT is now hiring full and part time positions. Must be National Registry Licensed.

Apply at: https://amtci.candidatecare.jobs

Director of Operations - AMT East

A big shout out to Jennifer Fleming! Tomorrow morning she begins her new role as Director of Operations, AMT East. Jennifer began her career with AMT in 1992 as an EMT Basic. She has worked her way to Paramedic, Critical Care Paramedic and Pre Hospital Registered Nurse. Jennifer helped start the Streator, Illinois office and has been a supervisor for several years in the Pekin and Peoria markets. Congratulations on your new role!

PCHS Wellness Day

We always greatly enjoy talking about EMS at Pekin Community High School Wellness Day!

EMS Burnout

One of our #TeamAMT stars made this video to go along with her paramedic class project.

Video courtesy of Kelly McMeen #codegreenproject

Dunlap High School

Thanks to Dunlap High School for inviting us out to help remind students to be safe and responsible on prom night.

Photos courtesy of Elizabeth Schindler.

Airplane Crash Simulation Exercise

Saturday, AMT participated in a training exercise at Peoria Internarional Airport. It gave us a chance to interface with some of our great partner agencies in a mock disaster.

Transport Technician Drivers

We are looking for Transport Technician drivers who are responsible for the compassionate, safe, and efficient movement of behavioral health clients between healthcare facilities for our Illinois Patient Transport division. These full and part-time positions are open in Peoria, Streator, and Marion. Needed are people who are available weekends and nights, like to drive, and are good with people.

Excellent benefits and training provided. For more information, visit amtci.candidatecare.jobs.

Calling All Streator Area Paramedics, EMT's and Transport Technicians!

Make a difference in the community you live in and join our fast paced team of experienced care givers. AMT is now hiring full and part time positions. Must be licensed in the State of IL (EMT's and Paramedics).

APPLY AT: amtci.candidatecare.jobs

AMT PulsePoint Citizen Superheros

This morning, when a person needed immediate help, over a dozen nearby CPR-trained people were notified via their smartphones. Also, the nearest AED devices were instantly identified. There have been two PulsePoint incidents already today.

Do you have a story to tell as a AMT PulsePoint Citizen Superhero? If you are among the 1,400 users, and hundreds of responders, we'd love to hear from you. Please message us!

AMT EMS Academy

Our future Paramedics in the Advanced Medical Transport EMS Academy rehearse hundreds of possible patient care scenarios during their 1,500 or so hours of training.

Photo courtesy of Amanda Gaylord.

What Is The #PartnerProject?

Team AMT members, and our friends:

Medics all over the world are posting pictures with their EMS partner. The project is an effort started by Ginger Locke from the Medic Mindset podcast. She's working to make a collage to send to FDNY medic Monique Williams who lost her partner tragically in the LODD. Share this announcement and your pictures. Remember to tag the picture with #partnerproject and set it to "public" so they can be found."

Ground Breaking on New Pekin Facility

Today we broke ground on our new Pekin facility, located at the very heart of the community. It will serve the present and future needs of our Team and our resources, and allow us to partner with UnityPoint Health - Pekin on future community healthcare initiatives.

We would like to thank everyone from the city, the county, police, fire, healthcare, local business, and the Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce who showed up to support us.

Proud of Our Team

These compassionate and capable caregivers give us plenty of reasons to smile. We are very proud of our Team. #TeamAMT

Photos courtesy of Elizabeth Schindler.

Calling all Iowa Paramedics, EMT's and Drivers!

What did you do today? Make a difference in the community you live in and join our fast paced team of experienced care givers. AMT is now hiring full and part time positions. Must be licensed in the State of Iowa.

Apply at: https://amtci.candidatecare.jobs

Become a Hero

Saving lives is something that anyone can learn to do, and we'll teach anyone who'll listen. Become part of AMT's everyday heroes today, and let our PulsePoint app alert you when someone near you needs CPR and an AED.

OSF Opens New Center for Health in Pekin

Congratulations to our friends at OSF and to those who will be served with the greatest of care by this new facility. Watch for an exciting Pekin AMT development next week!

Letter from Patient

We always appreciate these kind words sent to us by our patients - this one about one of our most experienced Paramedics.

Safety Net

Thanks, 25 News for a great story on our effort to strengthen the "safety net" of AEDs and CPR trained individuals in our area. Nothing beats having an everyday hero right then and right there!

AMT Supporting United Way

Thank you to the Heart of Illinois United Way for the feature in their newsletter:

Advanced Medical Transport of Central Illinois ... supporting United Way Did you know that Advanced Medical Transport of Central Illinois partners with the Heart of Illinois United Way to support people in need throughout central Illinois? As one of our top 20 campaigns, Advanced Medical Transport (AMT) and their employees are dedicated to volunteering for the United Way, supporting our annual campaign, sponsoring our fundraisers, and most importantly fulfilling the need to provide 24/7 information and referral through the Heart of Illinois 2-1-1 service.

