EMS SYSTEM GUIDELINES Part III:
EMS SYSTEM PLANNING GUIDELINES
June 1994
EMSA #103
Second Edition
Prepared by:
Richard A. Narad, DPA
California State University, Chico
Northern California EMS, Inc.
Laura J. Venegas
EMS Systems Planner
California EMS Authority
Maureen McNeil
Chief, EMS Division
California EMS Authority
JaNee Taylor
Support Staff
California EMS Authority
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Joseph E. Morales, M.D., MPA
Director
California EMS Authority
Sandra R. Smoley, R.N.
Secretary
Health and Welfare Agency
Pete Wilson
Governor
Table of Contents
LIST OF ACRONYMS
INTRODUCTION
1. PLANNING TECHNIQUES
2. EMS PLAN FORMAT AND CONTENTS
3. ANNUAL WORK PLAN FORMAT AND CONTENTS
4. DATA SYSTEM EVALUATION
TABLES
APPENDICES
This document was prepared through a contract with Northern California EMS, Inc., and State EMS Authority,
Prevention 2000 Block Grant, Contract #1058.
LIST OF ACRONYMS
ADA - Average Daily Attendance
ALS - Advanced Life Support
ARN - Authorized Registered Nurse (also see MICN)
BLS - Basic Life Support
CISD - Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
CCP - Casualty Collection Point
CPR - Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation
DMAT - Disaster Medical Assistance Team
DMS - Disaster Medical Services
EMD - Emergency Medical Dispatcher
EMS - Emergency Medical Services
EMSA - Emergency Medical Services Authority
EMT-I - Emergency Medical Technician-I
EMT-ID - EMT-I Defibrillation
EMT-II - Emergency Medical Technician-II
EMT-P - Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic
EOA - Exclusive Operating Area
FY - Fiscal Year
H&SC - Health and Safety Code
HazMat - Hazardous Materials
ICS - Incident Command System
ICU - Intensive Care Unit
JTPA - Job Training Partnership Act
LALS - Limited Advanced Life Support
LEMSA - Local Emergency Medical Services Agency
MCI - Multi-Casualty Incident
MICN - Mobile Intensive Care Nurse (also see ARN)
OASIS - Operational Area Satellite Information System
OES - Office of Emergency Services
OTS - Office of Traffic Safety
PHHS - Preventive Health and Health Services [Block Grant]
PLN - Prehospital Liaison Nurse
PSAP - Public Service Answering Point
QA - Quality Assurance
QI - Quality Improvement
RACES - Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
RDMHC- Regional Disaster Medical/Health Coordinator
SB - Senate Bill
SEMS - Standardized Emergency Management System
TNC - Trauma Nurse Coordinator
INTRODUCTION
The EMS System Planning Guidelines are Part III of the California Emergency Medical Services
(EMS) Authority's EMS System Guidelines. Part I, EMS Systems Standards and Guidelines,
identifies minimum standards and recommended goals for local EMS systems. Part II,
Implementation Resource, is intended to provide additional information and assistance to local EMS
agencies in planning and developing their systems.
These Planning Guidelines define the specific required contents and format of the local EMS plans
required by Section 1797.250, et seq. of the Health and Safety Code (H&SC). They also provide
mechanisms to:
- Incorporate the specific standards and guidelines from Part I into local system development activities;
- Conduct structural system evaluation and quality assurance processes on the local and state levels; and
- Prioritize local system funding needs.
1. PLANNING TECHNIQUES
A. SYSTEM PLANNING
One of the primary tasks of local EMS agencies is development of an EMS system plan. Section
1797.254 of the H&SC calls for each Local Emergency Medical Services Agency (LEMSA) to submit
an EMS plan annually to the EMS Authority. The purpose of the plan, however, is more than to
merely meet the requirement of the law. The plan should also:
- Provide a framework for the planning and implementation of LEMSA;
- Demonstrate that LEMSA meets minimum state standards;
- Demonstrate that LEMSA complies with various state laws and regulations;
- Demonstrate that LEMSA is planning, implementing, and evaluating a system which provides well managed, patient-oriented emergency health care, taking into consideration the coordination of resources with neighboring EMS systems;
- Be a useful tool to LEMSA in development of long-range goals and annual workplans; and
- Be the primary mechanism to collect system information to avoid duplication and streamline the information collection process.
The plan should set overall goals for the optimal EMS system. It should identify the financial,
technical, and political opportunities that would facilitate attaining an optimal EMS system as well as
constraints which prevent the system from attaining this optimum. Based on these goals, constraints,
and opportunities, attainable objectives can be established. The plan should identify the resources
which are needed for system development, establish annual and long-range work plans for achieving
the objectives, and determine the roles and responsibilities of system participants.
B. PLANNING PROCESS
Emergency Medical Services system planning begins with the question "What need will the system
meet?" The answer to this question establishes the overall goals of the system. The goals identify the
targets of the system, such as patients within the clinical target groups. The system's boundaries are
defined in this initial step.
The second step of the planning process is to define the optimal system. The planner answers the
question "If I could start this system totally from scratch, without any limitations or constraints caused
by past practices or decisions, how would I design it?" This approach allows the planner to consider
the optimal system prior to determining limiting factors. The optimal system is based on national,
state, and local standards for emergency medical care and operations, legal minimums, and demands
which are placed on the system through the public policy arena.
After determining the optimal system, the planner can then look at the environment in which the
system operates. At this stage, system opportunities, (e.g. legal, financial, political, technological)
and system constraints can be identified. The result is the system design: the optimal system which
is realistically possible, given the opportunities and constraints which are present.
The existing system is then examined and compared to the system design. Problem areas are
identified and objectives are developed for overcoming these problems. With consideration of the
resources which are available for system development, the objectives are prioritized into immediate
and long-range. The result becomes part of the annual workplan for the agency.
For each system need, an objective should be stated which explains what the need is and how it will
be met. All areas in which the current system does not meet the system design should be identified.
A timeline for meeting each objective should also be identified. A flow chart depicting the inputs,
processes, and outputs of the planning process is on the following page.
In planning, the process is often more important than the resulting document. The plan can be a tool
to focus attention on system needs and to involve appropriate parties--both provider (e.g. emergency
medical care committees, public safety agencies, hospitals, ambulance services, professional
associations, and managed care providers) and consumer (e.g. Area Agency on Aging & elected
officials)--in the system. The value of an open planning process should be self-evident.
2. EMS PLAN FORMAT AND CONTENTS
EMS plans will include a combination of:
- Narrative descriptions of the system's compliance with the state's EMS Systems Standards and Guidelines,
- Specific numbers describing the system's resources and operations, and
- Directories, identifying specific resources available within the system.
The EMS Plan is intended to be both a workplan and a long-range plan. A full plan is required every
five years (although some agencies may elect to submit a revised plan more often). In each year
following the development of the EMS Plan, an annual workplan shall be submitted, providing
updated information on the status of the system and the EMS agency's progress in meeting its long-range plans.
Plans should be submitted in loose leaf format, permitting updating of sections which have been
changed. The initial five-year plan is due by March 1, 1995. The annual updates are due
October 1 of each year, beginning with 1996. The five-year plan should include the following
sections:
SECTION 1. Executive Summary
This section provides a brief overview of the plan. It should identify the major needs which have
been found and an abstract of the proposed program solutions.
SECTION 2. Assessment of System
This section provides a specific evaluation of how the system currently meets the state's EMS Systems
Standards and Guidelines. It identifies system needs and provides a mechanism for planning of
activities necessary to comply with the state standards.
The section should begin with the Summary Table (Table 1). Then, for each standard identified
beginning on page 12 of Part I of the EMS System Standards and Guidelines:
- Describe the current status of the system as it relates to the individual standard;
- Describe efforts to coordinate resources and/or services with other EMS agencies, (only required for those standards on Table 1 identified with an asterisk);
- If the minimum is not met, provide a "needs statement";
- Provide specific objective(s) for meeting the minimum standard or upgradingtoward the recommended guideline; and
- Assign each objective to either the Annual Workplan or the Long-Range Plan.
The format for the aforementioned assessment of each standard, along with a completed example, is
provided in Appendix 1.
SECTION 3. System Resources and Operations
This section describes the resources available within the EMS system and provides certain indicators
of system operation. The checklist and fill-in-the-blank formats replace much of what was provided
by narrative in previous years. These items are subject to an annual update and should be provided
on Tables 2 to 7. The table included in Table 2 replaces the current process of collecting this
information through a separate salary survey.
SECTION 4. Resource Directories
This section identifies specific resources within the system. These items are subject to an annual
update and should be provided on Tables 8 to 11b. These tables are not intended to duplicate
information currently collected at the EMSA. They will become the new mechanism for updating
existing lists and data bases (e.g. Provider List, Approved Prehospital Care Training Programs,
Designated Trauma Centers in California, and disaster information listings.)
SECTION 5. Description of Plan Development Process
This section consists of a narrative description of the process of developing the plan. It should
demonstrate that interested parties, both provider and consumer, had an opportunity to provide input
on the plan and that the plan was approved by the appropriate governing body.
Include a resolution adopting the plan from the EMS agency's governing body.
SECTION 6. Annex
In this section, agencies which have elected to develop a trauma care system, grant exclusive
operating permits, and/or develop a pediatric emergency medical and critical care subsystem shall
provide specific subsystem plans. The information required and specific format are specified in the
guidelines provided in Appendices 2-4.
- Trauma Care System Plan
The trauma plan will incorporate the existing planning guidelines which have been provided in Appendix 2.
- AB 3153 Compliance (implementation of Section 1797.224, H&SC)
The exclusive operation permits will be granted in accordance with the guidelines provided in Appendix 3.
- Pediatric Subsystem Plan
The pediatric subsystem plan will incorporate the planning guidelines which are provided in Appendix 4.
The following table lists the format and time frame for updating each of the six sections of the local
EMS plan.
LOCAL EMS PLAN and ANNUAL UPDATES
CONTENT and FORMAT
*If any area of the Plan deviates significantly from the Five-Year Plan, the changes must be submitted as part of the annual
update.
3. ANNUAL WORKPLAN FORMAT AND CONTENTS
The annual update will consist of the following three sections:
SECTION 1: Summary of Changes
SECTION 2: Updates of Specific Information
The information provided in Sections 3, and 4 of the EMS plan are to be updated annually. This
should be provided on the appropriate forms (Tables 2 to 11b). The EMS Authority will seek to have
a computer reporting format available in the future.
SECTION 3: Progress from Previous Year
This section should describe changes in the EMS system and progress toward the objectives identified
in the Plan. Changes and updates to Section 2 of the EMS Plan should be included in this section.
Include updates to Table 1.
- Major Changes: Provide a narrative description of any major changes which have occurred in the system since the long-range plan was adopted. Major changes would include changes such
as changing providers, designating new centers, changing key personnel, etc.
- Specific Objectives: Assess the progress made in meeting the objectives which were identified in the previous year's workplan.
- Objectives: Identify the objectives from the long-range plan on which the agency plans to work during the current year.
- Timeline/Actions: Provide a specific description of the agency's plan, including time frames, to implement the above objectives.
4. DATA/SYSTEM EVALUATION
The Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) believes that with technological advances and
dwindling resources meaningful prehospital data collection by EMS agencies is a prerequisite for cost-effective and reliable EMS system analysis. It is difficult for EMS to compete in the funding arena or
to truly validate system needs without the purposeful collection and analysis of data. In addition,
federal funding agencies are emphasizing statewide data collection and linkage projects which require
the development of standardized and compatible local data systems.
