Title
Approve and authorize the Emergency Medical Services Agency Director to submit the revised annual Monterey County EMS Plan for 2013 to the California State Emergency Medical Services Authority.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Emergency Medical Services Agency Director to submit the revised annual Monterey County EMS Plan for 2013 to the California State Emergency Medical Services Authority.
SUMMARY:
State law requires any county that establishes an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) program to develop a local EMS Plan and file it with the California EMS Authority. Monterey County's initial EMS Plan was filed with the State in 1984, under the State EMS System Standards and Guidelines in effect at that time. The Monterey County EMS Plan for 2013 is submitted for your Board's approval today represents the tenth comprehensive revision of the County's EMS Plan since the current State EMS System Standards and Guidelines were published in June of 1993. The last Monterey County EMS Plan (2012) was submitted and approved by the Board on June 25, 2013.
The EMS Plan for 2013 reflects updates to Table 2 - System Resources and Operations, specifically FY 13/14 budget and staffing information; Table 3- Personnel/Training, current EMS personnel certified and accredited with the EMS Agency and number of reviews performed; Table 8 - Resource Directory, showing 2013 responses and transports, and includes an updated Trauma System Status Report that reflects current (2014) activity.
DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County EMS Plan recommended for approval is fully consistent with State requirements with three (3) exceptions:
1) Trauma System Evaluation: Currently, no hospital has been designated as a trauma care center in Monterey County; nor is there a 'trauma registry.' Natividad Medical Center (Salinas) is in the process of being designated a Level-II Trauma Center; projected date for designa...
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