Dr Morton said patients would then be "signposted" to the most appropriate service, whether an emergency ambulance or minor treatment at a GP surgery.
The Welsh government said that local health boards were responsible for funding the service but it was pleased agreement has been reached "to ensure sufficient resources are available to respond to patients who need an emergency ambulance".
He urged people in the borough to use NHS services "wisely" - by not going to the accident and emergency or calling an ambulance unless it is an emergency, and not missing appointments.
She should have been ferried to Harare as an emergency but the ambulance available had no fuel.
His remit will cover the whole range of emergency care from ambulance services, admission to hospital and subsequent care.
Emergency fire and ambulance crews had to cut people out of the wreckage.
Someone who wanted an ambulance crew to open a jar of jam for them is among a unusual emergency calls revealed by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Since then a team of emergency responders, including an ambulance technician, has been established.
Two men were injured when their car crashed with an ambulance answering an emergency call with its blue lights on.
Staff at the centre will then direct the call to one, or all, of the required emergency services - police, ambulance and fire and rescue.
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John McPoland from the Ambulance Service said the emergency services were at the scene within minutes.
So when do you just tough it out, and when do you head for the emergency room, or call an ambulance?
Gary Tucker, 45, died at the scene in Marine Drive, Brighton when his car crashed with an ambulance responding to an emergency on 28 February.
The team of volunteers, who have been trained by the ambulance service to attend emergency incidents, said that with the service unable to reach patients, it used a tractor to reach people.
The trust asked people to only call for an ambulance in a "genuine emergency".
He said people should also avoid calling for an ambulance unless it was an emergency.
The dispute centres on plans to introduce emergency care assistants to work with Yorkshire Ambulance Service's more highly-trained paramedics.
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As emergency workers tended to injured fans and ambulance sirens wailed in the background, a somber Tony Stewart skipped the traditional post-race victory celebration.
However, the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust said if an ambulance needed to attend an emergency call then it would be "released immediately".
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On Saturday, as emergency workers tended to injured fans and ambulance sirens wailed in the background, a somber Tony Stewart skipped the traditional post-race victory celebration.
Emergency services, including firefighters, an ambulance, and the air ambulance were called to the Unity pit, which is a drift mine like Gleision, at about 09:30 BST on Friday.
After a Canadian ambulance carrying a patient requiring emergency surgery was stopped en route to Detroit, Stockwell Day, the security minister, asked Michael Chertoff, his American counterpart, to review border procedures.
Mr Goody currently works as an emergency care support worker for South East Coast Ambulance Service.
Police have released CCTV images after an ambulance was attacked while on an emergency call in Bristol.
Shawn Rogers, head of Oklahoma's emergency medical services, says that ten rural ambulance services have come to a stop over the past five years.
Paula Martin, the trust's chief executive, said with the air ambulance attending about 1, 000 emergency missions a year, it seemed appropriate to mark the 22, 000th mission.
Up until 04:00 GMT, ambulance crews answered 2, 000 emergency calls.
The All Wales Ambulance Trust also suspended non-emergency work.
Mr Jones said that ambulance services had reached their targets many times over the last year, and that these figures reflected on the Accident and Emergency departments at Welsh hospitals rather than the ambulance service.
The team's spinal specialist, Dr. Andrew Cappuccino, sent saline into Everett's veins in the ambulance, continued treatment in the emergency and operating rooms and installed a system in the ICU which maintained his temperature for the next 48 hours.
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