Emergency Medical Service Council

The Emergency Medical Service Council is the area-wide planning and coordinating agency for emergency medical services and provides continuous evaluation of emergency medical services for this area.

What is the Emergency Medical Service Council responsible for?



What is the Emergency Medical Service Council responsible for? Back Image

The Council is responsible for coordinating existing services into a comprehensive system, including:

  • defining geographic regions to be serviced, including cooperative arrangements with other providers and backup services

  • having an adequate number of trained personnel for staffing of ambulances, communications facilities and hospital emergency rooms

  • a communications system that includes a central dispatch center, two-way radio communication between the ambulance and the receiving hospital and a universal emergency telephone number

  • a public education program that stresses the need for adequate training in basic lifesaving techniques and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

 

  
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