The Heart of Illinois United Way's partnership with AMT is vital to providing continual, comprehensive information and referral services to people in need throughout central Illinois. Unfortunately, there are individuals every day who go without essential services while help is readily available. Together, the United Way and AMT are connecting callers to critical health and human care programs.

Linked to AMT's 9-1-1 call center, 2-1-1 information and referral specialists can easily transfer calls in case of emergency and 9-1-1 call center staff has been cross-trained to provide 2-1-1 assistance. And in cases of extreme emergency, the call center at AMT is rated to withstand an F5 rated tornado, has redundant phone lines and emergency power, a self-contained HVAC system and web based software.

AMT serves various roles in the communities it serves, providing many types of emergency and non-emergency transportation and regional medical transportation service. As the only Illinois ambulance provider to become nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services, AMT employs more than 350 full-time dedicated staff members, whose combined talents provide emergency and scheduled medical services to more than 850,000 residents. Our 48 licensed paramedic ambulances respond to more than 54,000 "911" calls and 15,000 scheduled calls annually.

Last year, the Heart of Illinois 2-1-1 call center staff at AMT answered more than 8,000 calls resulting in more than 17,000 referrals for help with services related to housing, utilities, food, clothing, case management and much more.

Visit 211hoi.org or amtci.org for more information.

CAAS Standards & What They Mean

You have seen the CAAS logos on our vehicles for years, as the only accredited private provider in Illinois. But what does it mean? "The intent of the CAAS Standards is to define a “gold standard” for the medical transportation industry of a higher caliber than is typically required for state or local licensing." Source: http://www.caas.org

Pekin Kids Festival

Thank you to all of the new friends we made at the Pekin Kids' Festival and Business Expo. Special thanks to the Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce!

Kids Festival April 1st

Come see our award-winning booth at the festival THIS Saturday! No fooling!

Hope For Hoopy

Mark your calendars!

#TeamAMT

We are very proud of the compassionate healthcare provided by #TeamAMT. Congratulations, Denise!

Accreditation Preparedness

Quality Manager Jai spent the day spot checking crews for accreditation preparedness. AMT was the first agency in Illinois to exceed the stringent standards for CAAS accreditation - and with a perfect score!

Specialized Job Opportunities

Yesterday AMT presented at the Tazewell County Partnership for Inclusive Employment (TCPIE) Reverse Job Fair, highlighting our continued involvement in providing specialized job opportunities for our friends at the Community Workshop & Training Center.

100bpm songs to hum during CPR

Sharing American Ambulance Association's Post...

Tired of humming "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees during CPR? Here are some more 100bpm songs to keep you compressing on beat.

Busy Day

Our crews enjoyed Avanti's Gondolas between calls on St. Patrick's Day - a busy day for us.

Photos courtesy of Bret Ramp.

Morning Inspections

Hector Ortiz prepares the fleet for inspections this morning. TeamAMT!

Making Healthcare Better

A feather in Peoria's cap - the heroes portrayed in this worldwide Stryker Corporation commercial are the same ones who are there in your time of need right here in Peoria. #myheadquarters #stryker #TeamAMT

50,000th Notification

Sharing PulsePoint Foundation's Post...

PulsePoint connected agencies just notified their 💝 50,000th 💝 nearby CPR-trained citizen/off-duty responder!

Overall agencies are averaging 2.75 responders per cardiac arrest event. Although we cannot identify this responder they were in Pittsburgh, PA.

This is a historic milestone. Live stats are always available at http://www.pulsepoint.org.

#myheadquarters

Advanced Medical Transport is proud to call Peoria #myheadquarters! Join us by visiting http://peoriaheadquarters.com to learn more.

Local Business Installs AED

We thank One World Cafe for committing to being life savers by training their staff and placing an AED in their business. We are excited to help many more businesses do the same!

One World Cafe

We are looking forward to a great 2017 with this project! Thank you to One World Cafe for your enthusiasm and energy!

Sharing One World Cafe's Post...
"One World is excited to be partnering with Advanced Medical Transport for CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training. Our training starts this week and we'll soon have an AED available here in the event that anyone in the area would be in need.
We wanted to post a HUGE thank you to Josh and Advanced Medical Transport for making this education possible!
Please let us know if your business is interested in offering free CPR training or purchasing a life saving AED - we can get you connected to the right people!"

National Employee Appreciation Day

It's National Employee Appreciation Day! And we very much appreciate our team. #TeamAMT