PRU

[west5alpha]

What's a PRU unit ?

 

[mikewazowski]

PRU or DRU?

 

[OttawaBob]

What's a PRU unit ?

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From Ottawa’s Paramedic website…​

Paramedic Response Unit​

The Paramedic Response Unit (PRU) is a specialty team within the regular operations branch of the Ottawa Paramedic Service. Its mandate is to provide rapid response to code 4 life threatening emergency calls.

As these Ford Taurus AWD Interceptor units are not transport capable, it ensures a paramedic presence stationed in the community at all times, decreasing overall response times. The unit is also utilized on all VSA (Vital Signs Absent) calls in the Ottawa area to provide Primary Care Paramedic level assistance, as well as the ability to operate an automated CPR device.

The unit has proven effective in increasing the number of available transport capable paramedic units by treating and releasing patients on scene, cancelling resources, or downgrading the responding unit (when appropriate) enabling it to remain available for higher acuity code 4 emergencies.

The PRU can also be deployed strictly for the assistance of our transport units, providing lift assists or general assistance on high acuity calls when another set of trained hands would be welcomed.