马尼拉州的布里齐点使用受过护理人员培训的警察应对紧急情况, 降低成本, 改善农村地区的应对时间. Breezy Point, MN, uses police officers trained as paramedics to respond to emergencies, cutting costs and improving response times in rural areas.

在明尼苏达州Breezy Point,警察通过与北纪念卫生救护车处的独特伙伴关系,充当紧急医疗反应人员,允许该部7名警官中的2名护理人员和1名紧急医疗队人员在其巡洋舰上用救生设备应对医疗紧急情况。 In Breezy Point, Minnesota, police officers serve as emergency medical responders through a unique partnership with North Memorial Health Ambulance Service, allowing two paramedics and one EMT among the department’s seven officers to respond to medical emergencies with life-saving equipment in their cruisers. 自2005年以来,这项在一名官员开始护理人员培训后启动的方案改善了农村地区的响应时间,北方纪念社的救护车在20分钟内到达该镇90%的时间,30分钟内到达100%。 Since 2005, the program—initiated after an officer began paramedic training—has improved response times in rural areas, with North Memorial’s ambulances reaching the town 90% of the time within 20 minutes and 100% within 30 minutes. 这项安排避免了全额救护车服务每年150万美元的费用,居民和官员都称赞这项安排是农村紧急护理的成本效益高的解决办法。 The arrangement, which avoids the $1.5 million annual cost of a full ambulance service, has been praised by residents and officials as a cost-effective solution for rural emergency care.