While officers on the Reedsburg Police Department and paramedics with the Reedsburg Area Ambulance Service are taking necessarily precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic, they are ready to respond in an emergency.
Reedsburg Area Ambulance Director and Emergency Management Director Josh Kowalke said dispatch is helping ambulance staff by screening people with a list of questions from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention anytime an ambulance is requested. The information helps paramedics take additional measures to prepare before arriving on scene, like applying masks and goggles.
Once on scene, a mask is placed on a patient if they have respiratory symptoms as an additional measure to contain the virus, he said.