Positive Medical

Positive Medical Transport has just agreed to be the parks official Medical Transport service. PMT units will be staged for immediate response during park hours for both ambulance and ambulatory transportation. PMT would like to thank its amazing staff for maintaining the "POSITIVE" image a major theme park like LEGOLAND wants to work with!

Positive Medical has started a comprehensive upgrade of all our BP cuffs. This new "Purple" product revolutionizes blood pressure accuracy in the field and adds greater range and reliability for our patients. Check out their website here for more info!

Positive Medical Transport recently underwent a surprise state inspection from the Department of Health. The inspection included a comprehensive assessment of our equipment, training, vehicles, and staff records. As always, PMT and our crews performed flawlessly under pressure! Thanks to our staff for helping us achieve a PERFECT assessment.

PMT and its employee's are working with Florida Hospital's Samaritan's Touch in Lake Placid providing healthcare to the needy. Positive has lent a 12 lead cardiac monitor and 2 person crew 3 days a week to help in their efforts for a healthier community.

Mid-evening on Thursday EMS Manager Bill Miller rolled up on a vehicle in the ditch at Haywood Taylor Blvd and US 98, Bill contacted the Sebring PMT station, just a minute away, for an ALS unit while another bystander called 911. 3 patients were seriously injured in the accident including one Trauma Alert air lifted to Tampa General Hospital. Positive's M 5 and HCEMS ALS 5 also transported 2 patients to Highlands Regional ER for evaluation. A prime example of how the local connections and close working relationship between our home town ambulance service and local 911 facilitated the best possible treatment for the injured. Great job everyone!

Positive Medical is officially on 24 hour standby for immediate FEMA deployment related to Hurricane Irene. PMT has 22 employees and 6 ambulances on stand by for a possible 3-14 day mission. We'll keep you posted as we all watch this major hurricane very closely.

A milestone in local healthcare for Hendry County residents was unveiled with the grand opening of Hendry Regional Medical Centers new Outpatient and Emergency Services Facility. The state of the art facility brings updated technology and a tremendous amount of space for patients and visitors to the hospitals campus.   A pathway of bricks baring the name of donors and contributors lead patients to the new building where they are greeted and directed to their healthcare destination; whether it is radiology, lab or emergency services.  Positive Medical Transport employees were on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony, including Hendry County native Melissa Worley. " Its very hopeful in the advancement of healthcare for the communities of Hendry and Glades County" says  Positive Medical EMT Melissa Worley. Three bricks along the pathway bare the Logo of Positive Medical Transport in appreciation for the contribution to the facilities construction. "The pathway bricks lead to a strong foundation in the advancement in excellent medical care for the citizens of Hendry County, Hendry Regional is a strong supporter of Positve Medical Transport, especially in the companies early stages of  providing Advanced Life Support services, Positive Medical is proud to have been able to team up with Hendry Regional in the hospitals efforts to grow and provide quality care within their community."  Positive Medical Transport Public Information Officer Rob Bullock related. The new facility is slated to begin patient services on Monday August 15,2011.

PMT is hiring part time Paramedic's and NURSES for a Critical Care Stand-by Team! E mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more info and to sign up!!!

PMT EMS Manager Bill Miller and his wife Emily, a PMT paramedic, have just completed the 80 hour CCEMTP Course from the University of Maryland. This course provides in depth knowledge of the intensive care setting and better prepares students to transport patients "Bed to bed" with the same high level of care they receive in an ICU. The successful completion of this course is another example of how PMT is committed to stay on the cutting edge of ambulance transport in any situation! Check out the services page to see a brief summary of this ever expanding duty of EMS we fill everyday.

This afternoon PMT took delivery of 2 brand new E 350 Crusader ambulances. These units come after our rapidly expanding operations in Polk county started to take a toll on our total available units! As with all of our van style units (Type II) these ambulances will be used for short BLS runs around town. As always our ALS, long distance, and Critical Care Transport teams will still be in the larger Type I, III, or Medium Duty units. For more information about our commitment to the safest, most reliable and comfortable equipment around check out our Vehicles Page or email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Today PMT placed in service it's 15th ambulance! This ambulance is a little different than the rest, it's 4 wheel drive! By expanding into the all wheel drive type of unit we can now more efficiently respond to natural disasters and emergencies occurring off the beaten path. Like our bariatric stretcher this particular resource is unique in the Heartland as we are the only ambulance service that has one. Area EMS and Fire have been notified and plan on using us in the event their regular front line units can't access a patient. We can also now better serve events like Mudfest and others in the outdoor setting. We're excited to be getting a little dirty, click here to check out a complete list of our services!

Today PMT personnel staffed a stand by unit for the Breast Cancer Awareness Poker Run presented by Polk County Fire/EMS. M-3 (the pink one) stood by at BB's Restaurant from 1:30-4:00 and had a great time. Many thanks to PCFR for setting up this fantastic event, we look forward to working together in the future to help stomp out Breast Cancer!

