Gold Cross Ambulance Inc

What it reported doing in 2011

Community benefit: (see schedule o)community benefit: gold cross has been designated by the american heart association (aha) as a community training center (ctc) for the aha which has established gold cross as a provider of emergency cardiac care training at various professional levels for the aha. Gold cross provides customized educational and training programs to the public, mayo clinic, mayo foundation and public safety agencies including medical-legal issues, osha requirements, environmental emergencies and other courses specific to customer needs. Throughout 2011, over 30,000 people were trained through the ctc operated by gold cross.gold cross donates training time to a variety of cities, counties, fire departments, emergency medical service agencies, as well as the general public. Gcwi has demonstrated this commitment by supporting various associations including the eau claire county ems council, the eau claire ad-hoc workgroup for ems system evaluation, the emergency department integration committee, the eau claire public health emergency preparedness committee, the regional trauma advisory council (rtac), the eau claire county emergency crisis committee, the wi ems advisory board, and the american heart association. Gcwi employees provide a variety of safety-related programs to various communities, businesses, and schools. Gcwi employees participated in a large number of community events, school career fairs, student tours, brownie troops, cub scouts, boy scouts, various parades, head start events and health fairs, among others. The number of hours donated for these activities is estimated at almost 80 hours. The estimated dollar value of these efforts and other donated services exceeded $4,000.in rochester, mn, gold cross is proud to have attained the nation's highest survival rate for "out-of-hospital" ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest victims. Gold cross' research demonstrated the value of, and has resulted in nationwide efforts to place automatic defibrillators in police and other first response vehicles. At the end of 2011, gold cross had 20 research projects underway, which will help shape care provided to patients in the out of hospital setting in the future. These research projects include projects related to cardiac patients, stroke patients, airway management tools and techniques and other critical treatments for patients served by gold cross and all of ems across the nation. Research projects are established and coordinated through the mayo clinic medical transport committee and comply with the standards of mayo clinic in all aspects. The information published is the result of collaborative efforts between gold cross and regional hospitals. Gold cross has requested and received "institutional review board" (irb) approval from the regional hospitals demonstrating the quality of research being conducted by gold cross. In another research project, a statistically significant improvement in patient satisfaction related to comfort of the patient during transports was measured directly related to a "driver feedback system" which monitors various vehicle forces related to movement. Other research projects underway, directly related to patient care, include a retrospective review of spinal immobilization efficacy, a community cardiac arrest study, trauma review studies, and a retrospective 12-lead ecg study related to st elevation in myocardial infarction patients. All research projects are well integrated with other medical institutions, including irb approvals where appropriate. These are in addition to internal quality assurance and improvement studies done within gold cross to continually improve patient care. Results of internal studies are shared in various venues to promote a higher level of care for patients served by the ems industry nationwide.many local communities cannot upgrade their ambulance service from basic (bls) to advanced (als) because volunteers do not have accessible training. Inspired

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: Limited
• Program expense ratio: Limited
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -7.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 39.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings