Lakeside QRU / Ambulance

Our mission is to provide essential, quality pre-hospital  emergency medical care and transport. We are a team of dedicated paid  and volunteer individuals serving our neighbors in times of need.

The Lakeside QRU is a 24/7 emergency medical response organization founded in 1981.  We respond to 911 dispatched calls from Lakeside, Somers, South Kalispell, Lower Valley and Rollins areas  providing emergency medical services and ambulance transport.  We serve  a large geographic area from two stations, utilizing three ambulances,  two paramedic quick response vehicles and 30 trained emergency medical  personnel.  On average, we are dispatched 14 times each week,  approximating 750 calls per year for medical emergencies.

The organization is licensed to respond to Basic Life Support as well  as Advanced Life Support emergencies. Approximately 78% of the calls  are medical emergencies and 16% are motor vehicle accidents. 54% of the  dispatched calls result in transport to the hospital.

For over 4 decades, the QRU has attracted highly trained Emergency  Medical Service personnel who collectively contribute thousands of hours  each year to provide assistance to the communities in which they serve.  Since our humble beginning with volunteers, we have since upgraded our  staffing and services to include Paid call responders, Part-time EMT's  and Paramedics, Executive Director, Operations Manager, Service  Director, Billing Service and Bookkeepers.  As the requests for service  increases and staffing grows, the Lakeside QRU has respnded to each one  of these needs.