PMT would like to celebrate Nurse and Hospital Week 2011 with a big THANK YOU to all our customers! Our Nurses and Hospital Professionals really rock! Look for our crews to be wining and dinning (well more dinning than anything else!) throughout the week to show our appreciation to all of you!

PMT has been awarded the prestigeous Small Business of the Year award by the Highlands County Economic Development Council! We want to thank our 140 fantastic employees for their continued role in providing the best service to our customers. We also want to thank our customers and partners for recommending us for this great honor. Way to go team!

Check out the News Sun EXCLUSIVE here!

Check out the Highlands Today article here!

Dr. Norm Stephens awards PMT President Ron Layne with the 2011 Small Business of the Year award.

PMT has 20 employees and 4 units on standby for an imminent FEMA deployment to Northern Alabama. PMT units will be providing facility evacuation and Search & Rescue standby as soon as we receive definite orders from FEMA. Check us out on Facebook for continuous updates here!

PMT is now providing sponsorship for RN's to obtain their Florida Paramedic license! The program consists of a candidate being sponsored and paid for by PMT to attend EMT school 2 nights a week for 4 months. After the applicant achieves FL EMT certification they are eligible to challenge the Florida Paramedic boards. PMT's staff of professional and experienced instructors will provide field training and tutoring to master the FL Medic Boards and become a competent and professional pre-hospital provider! Experience and knowledge in pre-hospital medicine can open up many doors to RN's including critical care transport, fixed and rotor wing opportunities, field hospital service positions, and much more.

To apply or for more info submit your resume at www.pmtinc.us under the "Contact Us" page.

Today PMT held a fish fry and barbecue in celebration of 5 years of business. We had a great turnout from the local businesses that have helped to get us to the top! Thanks again for all the support!

While returning from Tampa General the crew of M5 rolled up on a vehicle vs. power pole on SR 60 in Polk County, one patient was trapped in the vehicle with serious injuries. The PMT ALS crew rendered care while awaiting Polk County Fire. After a 45 minute extrication by PCFR the patient was transported by ground to Lakeland Regional for care. PMT thanks the Polk crews for their hard work and wishes a speedy recovery and a Happy New Year to the patient.

Four massive bursh fires quickly overwhelmed OCFR crews for 3 days resulting in an all hands on deck fire department response. With every available OCFR unit tied up with brush fire suppresion PMT was called to respond to 911 calls in their place. Positive ALS crews succesfully responded to numerous scene calls thanks to a previsouly in place agreement for mutual aid between PMT and Okeechobee County. The agreement alows PMT to step up in place of County ambulances in the event of overwhelming catastrophe. At one point PMT had 5 units in place in county for immidiate response. Just another example of PMT and our personnell going above and beyond to serve our community. http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_okeechobee_county/division-of-forestry-battling-several-brush-fires-in-okeechobee-county

After a mid morning crash left 8 people injured on US 27 in Avon Park PMT ALS units evacuated 2 of the most seriously injured to Tampa General Hospital and All Childrens Hospital due to grounded air medical resources. Just another example of how Positive Medical continually steps to the plate whenever our community faces catastrophe. See below for the Highlands Today ad. http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2010/dec/20/LAINSIDO1-several-injured-in-crash-north-of-avon-p/news/

Today the Polk County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the operations of PMT in Polk County. The license goes into effect on Christmas Day and allows PMT to operate comprehensive Basic Life Support services to all facilities in Polk. On the 25th the first PMT unit will be placed in service staging in central Polk County until we find a permanent home there in early 2011. For questions regarding the vast majority of option involved in our BLS service feel free to contact us via our "contact page" (Link)

PMT and Highlands Regional Medical Center are proud to announce that PMT will be the primary evacuation provider for HRMC's new cardiac catheterization lab! PMT will dispatch a Critical Care Transport unit to stage in HRMC's Cath suite in the event the patient requires evacuation for open heart surgery at another facility. The staff here at Positive are thankful to be trusted with this great level of responsibility and are working hard to maintain that level of high quality home town service that got us here in the first place!

With the successful training of our 3rd dispatcher we have expanded to full 24 hour in office dispatch. We can now offer most office services 24 hours a day, this is in contrast to calls previously being forwarded to an on duty supervisors cell phone. 24 hour dispatch makes advance scheduling, immediate quotes, and a variety of other services possible anytime!

Positive Medical took delivery of 6 Hospira IV pumps today decreasing the likely hood that any PMT unit will need to take a hospital pump for a transport. PMT recognizes these items as a hot commodity in our rural hospitals and is working to help keep the pumps available to our ER's, ICU's, and other ALS providers.

PMT welcomes Rebecca Owens, “Becca,” to our office team. Becca brings with her 2 years of experience in office management. Click here to check out her Bio on (The Team) page.

