Trinity Life Support Community Service District
Mission Statement
Trinity Life Support Community Service District’s Mission is to provide the highest level of advanced life support pre-hospital emergency medical services to our community, and to assist in the education and training of our local fire departments, schools, and the general public on health and safety issues
Trinity Life Support Community Service District is a special district established July 2021, transitioning from a non-profit agency that operated from 1993 to 2021. We serve a large rural/frontier area, focused on safe response, high quality advanced life support care, and safe and dependable transport. Our agency and mission statement are changing, but the goals remain the same.
Trinity County is 3,125 square miles of forested mountainous terrain sheltering small rural communities, containing large areas of wilderness, with wild and scenic river frontage winding along the highway. Conditions are challenging and rewarding. Transports can be short to local Trinity Hospital in Weaverville, or 60+ miles.
Our ambulance crews (newly transitioned and welcomed as employees of Mountain Communities Healthcare District) are providing emergency care that makes a difference in patient outcomes and in their in quality of life.
This team of caregivers shares a commitment to provide the best care, to do the right thing to help each patient. Our role is to help them do that.
With the move of staffing to MCHD, the ambulance district focus is the provision of safe and functional ambulances, equipment, and ambulance stations to support patient care. It is our goal to strongly support EMS training needs for our service area. This is something we’ve long been passionate about, and with the amazing support of Mountain Communities Healthcare District in providing the EMS staffing, we will move forward in short and long term goals for EMS facilities.
Testimonials
My Ambulance Adventure
Christmas Eve, 2018, my husband took me to Mountain Community Hospital with a cough that was rapidly worsening. I was quickly diagnosed with double pneumonia and treatment was begun. I was going to be admitted when they discovered I also had sepsis and would not be able to stay there. Although it isn’t contagious, I would have to been held in ICU and isolated from other patients. Many phone calls were made to the Redding hospitals but they were all filled to capacity. The persistent nursing staff finally found me a room at Enloe Hospital in Chico. By now it was dark and raining and traveling by air was not going to happen. So, the hospital called our Trinity County Life Support to transport me to Chico. My two escorts arrived at the hospital about 9:30 and I was readied for the long ride. I have to admit it had been an awful day and not the celebrating Christmas Eve one we had been expecting and I was not in a very good mood. In fact, I was darn right grumpy. But my wonderful ambulance drivers just ignored my mood and were very professional and caring. They tucked me in, strapped down the gurney, and away we went. I was awake on and off during the trip. Because of the rain and wet highway, they had to be cautious and several times use their siren. Before the siren was activated, I would gently be warned so I wouldn’t worry. There was some chit chat between the driver and my personal escort and I found that reassuring…like they were a team together, aware of what was happening around them, and together in the goal to get me safely to Chico as soon as possible. And I have to admit I was not a stellar passenger. I have back problems but wasn’t able to explain that to them. Just minutes of lying flat and my back began to spasm. I was warned, nicely, that it was for my safely for me to be still. Finally she understood problem and gave me the opportunity to wiggle and squirm and get comfortable. I so appreciated her sensitivity to my situation. And I was delivered to Enloe Hospital in Chico just moments before midnight. My two Christmas angels filled out the papers and then wished me a Merry Christmas and hoped that I would soon be in good health, and then off they went, back to their ambulance and to Trinity County. To say I don’t know what we would have done without them is an understatement. This was my first long trip in an ambulance and it was perfect. Their kindness, caring and personal touches were so reassuring to both myself and my husband. I felt totally safe and isn’t that what we’re looking from our health care professionals?Become a Trinity Life Support Community Service District
Member
Check out our plans starting as low as $40 for an individual and $50 per family.
Trinity Life Support Community Service District
Ground Ambulance Only-
$50 For Family
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Trinity County Medical Transport Alliance
Ground & Air Ambulance-
The TCMTA membership is only offered to the residents of Trinity County.
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The TCMTA membership is only available within the Trinity County Life Support service area.
Business / Group Discounts:
ground, ground and air-
Trinity Life Support Community Service District Ground Only) has discounted rates for groups of 15 or more.
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Please contact our life support coordinator for details.