Boone County Ambulance Authority

When you call 911, you expect to receive a well equipped and well trained staff to provide your emergency treatment and transport. At the BCAA, we strive to ensure that every patient receives the best possible care any time our services are needed. We are constantly looking for ways to improve our service and ways to improve our patients' outcome in their time of need.

This page will help you understand who is responding to your emergency and how they're trained to help you or a loved one.

Levels of Care Provided

Basic Life Support (BLS)

The BCAA offers BLS staffed ambulances out of Station 10 in Danville and Station 50 in Jeffrey. These units are typically dedicated to our Transport Division providing scheduled medical transport for continuing care of our patients but are fully capable of responding to 911 responses. These units are staffed with two Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) who have, at a minimum, received 150 hours of training developed and certified by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.

Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Our ambulances that are dedicated to ALS care are our 911 response units. At present, we staff 5 ALS units across Boone County. 3 units are stationed at Station 20 in Danville, 1 unit at Station 40 in Racine, and 1 unit at Station 60 in Van. These units are staffed with one Paramedic and one EMT (as described above). The paramedic onboard has received nearly two years of emergency medical training in a college atmosphere with intense hands on training including clinical rotations in emergency rooms, operating rooms, intensive care units, pediatric units, obstetrics units, and much more. These units are ready at a moments' notice to respond to any emergency response.

Class 3 Interfacility Transport

C3IFT is an added level of training for paramedics to teach them how to manage more advanced medications that are sometimes required during transport from one hospital setting to another hospital. All BCAA Paramedics are required after being hired to receive this additional training. Currently, the BCAA operates one C3IFT unit that primarily responds to the transport needs of Boone Memorial Hospital in Madison.

Critical Care Transport

CCT certification can only be obtained by Paramedics with a minimum of three years of emergency response experience. This intense training program was developed by the West Virginia Office of EMS to provide a higher level of care to the most critical patients in our state. This additional training allows us to provide more advanced treatment than can be provided on a normal ambulance. The BCAA currently operates one Critical Care Transport unit at Station 20 in Danville. This unit responds to CCT requests for patient transport from one hospital to another and is also available to provide back up to 911 calls if a patient requiresmore advanced care.