Today PMT received its newest bariatric stretcher. This stretcher can move a patient up to 1600 lbs and is capable of being winched into a specialty bariatric transport unit. Should you need this specialty stretcher please allow some time for our dispatchers to arrange for the extra manpower to safely complete the transport, often times one patient may require up to 3 crews!

Two additional Positive Medical drivers and 1 EMT are now fully capable of driving any of PMT's emergency vehicles. All three successfully completed our new in house EVOC program through the nationally accredited VFIS. Josh Taylor, Germaine Rodriguez, and Ryan Collins all successfully completed the timed vehicle operations class with 100% accuracy: not hitting a single cone! The course they completed in 8 minutes or less had them maneuvering everything from PMT's largest ambulance to the Type I van units through a course as narrow as 8' 6", that's only 4 inches of clearance for our Freightliner, M2(link)! Congratulate them when you see them out, contact us if you think you're up to the challenge!

Last month Positive Medical took delivery of 1 additional ALS ambulance and 2 more Zoll heart monitors to increase the number of ALS shifts, bringing a total of 4 trucks available at any given moment for critical Advanced Life Support transports. We still offer 6 Basic Life Support ambulances for more routine medical care. Call us or click the link below for more information about our BLS, ALS, and Critical Care Transport services. (link)

PMT's two newest dispatchers have begun their split shifts. PMT's new office hours are 6:00 AM to 9:30 PM M-F. A supervisor will be responsible for dispatch and handles all calls after hours. Just another example of our commitment to improve service to our customers in every way possible!

Jeremy Cohen and Richard Mottinger recently took home 1st place in the 2 man scramble at the Sebring Sunrise Rotary golf tournament! You may recognize these employee's from their recent "Calm In The Storm" award after their ambulance was totaled in a head on crash in April. Just goes to show, in the truck or on the course PMT employees really are the best at what we do!

Positive Medical is now offering all 3 major American Heart Association certifications: Basic Life Suport, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. All three classes can be taught in house with anywhere from 1 to 36 students! PMT also now offers a state and nationally recognized Emergency Vehicle Operations Course! See the education page or "Contact Us" for more info.

On April 2nd Richard and Jeremy were traveling on S.R. 66 when another vehicle crossed the center line and side swiped their ambulance head on. The incident totaled the ambulance, which was transporting a pediatric patient and her Mother to All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg. Both employees displayed extraordinary professionalism while dealing with driver of the other vehicle and their original patient and her Mother. Both employees were awarded the "Calm in a Storm" award for putting other victims first and making a difficult situation better. Great job guys!

This evening the Hardee County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the Advanced Life Support Certificate of Public Necessity for PMT. This additional service area now makes Positive Medical the ONLY ambulance provider serving all of the Heartland! We look forward to bringing out top notch care to the citizens and visitors of Hardee County.

We are pleased to announce the arrival of our 2 newest ambulances, this now brings our fleet to 10 ambulances available to serve the Heartland. Check “The Vehicle’s” page soon for pictures.

Today PMT has been granted the approval to service the Citizens of Desoto from our Sebring headquarters, about an hour from Desoto Memorial Hospital. The recent approval of PMT as a back up provider for DMH has come directly from Chief Prescott of Desoto County Fire Rescue. PMT’s ALS units are now available for service whenever local providers may be unavailable.

Today the Okeechobee Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the Advanced Life Support Certificate of Public Necessity for PMT. We look forward to bringing out top notch care to the citizens and visitors of Okeechobee County.

Today dispatcher Abe Caraballo and driver Joel Gutierrez returned from New York with our newest addition, 2 brand new type II E 350’s. The units will be marked M 7 and M 8, bring the total number of PMT ambulances to 8! These units will be used for short distance BLS due to their small size and improved city driving ability. Thanks to our 2 “delivery boys” for getting them home safe!

At approx 14:00 PMT dispatch received a request from Highlands County EMS to respond to an overturned charter bus with “everything you’ve got” PMT immediately dispatched 5 units; 3 ALS 2 BLS to the scene. At the end of the incident PMT had transported 7 patients to area emergency rooms. After the initial call PMT stood up all available ALS units for emergent evacuation of critical patients to area Trauma Centers in Tampa and Orlando. Area ER’s requested PMT transport of severely injured patients, all were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center in serious condition. It was later learned that PMT had less than a 20 minute ETA in each incident to local ER’s for evacuation, OVER AN HOUR faster than our competition from the coast! PMT would like to thank all of our dedicated employees and county emergency responders for their excellent work. Our condolence goes out to all the victims and their families struck by this tragedy.

Today our crew returned from a 2 day journey to Knoxville, Tn. The PMT crew used M 6 to take an ALS Hospice patient home to Mercy Medical Center in Knoxville. Family members accompanied the patient on the journey. Thanks to driver Joel Gutierrez, EMT Ted Kennedy, and Paramedic Bill Miller for helping make another safe and successful run. This is Bill’s second out of state trip in 2 weeks, he just returned from a 3 day trip to Bay City, Michigan!