Los Santos Ambulance Service provides Prehospital Emergency Medical Services to the state of San Andreas.

When to call 911

911 should be called for patients who:

• Are unconscious or not breathing.

• Have a penetrating injury to the neck, chest, abdomen or thigh.

• Has had a severe allergic reaction.

• Has uncontrolled bleeding.

• Is having an asthma attack and is unresponsive to medication.

• Has severe chest pain.

• Is fitting (if this is unusual for the patient).

• Has taken an overdose.

• Has been submerged in water for more than one minute.

• Has fallen more than 10 feet.

• Has traumatic black/spinal/neck pain.

It is important for us to locate the emergency accurately, please give as much information as you can to our 911 Call Handlers.

Hazardous Area Response team (hart)

Within the LSAS we have a Hazardous Area Response Team based in South Los Santos at the Los Santos International Airport Ambulance Hub.

HART work alongside the police and fire and rescue services within hazardous environments. The job of the HART is to triage and treat casualties and to help save lives in very difficult circumstances. They are also there to look after other emergency personnel who may become injured whilst attending these difficult and challenging incidents. 

Paramedics in HART are trained to respond within the remit of their core capabilities:

HazMat & CBRN(e)

Allows HART Paramedics to operate in environments involving hazardous materials using a range of personal protective equipment and specialist logistics. Includes the ability to operate inside inner cordons with the fire and rescue service using breathing apparatus and gas tight suits.

HazMat - Hazardous Materials

• Working inside the inner cordon.

• Industrial accidents.

• High risk infectious diseases.

• Complex transportation accidents.

CBRNe - Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosives

• Specialist, inner cordon response to CBRN(e) / also a component part of the CBRN(e) capability 

Safe Working at Height, Confined Space & Unstable Terrain

Allows paramedic care to be delivered to patients where safe working at height or confined space rescue is required. Difficult access incidents include collapsed buildings, tunnels and caves, cranes or rooftops and industrial settings like towers and storage tanks. May also involve the use of all terrain vehicles. 

SWaH - Safe Working at Height

• Man-made structures.

• Natural environment.

Confined Space

• Substantially enclosed spaces.

• Building collapses.

• Compromised atmospheres

Unstable Terrain

• Active rubble piles.

• Rural access / difficult terrain. 

Water Operations

Allows paramedic care to be delivered to patients requiring water rescue. Situations requiring IWO include flooding and people injured around rivers or lakes. IWO will usually be delivered in conjunction with the local fire and rescue service.

• Swift water rescue.

• Urban and rural flooding.

• Boat operations (working in or around). 

MTA - Marauding Terrorist Attack & SSO - Support to Security Operations

Allows HART Paramedics to deliver paramedic care where ballistic protection is required from either firearms or explosives. Support to police firearms teams and EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal).

MTA - Marauding Terrorist Attack

• Specialist support to the wider MTA response / also a component part of the MTA capability.

SSO - Support to Security Operations

• Support to security operations.

• Support to police operations.

• Illicit drug laboratories.

• VIP close protection support.

los santos Air Ambulance (lsaa)

Our service is responsible for providing clincians to and dispatching the Los Santos Air Ambulance. They are able to respond to critically ill patients or patients where access by road is difficult or not possible.

The benefits of Air Ambulances

Speed

Air Ambulances are able to fly directly to patients instead of following road networks and at higher speeds.

Access to difficult to reach areas

Air Ambulances are able to gain access to off road areas more reliably than frontline ambulances. In instances where the Hazardous Area Response Team are unable to access the patient the Air Ambulance may be used for this.

Critical Care Skills

Air Ambulance teams are trained in critical care skills and are able to provide enhanced care to the most seriouslly ill patients.

San Andreas Medical Responder Scheme (SAMRS)

The San Andreas Medical Responder Scheme is a scheme in partnership with the Los Santos Trauma Centre to dispatch Doctors as volunteers while off duty to critically ill patients to support the Ambulance Service especially during times of extreme pressures.

Patient Transport service (PTS)

The Ambulance Service provides a non-emergency Patient Transport Service allowing people without a mode of transport to move to and from the states hospitals using non-emergency ambulances.