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The AMED Authority is a professional, emergency medical service with headquarters located in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania. AMED presently provides services to the City of Altoona, Logan Township, Tyrone, Tyrone and Snyder Townships, Warriors Mark, and parts of Huntingdon, Centre, and Clearfield Counties. AMED is a non-profit, municipal authority. AMED depends on insurance re-imbursements and membership subscriptions to fund operations. AMED receives no tax money or government funds. AMED (the Altoona Mobile Emergency Department) was formed in March of 1969 by Altoona and Mercy Hospitals. An ambulance was located at each facility and the hospitals shared the cost of operation. The creation of AMED was a mission by both facilities to improve ambulance service and emergency care in the Altoona area. Before AMED, ambulance service was provided by a variety of business including funeral homes and towing services. This concept of improved emergency medical care in the field was fueled by the success of military medics during wartime missions in Korea and Vietnam. The first AMED paramedics that were trained through this newly developed cutting edge civilian program were predominately corpsmen in the armed forces who saw active duty in very dangerous environments.

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