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DATE: FEBRUARY 7, 2006
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SUBJECT: 2005 ANNUAL REPORT FROM BOARD ADVISORY BODY
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
RECEIVE 2005 Annual Report submitted by the Contra Costa Emergency Medical Care
Committee (EMCC).
BACKGROUND:
On June 18, 2002, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 2002/377, which requires
that each regular and ongoing board, commission, or committee shall annually report to the
Board of Supervisors on its activities, accomplishments, membership attendance, required
training/certification (if any), and proposed work plan or objectives for the following year, on the
second Tuesday in December.
Annual reports shall follow the following format and shall not exceed two typewritten
pages:
Advisory Body Name:
Advisory Body Meeting Time/Location:
Chair (during the reporting period):
Staffperson (during the reporting period):
Reporting Period:
I. - Activities (1/2 page)
II. Accomplishments (1/2 page)
III. Attendance/Representation (1/4 page)
IV. Training/Certification (1/4 page)
V. Proposed Work Plan/Objectives for Next Year (1/2 page)
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❑ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ❑ RECOMMEND ON OF BOARD COMMITTEE
❑ APPROVE ❑ OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON D�/'O�' Ao—
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED [--L/nTHER ❑
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND
CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
AYES: NOES: SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTESTED: FEBRUARY 7, 2006
Contact: JANE PENNINGTON (925) 335-1900 JOHN SWEETEN, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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LAUREN KOVALEFF, EMCC STAFF SUPPORT
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Contra Costa County
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE COMMITTEE
Annual Report for 2005
Advisory Body Name: Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC)
Advisory Body Meeting TimelLocation: 4 p.m. -5:30 p.m.on the second Wednesday of March, June,
September, and December. Meetings are held at the Contra Costa County Schools Insurance Group
Conference Room in Pleasant Hill.
Chair: Outgoing Chairperson John Tysell, MD; Incoming Chairperson Ellen Leng, MD
Staff person: Lauren KovalefF, Health Services EMS
Reporting Period: December 1, 2004-November 30, 2005
I. Activities:
The EMCC,over the four(4)meetings in the past year,was involved in or kept its membership informed
in the following areas:
Implementation of a restructured paramedic and emergency ambulance services delivery system.
• Emergency medical care and first aid practices, including the education of people about the benefits of
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, public access defibrillation and lifesaving first aid techniques.
EMCC's ad hoc EMS Disaster Planning And Preparation Committee
EMCC's Public Information and Education Subcommittee
Public Access Defibrillation programs
EMS System review and planning process
Emergency ambulance services selection and implementation process
Psychiatric holds process in emergency departments
• First Responder Paramedic programs
• Prehospital personnel standards, protocols and policies
Health Services disaster and bioterrodsm preparedness efforts
ReddiNet- EMS/hospital communications system
DMAT(Disaster Management Assistance Team)CA-6 activities
• EMS committee activities including the Facilities and Critical Care Committee,the EMS Medical
Advisory Committee and EMS Hospital Disaster Forum.
Emergency.Department Diversion
II. Accomplishments
The EMCC members provided information, input and feedback during the implementation of the
restructured EMS paramedic and emergency ambulance services delivery system.
The EMCC's Public Information and Education Subcommittee evaluated methods for providing CPR
training for the public and developed a model plan.
'The EMCC's ad hoc EMS Disaster Planning and Preparation Committee reviewed Health Services and
EMS procedures.
At the request of the Emergency Medical Care Committee, a new procedure including written agreements
and a training program are being finalized which will allow emergency department physicians to place
psychiatric holds on patients as indicated.
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III. Attendance/Representation
The EMCC is a multidisciplinary committee with membership consisting of member representation of
specific EMS stakeholder groups and organizations plus one consumer member nominated by each
Board of Supervisor member. There are 27 member seats on the EMCC. Six seats were vacant due to
no nominee submitted by the American Red Cross,American Heart Association, Contra Costa Police
Chiefs Association, Public Managers Association, Private Provider Paramedics, or by Community
Awareness and Emergency Response (CAER).
The majority of EMCC representatives or alternates were regular participants. A quorum was achieved at
each of the 4 EMCC meetings in the past year.
IV. Training/Cerfificabon
Each EMCC representative and alternate representative was given a copy of the Advisory Body
Handbook and copies of the`The Brown Act and Better Government Ordinance-What you Need to
Know as a Commission, Board or Committee Member"and Ethics Orientation for County Officials"
videotapes during their 2-year term.Responsibilities of County Boards were discussed including the
responsibility to view the videotapes and submit signed certifications. Certification forms were received
from 18 of 24 of the representatives and 7 of 12 alternates that were submitted with the prior annual
report.
V. Proposed Work Plan/Objectives for Next Year
Report to the local EMS Agency its observations and recommendations relative to its review of.
• Continued implementation of a restructured paramedic and emergency ambulance services delivery
system.
• Emergency medical care and first aid practices, including the education of people about the benefits of
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and public access defibrillation.
• Health Services EMS disaster planning activities.
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