March 2, 2020—Centre LifeLink EMS staff saw a slight increase in call volume over the State Patty’s weekend; but there was a decrease in alcohol-related calls.
Centre LifeLink was dispatched to 49 calls between 6:00 pm Friday evening, through 12:00 am Sunday morning. Approximately 57% of these calls were alcohol related, meaning that the patient had overdosed on alcohol or had suffered some other illness or injury that was related to alcohol consumption.
For comparison, in 2019 Centre LifeLink responded to 34 total calls, of which 75% were alcohol related on State Patty’s weekend.