For more than two decades, Gary Reis has led medical transportation, fleet services, and hospitality companies in Rhode Island. In 2007, Gary Reis founded Access Ambulance Services, an emergency transportation company that contracts with hospitals across Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Among other health care facilities, Access Ambulance provides critical care transportation for Rhode Island Hospital. Located in Providence, Rhode Island Hospital has served patients from across New England since its founding in 1868. Today, the hospital stands as the leading teaching and research hospital in the state through its affiliation with Brown University and offers a range of world-class services, including a robust emergency medicine department. The only Level I trauma center in Rhode Island, the Andrew F. Anderson Emergency Center at Rhode Island Hospital treats more than 100,000 critically ill and injured patients each year. In addition to an acute care center for patients with non-life-threatening conditions, the emergency department maintains critical care rooms for those with more serious illnesses and injuries. Among other specialties, the emergency department at Rhode Island Hospital features a decontamination room for patients exposed to toxic substances, a well-equipped chest pain unit, and the only comprehensive stroke treatment center in the region. The hospital also maintains a team of social workers and other mental health professionals to provide counseling for families of emergency patients.
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Successful entrepreneur Gary Reis leads several businesses in the medical industry. One of his more recent companies is Access Ambulance Service, a private ambulance service that provided more than 3,000 transports during its first year of operation. Under the leadership of Gary Reis, this Rhode Island-based company serves both Kent Hospital and Miriam Hospital and maintains a staff of professionally-trained emergency medical dispatchers (EMDs). An EMD connects the public with emergency medical service (EMS) resource systems. They answer calls to emergency response numbers, such as 911, and collect information from callers. Based on the information provided, EMDs determine whether the situation is a non-emergency or emergency situation and will relay information to relevant personnel, such as an ambulance. Since these individuals do have some medical training, they are also capable of providing callers with limited support and medical assistance. To become an EMD, individuals must have at least a high school diploma or GED. In addition to that, individuals must complete training at a vocational school or community college. This training is specific to EMDs and teaches individuals about handling calls, managing stress, and giving instructions to callers. They are also taught basic anatomy and physiology and learn how to handle quality assurance and resource allocation. In addition to that, EMDs are often required to earn CPR certification. Former EMT and rescue lieutenant, Gary Reis presides over Med Tech Ambulance Service, the largest medical transport provider in Rhode Island. Since Gary Reis founded Med Tech in 1996, the ambulance service has provided an average of 49,000 transports per year, connecting patients all over the state to facilitated emergency care. Reis’ Woonsocket-based ambulance company, Access Ambulance Services, is an authorized transport provider for Landmark Medical Center. As of April 2018, deliveries at the Landmark Medical Center maternity unit has already more than doubled those performed all year in 2015. These recent numbers reflect a pattern of growth for the maternity unit, spurred by the hiring of well-known pediatricians who joined the medical center after the closure of another Pawtucket hospital. Patients cite the warm atmosphere and attentive staff as reasons as to why they chose to give birth at Landmark. The medical center's 10-room maternity unit is also connected to a larger birthing center that offers prenatal care, parent education courses, and single rooms for postpartum care and recovery. A trained emergency medical technician and serial entrepreneur, Gary Reis currently owns and operates Med Tech, an ambulance service company that serves numerous hospitals and nursing homes in the Pawtucket, Rhode Island, area. Additionally, Gary Reis is a founding member of the Rhode Island Ambulance Association, a board member of the Alliance for Better Long Term Care, and the founder of Access Ambulance Service. Founded in 2007, Access Ambulance Service provides 24-hour basic and advanced transport services for patients in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. For individuals with special transport needs, Access Ambulance Service can customize options to include long-distance transport in either an ambulance or wheelchair van. Committed to both safety and dignity, the company employs female and bilingual technicians who are uniquely trained to treat vulnerable populations. Additionally, Access Ambulance Service’s fleet of 49 ambulances can accommodate special transport needs such as ventilator transportation or bariatric transportation. To learn more about the company and its services, please visit www.accessambulance.com. |
AuthorA longtime resident of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Gary Reis attended Tolman High School before pursuing his emergency medical technician credentials at the Community College of Rhode Island. Archives
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