A uniform core data set is key to the aggregation of data at the state level, for prehospital research,
and to the performance of a statewide EMS system. The EMSA realizes that standardized statewide
data collection is a long-term proposal. The document, Emergency Medical Services Data System
Standards, November 1993, EMSA #161, will provide initial guidance. Prehospital data collection
using the standardized core data is promoted via the EMS Systems Guidelines as a required activity.
The EMSA will continue to support local data efforts by providing technical assistance and by making
data collection efforts a special funding priority.
To comply with data reporting requirements to the EMSA, follow the standards and format set forth
in the Data System Standards EMSA #161. If you would like a copy of the Data System Standards,
you may contact the EMSA.
Below is the time frame for submitting data:
EMS Data Standards (H&SC 1797.254) June 1
for 1st quarter (Jan., Feb., March)
September 1 for 2nd quarter
December 1 for 3rd quarter
March 1 for 4th quarter
Defibrillation Data (CCR 100064) March 1
EMT-I and Public Safety for previous calendar year
Trauma System Costs (H&SC 1798.164) January 1
for previous fiscal year
EMS Fund Report (H&SC 1797.98b) January 1
for previous fiscal year
Poison Control Centers (H&SC 1798.180) March 1
for previous calendar year
TABLES
NOTE: THESE TABLES ARE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE EMS PLAN AND UPDATED
EACH YEAR AS NECESSARY IN THE ANNUAL WORKPLAN.
TABLE 1: Summary of System Status
Place an "x" in the appropriate boxes for each standard. Complete a System Assessment form
(Attachment 1) for each standard. For those items from Table 1 that are followed by an asterisk,
describe on the Assessment form how resources and/or services are coordinated with other EMS
agencies in meeting the standards. Table 1 and the System Assessment form are to be reported by
agency.
The last two columns of Table 1 refer to the time frame for meeting the objective. Put an "x" in the
"Short-range Plan" column if the objective will be met within a year. Put an "x" in the "Long-range
Plan" column if the objective will take longer than a year to complete. If the minimum or
recommended standard is currently met no "x" is required in either column.
A. SYSTEM ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
* * * * * * *
* * * * * * *
TABLE 2: SYSTEM RESOURCES AND OPERATIONS
System Organization and Management
EMS System: ______________________________________________
Reporting Year: ____________________________
NOTE: Number (1) below is to be completed for each county. The balance of Table 2 refers to each agency.
1. Percentage of population served by each level of care by county:
(Identify for the maximum level of service offered; the total of a, b, and c should equal 100%.)
County:
a. Basic Life Support (BLS) % b. Limited Advanced Life Support (LALS) %
c. Advanced Life Support (ALS) %
2. Type of agency
a - Public Health Department
b - County Health Services Agency
c - Other (non-health) County Department
d - Joint Powers Agency
e - Private Non-profit Entity
f - Other: ______________________________________
3. The person responsible for day-to-day activities of EMS agency reports to
a - Public Health Officer
b - Health Services Agency Director/Administrator
c - Board of Directors
d - Other: ______________________________________
4. Indicate the non-required functions which are performed by the agency
Implementation of exclusive operating areas (ambulance franchising)
Designation of trauma centers/trauma care system planning
Designation/approval of pediatric facilities
Designation of other critical care centers
Development of transfer agreements
Enforcement of local ambulance ordinance
Enforcement of ambulance service contracts
Operation of ambulance service
Continuing education
Personnel training
Operation of oversight of EMS dispatch center
Non-medical disaster planning
Administration of critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) team
Administration of disaster medical assistance team (DMAT)
Administration of EMS Fund [Senate Bill (SB) 12/612]
Other:
Other:
Other:
5. EMS agency budget for FY ______
A. EXPENSES
Salaries and benefits
(all but contract personnel) $
Contract Services
(e.g. medical director)
Operations (e.g. copying, postage, facilities)
Travel
Fixed assets
Indirect expenses (overhead)
Ambulance subsidy
EMS Fund payments to physicians/hospital
Dispatch center operations (non-staff)
Training program operations
Other: ______________________________
Other: ______________________________
Other: ______________________________
TOTAL EXPENSES $
B. SOURCES OF REVENUE
Special project grant(s) [from EMSA]
Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant $
Office of Traffic Safety (OTS)
State general fund
County general fund
Other local tax funds (e.g., EMS district)
County contracts (e.g. multi-county agencies)
Certification fees
Training program approval fees
Training program tuition/Average daily attendance funds (ADA)
Job Training Partnership ACT (JTPA) funds/other payments
Base hospital application fees
Base hospital designation fees
Trauma center application fees
Trauma center designation fees
Pediatric facility approval fees
Pediatric facility designation fees
Other critical care center application fees
Type:
Other critical care center designation fees
Type:
Ambulance service/vehicle fees
Contributions
EMS Fund (SB 12/612)
Other grants:
Other fees:
Other (specify):
TOTAL REVENUE $
TOTAL REVENUE SHOULD EQUAL TOTAL EXPENSES.
