EMS Policy Manual - Contra Costa Health Services
EMS Policy Manual - Contra Costa Health Services EMS Policy Manual - Contra Costa Health Services
Contra Costa Emergency Medical Services POLICY #: 32 PAGE: 3 of 3 5. Patient safety reporting data may be requested by the EMS Agency at regular intervals in order to assist the EMS Agency in evaluating system and operations issues. C. Base Hospital Base hospital should notify the Base Coordinator or designee of any identified EMS events. The Base Coordinator will: 1. Assure patient safety 2. Evaluate the event 3. Complete the EMS event form and forward to involved agency(s) for review 4. Notify EMS Agency if event meets prompt notification criteria 5. Take action to remediate the situation Patient safety reporting data may be requested by the EMS Agency at regular intervals in order to assist the EMS Agency in evaluating system and operations issues. D. Receiving Hospitals Receiving hospitals should report any identified EMS events to the involved agency supervisor(s) if possible. Hospitals may fax EMS events to the EMS Agency to be distributed to the appropriate agency. E. Other Reporting Any other system participants or individuals, including receiving hospital personnel, are encouraged to report EMS events to the EMS Agency. F. Anonymous Reporting EMS events may be reported anonymously to a provider agency representative or to the EMS Agency directly. Anonymous reporting should never be discouraged.
Contra Costa Emergency Medical Services EMS AIRCRAFT - CLASSIFICATION POLICY #: 33A PAGE: 1 of 2 EFFECTIVE: 07/01/02 REVIEWED: 02/17/12 I. PURPOSE To specify the classification requirements for EMS aircraft providers which base their operations within Contra Costa County. II. AUTHORITY Division 2.5 California Health and Safety Code; Title 22 California Code of Regulations. III. CLASSIFICATION The local EMS Agency is responsible for classifying EMS aircraft based within its jurisdiction, except that the California EMS Authority is responsible for classifying aircraft of the California Highway Patrol, California Department of Forestry, and California National Guard. A. Classification Categories An EMS aircraft will be classified as either an air ambulance or a rescue aircraft. Rescue aircraft will be further classified as advanced life support (ALS), basic life support (BLS) or auxiliary based on level of medical flight crew credentials. 1. Air Ambulance: Any aircraft that is a. constructed, modified, equipped, and used to respond to emergency requests and to transport critically ill or injured patients, and b. staffed with a minimum of two attendants credentialed in advanced life support. 2. Rescue Aircraft: An aircraft whose usual function is not prehospital emergency patient transport but which may be used, in compliance with EMS policy, for prehospital emergency patient transport when use of an air or ground ambulance is unsuitable or unavailable. a. Advanced Life Support Rescue Aircraft: A rescue aircraft whose medical flight crew has a minimum of one attendant credentialed in advanced life support. b. Basic Life Support Rescue Aircraft: A rescue aircraft whose medical flight crew has at a minimum one attendant certified as an EMT-A. An EMT-NA with the additional training and experience specified in Title 22, Section 100283 may be used to meet the BLS rescue aircraft medical staffing requirement. c. Auxiliary Rescue Aircraft: A rescue aircraft which does not have a medical flight crew, or whose medical flight crew does not meet minimum requirements established for Basic Life Support Rescue Aircraft. B. Medical Helicopter IV. The term “medical helicopter” shall mean a rotary wing aircraft that has been classified as an “air ambulance.” CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURE A. To become classified in Contra Costa County, and EMS aircraft provider is required to: 1. Submit a completed Contra Costa County EMS Aircraft Classification form, 2. Submit all required attachments, and 3. Pay the current EMS Aircraft Classification Fee. B. Prior to classification, EMS Agency staff may visually inspect the aircraft, equipment and radios.
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<strong>Contra</strong> <strong>Costa</strong><br />
Emergency Medical <strong>Services</strong><br />
POLICY #: 32<br />
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5. Patient safety reporting data may be requested by the <strong>EMS</strong> Agency at regular intervals<br />
in order to assist the <strong>EMS</strong> Agency in evaluating system and operations issues.<br />
C. Base Hospital<br />
Base hospital should notify the Base Coordinator or designee of any identified <strong>EMS</strong> events. The<br />
Base Coordinator will:<br />
1. Assure patient safety<br />
2. Evaluate the event<br />
3. Complete the <strong>EMS</strong> event form and forward to involved agency(s) for review<br />
4. Notify <strong>EMS</strong> Agency if event meets prompt notification criteria<br />
5. Take action to remediate the situation<br />
Patient safety reporting data may be requested by the <strong>EMS</strong> Agency at regular intervals in<br />
order to assist the <strong>EMS</strong> Agency in evaluating system and operations issues.<br />
D. Receiving Hospitals<br />
Receiving hospitals should report any identified <strong>EMS</strong> events to the involved agency<br />
supervisor(s) if possible. Hospitals may fax <strong>EMS</strong> events to the <strong>EMS</strong> Agency to be distributed to<br />
the appropriate agency.<br />
E. Other Reporting<br />
Any other system participants or individuals, including receiving hospital personnel, are<br />
encouraged to report <strong>EMS</strong> events to the <strong>EMS</strong> Agency.<br />
F. Anonymous Reporting<br />
<strong>EMS</strong> events may be reported anonymously to a provider agency representative or to the <strong>EMS</strong><br />
Agency directly. Anonymous reporting should never be discouraged.
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