{"id":322875,"date":"2026-06-04T18:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/322875\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:45:08","slug":"arlington-tx-using-nurses-to-screen-911-calls-to-reduce-nonemergency-ambulance-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/322875\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington (TX) Using Nurses to Screen 911 Calls to Reduce Nonemergency Ambulance Runs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City of Arlington has launched a new program designed to connect certain 911 callers with registered nurses to reduce unnecessary ambulance responses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to NBC 5, the program began operating last week and allows 911 dispatchers to transfer callers with non-life-threatening medical concerns to trained nurses for assessment and guidance. During the program\u2019s first week, approximately 80 calls were transferred. About 20% resolved without dispatching an ambulance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dispatchers retain authority to send emergency units whenever needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Arlington has launched a new program designed to connect certain 911 callers with registered nurses&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,1532,27],"class_list":["post-322875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-headlines","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}