IF THEY DON'T, PLEASE EXPLAIN BELOW.
6. Fee structure for FY
_________ We do not charge any fees
_________ Our fee structure is:
First responder certification $
EMS dispatcher certification
EMT-I certification
EMT-I recertification
EMT-defibrillation certification
EMT-defibrillation recertification
EMT-II certification
EMT-II recertification
EMT-P accreditation
Mobile Intensive Care Nurse/
Authorized Registered Nurse (MICN/ARN)
certification
MICN/ARN recertification
EMT-I training program approval
EMT-II training program approval
EMT-P training program approval
MICN/ARN training program approval
Base hospital application
Base hospital designation
Trauma center application
Trauma center designation
Pediatric facility approval
Pediatric facility designation
Other critical care center application
Type:
Other critical care center designation
Type:
Ambulance service license $
Ambulance vehicle permits
Other: ______________________________
Other: ______________________________
Other: ______________________________
7. Complete the table on the following two pages for the EMS agency staff for the fiscal
year of _______.
EMS System: Reporting Year:
Include an organizational chart of the local EMS agency and a county organizational chart(s) indicating how the
LEMSA fits within the county/multi-county structure.
TABLE 3: SYSTEM RESOURCES AND OPERATIONS -- Personnel/Training Revision #3 [2/16/95]
EMS System:
Reporting Year:
NOTE: Table 3 is to be reported by agency.
|
EMT - Is |
EMT - IIs |
EMT - Ps |
MICN |
EMS Dispatchers |
| Total certified | |
| Number newly certified this year |
| Number recertified this year |
| Total number of accredited personnel on
July 1 of the reporting year |
| Number of certification reviews resulting in: |
| a) formal investigations |
| b) probation |
| c) suspensions |
| d) revocations |
| e) denials |
| f) denials of renewal |
| g) no action taken |
1. Number of EMS dispatchers trained to EMSA standards: ______
2. Early defibrillation:
a) Number of EMT-I (defib) certified ______
b) Number of public safety (defib) certified (non-EMT-I) ______
3. Do you have a first responder training program? yes no
Revision #1 [2/16/95]
TABLE 4: SYSTEM RESOURCES AND OPERATIONS -- Communications
EMS System:
County:
Reporting Year:
Note: Table 4 is to be answered for each county.
1. Number of primary Public Service Answering Points (PSAP)
2. Number of secondary PSAPs
3. Number of dispatch centers directly dispatching ambulances
4. Number of designated dispatch centers for EMS Aircraft
5. Do you have an operational area disaster communication system? yes ____ no ____
a. Radio primary frequency ___________________________
b. Other methods ___________________________________
c. Can all medical response units communicate on the same disaster communications system?
yes ____ no ____
d. Do you participate in OASIS? yes ____ no ____
e. Do you have a plan to utilize RACES as a back-up communication system?
yes ____ no ____
1) Within the operational area? yes ____ no ____
2) Between the operational area and the region and/or state? yes ____ no ____
Revision #1 [2/16/95]
TABLE 5: SYSTEM RESOURCES AND OPERATIONS
Response/Transportation
EMS System:
Reporting Year:
Note: Table 5 is to be reported by agency.
