Austin-Travis County EMS 2022 Annual Report

Always on the ready

Special Operations Tactical The Tactical Paramedics are embedded within Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams from both the Austin Police Department (APD) and Travis County Sherriff’s Office (TCSO) and considered an integral part of those teams, accompanying each agency on all SWAT operations. Their mission is to ensure that the operators have immediate care if needed.

We bring medicine where it is needed the most, at your side.

Austin-Travis County EMS Special Operations operate four specialized response units delivering high-quality advanced life support damage control resuscitation in environments that standard ATCEMS Paramedics aren’t trained or equipped to work in.

In addition to our specialty units the Training and Logistics Captains deliver training and equipment to prepare our providers to locate, access, conduct onsite damage control resuscitation, and evacuate patients from these non permissible environments.

Capt. Clark casually fast roping from a helicopter

Special Operations Rescue

LAKEMED

CASTMED

All-hazards. All the time.

First on the water. First at patient side.

Operates in support of the APD Counter Assault Strike Team (CAST) to deliver Point of Injury Care to victims of violent crime in semi-permissive environments On the front lines to stop the bleeding and stop the dying.

Utilizing specialized equipment and techniques to access, assess, and treat patients in urban, suburban, rural, and wilderness environments. Using swift-water rescue, boat operations, high angle and rope rescue techniques.

Paramedics working in cooperation with APD Lake Patrol, operating in semi permissive environments typically inaccessible by traditional EMS providers around waterways.

typically inaccessible by traditional EMS resources.

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May 2023