Retiring Quality EMS co-founder looks back on years of service
Most people remember their first car.
Pat Kelly, crew chief of Quality EMS, can tell you about her first ambulance like it was yesterday.
“(It) was a used ambulance from Jeanette EMS, a very old used ambulance,” Kelly said. “It had a linoleum floor on it. The lighting was much, much different from what it is today. There were old-fashioned lights, like the lights on the old police cars, whereas today we have the digital lights.”
As co-founder of the company, Kelly has seen a lot of change over her many years with Quality EMS. Working as a paramedic, she travels out on about four calls each day, but says the company helps with between 3,500 and 4,000 ambulance calls each year.
“In the beginning, you would maybe go days and not have a call. That’s certainly not the case today,” she said. “I’m pretty sure we’ve logged in about 2,550 today (for the year) as of now, and we still have a couple of months to go.”
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