TRANSPORTING AGENCIES
1. Number of exclusive operating areas
2. Percentage of population covered by Exclusive Operating Areas (EOA) %
3. Total number responses
a) Number of emergency responses (Code 2: expedient, Code 3: lights and siren)
b) Number non-emergency responses (Code 1: normal)
4. Total number of transports
a) Number of emergency transports (Code 2: expedient, Code 3: lights and siren)
b) Number of non-emergency transports (Code 1: normal)
Early Defibrillation Providers
5. Number of public safety defibrillation providers
a) Automated
b) Manual
6. Number of EMT-Defibrillation providers
a) Automated
b) Manual
Air Ambulance Services
7. Total number of responses
a) Number of emergency responses
b) Number of non-emergency responses
8. Total number of transports
a) Number of emergency (scene) responses
b) Number of non-emergency responses
TABLE 5: SYSTEM RESOURCES AND OPERATIONS -- Response/Transportation (cont'd.) Revision #1 [2/16/95]
SYSTEM STANDARD RESPONSE TIMES (90TH PERCENTILE)
| Enter the response times in the appropriate boxes. |
METRO/URBAN
|
SUBURBAN/RURAL
|
WILDERNESS
|
SYSTEMWIDE
|
| 1. BLS and CPR capable first responder. |
| 2. Early defibrillation responder. |
| 3. Advanced life support responder. |
| 4. Transport Ambulance. |
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TABLE 6: SYSTEM RESOURCES AND OPERATIONS
Facilities/Critical Care
EMS System:
Reporting Year:
NOTE: Table 6 is to be reported by agency.
Trauma
Trauma patients:
a) Number of patients meeting trauma triage criteria
b) Number of major trauma victims transported directly to a trauma
center by ambulance
c) Number of major trauma patients transferred to a trauma center
d) Number of patients meeting triage criteria who weren't treated
at a trauma center
Emergency Departments
Total number of emergency departments
a) Number of referral emergency services
b) Number of standby emergency services
c) Number of basic emergency services
d) Number of comprehensive emergency services
Receiving Hospitals
1. Number of receiving hospitals with written agreements
2. Number of base hospitals with written agreements
TABLE 7: SYSTEM RESOURCES AND OPERATIONS -- Disaster Medical
EMS System:
County:
Reporting Year:
NOTE: Table 7 is to be answered for each county.
SYSTEM RESOURCES
1. Casualty Collections Points (CCP)
a. Where are your CCPs located?
b. How are they staffed?
c. Do you have a supply system for supporting them for 72 hours? yes ____ no____
2. CISD
Do you have a CISD provider with 24 hour capability? yes ____ no____
3. Medical Response Team
a. Do you have any team medical response capability? yes ____ no ____
b. For each team, are they incorporated into your local
response plan? yes ____ no ____
c. Are they available for statewide response? yes ____ no ____
d. Are they part of a formal out-of-state response system? yes ____ no ____
4. Hazardous Materials
a. Do you have any HazMat trained medical response teams? yes ____ no ____
b. At what HazMat level are they trained?
