The Oregonian | 3 takeaways for understanding Multnomah County's ambulance shortage @oregonian | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Multnomah County’s ambulance provider has struggled to meet 911 response time standards for years, and county officials failed to act early on, according to a report from the county’s ombudsperson.

The 11-page report published Friday shows that American Medical Response, since at least 2019, has not consistently met the county’s requirement that ambulances arrive at urban calls within eight minutes 90% of the time. County officials did not penalize the provider until recently.

Read more: oregonlive.com/portland/2024/05/multnomah-county-failed-to-fine-amr-earlier-for-slow-ambulances-report-finds.html

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