Escalon Community Ambulance has listed its calls for service for the period from Wednesday, Feb. 22 through Wednesday, March 1.
Crews responded to:
Fall – 5
Traffic Accident – 12
Behavioral Emergency – 1
Sick Person – 4
Heart problem – 5
Breathing problems – 3
Seizures – 0
Stroke – 0
Other – 12
Total Patients – 42
Hospital destination:
Doctors Medical Center – 7
Memorial Medical Center – 3
Kaiser Hospital Modesto – 3
Kaiser Hospital Manteca – 1
San Joaquin General – 1
Doctors Hospital of Manteca – 2
Oak Valley Hospital – 5
Number of patients transported – 22
Number of patients without transport – 20
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Endo is a common and painful disease in which the tissue that is similar to the lining of the womb grows outside it in other parts of the body. Ten percent of women suffer with endometriosis at some point in their life with the disease often starting in teenagers.