c. Do you have the ability to do decontamination in an
emergency room? yes ____ no ____
d. Do you have the ability to do decontamination in the field? yes ____ no ____
OPERATIONS
1. Are you using a Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS)
that incorporates a form of Incident Command System (ICS) structure? yes ____ no ____
2. What is the maximum number of local jurisdiction EOCs you will need to
interact with in a disaster? __________
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3. Have you tested your MCI Plan this year in a:
a. real event? yes ____ no ____
b. exercise? yes ____ no ____
4. List all counties with which you have a written medical mutual aid agreement.
5. Do you have formal agreements with hospitals in your operational area to
participate in disaster planning and response? yes ____ no ____
6. Do you have a formal agreements with community clinics in your operational
areas to participate in disaster planning and response? yes ____ no ____
7. Are you part of a multi-county EMS system for disaster response? yes ____ no ____
8. If your agency is not in the Health Department, do you have a plan
to coordinate public health and environmental health issues with
the Health Departent? yes ____ no ____
TABLE 8: RESOURCES DIRECTORY -- Providers
EMS System: County: Reporting Year:
NOTE: Make copies to add pages as needed. Complete information for each provider by county.
| Name, address & telephone: |
Primary Contact: |
| Written Contract:
yes
no |
Service: Ground
Air
Water |
Transport
Non-Transport |
Air classification:
auxilary rescue
air ambulance
ALS rescue
BLS rescue |
If Air:
Rotary
Fixed Wing |
Number of personnel providing
services:
______ PS ______ PS-Defib
______ BLS ______ EMT-D
______ LALS ______ ALS |
| Ownership:
Public
Private |
Medical Director:
yes
no |
If public: Fire
Law
Other
explain:_____________ |
If public: city;
county; state;
fire district;
Federal |
System available
24 hours?
yes
no |
Number of ambulances: _________ |
| Name, address & telephone: |
Primary Contact: |
| Written Contract:
yes
no |
Service: Ground
Air
Water |
Transport
Non-Transport |
Air classification:
auxilary rescue
air ambulance
ALS rescue
BLS rescue |
If Air:
Rotary
Fixed Wing |
Number of personnel providing
services:
______ PS ______ PS-Defib
______ BLS ______ EMT-D
______ LALS ______ ALS |
| Ownership:
Public
Private |
Medical Director:
yes
no |
If public: Fire
Law
Other
explain:_____________ |
If public: city;
county; state;
fire district;
Federal |
System available
24 hours?
yes
no |
Number of ambulances: _________ |
TABLE 9: RESOURCES DIRECTORY -- Approved Training Programs Revision #1 [2/16/95]
EMS System: County:Reporting Year:
NOTE: Table 9 is to be completed by county. Make copies to add pages as needed.
| Training Institution Name
|
|
|
Contact Person telephone no. |
|
| Address |
|
|
|
|
| Student Eligibility: * |
Cost of Program
Basic __________
Refresher __________ |
**Program Level:
Number of students completing training per year:
Initial training:
Refresher:
Cont. Education
Expiration Date: |
|
|
Number of courses:
Initial training:
Refresher:
Cont. Education:
|
| Training Institution Name
|
|
|
Contact Person telephone no. |
|
| Address |
|
|
|
|
| Student Eligibility: * |
Cost of Program
Basic __________
Refresher __________ |
**Program Level:
Number of students completing training per year:
Initial training:
Refresher:
Cont. Education
Expiration Date: |
|
|
Number of courses:
Initial training:
Refresher:
Cont. Education: |
* Open to general public or restricted to certain personnel only.
** Indicate whether EMT-I, EMT-II, EMT-P, or MICN; if there is a training program that offers more than one level complete all information for each level.
TABLE 10: RESOURCES DIRECTORY -- Facilities Revision #1 [2/16/95]
EMS System: County: Reporting Year:
NOTE: Make copies to add pages as needed. Complete information for each facility by county.
| Name, address & telephone: Primary Contact:
|
| Written Contract yes
no |
Referral emergency service
Standby emergency service
Basic emergency service
Comprehensive emergency service
|
Base Hospital: yes
no |
Pediatric Critical Care Center:*
yes
no |
| EDAP:** yes
no |
PICU:*** yes
no |
Burn Center: yes
no |
Trauma Center: yes
no |
If Trauma Center
what Level:****
|
| Name, address & telephone: Primary Contact:
|
| Written Contract yes
no |
Referral emergency service
Standby emergency service
Basic emergency service
Comprehensive emergency service
|
Base Hospital: yes
no |
Pediatric Critical Care Center:*
yes
no |
| EDAP:** yes
no |
PICU:*** yes
no |
Burn Center: yes
no |
Trauma Center: yes
no |
If Trauma Center
what Level:****
|
* Meets EMSA Pediatric Critical Care Center (PCCC) Standards.
