HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05171988 - 1.62 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 1-062
FROM: Emergency Medical Care Committee Cwtra
Costa
DATE: April 27, 1988 Courty
SUBJECT: Emergency Medical Response Alternatives
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept report from the Emergency Medical Care Committee regarding Emergency Medical
Response Alternatives .
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None
BACKGROUND:
On April 28, 1987, your Board requested that the Emergency Medical Care Committee under-
take a study of duplicate emergency response problems in Contra Costa County. An Ad Hoc
committee was formed to respond to this request. The subcommittee identified and
reviewed 12 options which could potentially decrease responses to medical emergencies
without compromising patient care. Of these 12 options , three were recommended for
consideration:
.priority dispatch
.cancellation of first responders by on-scene ambulances
.paramedic units housed in fire stations
The primary recommendation was that each of the six medical dispatch centers be
encouraged to adopt a priority dispatch system in accordance with established County
standards .
On February 17, 1988, the Emergency Medical Care Committee endorsed the subcommittee' s
recommendation and agreed that priority dispatching has the greatest potential impact on
reducing unnecessary medical responses. The County Emergency Medical Services Unit has
developed priority dispatching standards and is working with jurisdictions as they
become ready to implement such a system.
This report is for information only and is unrelated to other ambulance response issues
that are under discussion.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT! YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOAR COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: Health Services Director ATTESTED MAY 17 198.8_
Emergency P1edi'cal SerViCeS' PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Emergency Medical Care Committee SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Admi'ni'strator
BY � ( DEPUTY
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