** Meets EMSA Emergency Departments Approved for Pediatrics (EDAP) Standards.
*** Meets California Children Services (CCS) Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Standards.
**** Levels I, II, III and Pediatric.
TABLE 11: RESOURCES DIRECTORY -- Dispatch Agency Revision #2 [9/14/95]
EMS System: County: Reporting Year:
NOTE: Make copies to add pages as needed. Complete information for each provider by county.
| Name, address & telephone: Primary Contact:
|
| Written Contract:
yes
no
|
Medical Director:
yes
no |
Day-to-day
Disaster |
Number of Personnel providing services:
_______ EMD Training _______ EMT-D _______ ALS
_______ BLS _______ LALS _______ Other
|
| Ownership:
Public
Private |
|
If public: Fire
Law
Other
explain:_____________
|
If public: city; county; state; fire district; Federal
|
| Name, address & telephone: Primary Contact:
|
| Written Contract:
yes
no
|
Medical Director:
yes
no |
Day-to-day
Disaster |
Number of Personnel providing services:
_______ EMD Training _______ EMT-D _______ ALS
_______ BLS _______ LALS _______ Other
|
| Ownership:
Public
Private |
|
If public: Fire
Law
Other
explain:_____________
|
If public: city; county; state; fire district; Federal
|
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1: System Assessment Form
APPENDIX 2: Trauma Planning Guidelines
APPENDIX 3: Exclusive Operating Area Guidelines
APPENDIX 4: Pediatric Subsystem Planning Guidelines
APPENDIX 1: System Assessment Form
An example of a completed System Assessment form follows this page.
STANDARD:
(THE STANDARDS FROM THE EMS SYSTEM STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ARE
AVAILABLE ON DISK.)
CURRENT STATUS:
COORDINATION WITH OTHER EMS AGENCIES:
NEED(S):
OBJECTIVE:
TIME FRAME FOR MEETING OBJECTIVE:
Short-range Plan (one year or less)
Long-range Plan (more than one year)
SYSTEM ASSESSMENT (example)
STANDARD
2.xx Public safety telephone operators shall
have emergency medical orientation and all
medical dispatch personnel shall receive
emergency medical dispatch training.
Public safety telephone operators should have
emergency medical orientation and all medical
dispatch personnel should be trained and
certified in accordance with the EMS
Authority's Emergency Medical Dispatch
Guidelines.
CURRENT STATUS:
No local program exists for training of telecommunications personnel, other than on-the-job training
provided by employers.
The County EMS Dispatch Center interrogates reporting parties and uses dispatch triage, but does not
provide pre-arrival instructions.
COORDINATION WITH OTHER EMS AGENCIES:
Not applicable for this standard.
NEED(S):
A pre-service training program for EMS dispatchers.
OBJECTIVE:
OBJECTIVE 2-1:
The LEMSA, in conjunction with the Community College should develop and present an EMS
Dispatch course meeting the standards of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
TIME FRAME FOR MEETING OBJECTIVE:
Short-range Plan (one year or less)
Long-range Plan (more than one year)
APPENDIX 2: Trauma Planning Guidelines
Trauma Plan Development Guidelines
April 1987
EMSA #151
If you need a copy contact the EMS Authority.
APPENDIX 3: Exclusive Operating Area Guidelines
EMSA #141
under revision
If you need a copy of the existing EMSA #141 dated July 1985, contact the EMS Authority.
APPENDIX 4: Pediatric Subsystem Planning Guidelines
EMSA #181
Under development
The pediatric planning guidelines will be mailed under separate cover when they become available.