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EMS | System Redesign 2009


The current contract for county-wide Emergency Medical Services will end on June 30, 2009.  To prepare the requirements for the Request for Proposals (RFP) that will be issued in early 2008, the EMS Agency is coordinating the redesign process.  Stakeholders throughout San Mateo County will convene in several groups to recommend standards and criteria to the Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC) for inclusion in the next RFP.  Schedules and documents for review will be posted on this page for committe and group members.

Ambulance RFP Process Documents  
Request for Proposals: Emergency Ambulance Service
Additional Information  
EMS Redesign Recommendations  
System Redesign Steering Committee
  1. Redesign Recommendation Summary Matrix
Personnel and Clinical Performance Group
  1. Staff for Training and Quality Improvement [PDF] 
  2. Increase Training and Clinical Oversight Personnel [PDF] 
  3. Maintain and Improve Skill Proficiency [PDF] 
  4. Required Formal Training [PDF] 
  5. EMS Education [PDF] 
  6. Quality Leadership Committee [PDF] 
  7. Post Accreditation Orientation [PDF] 
  8. Safety and Risk Training [PDF] 
  9. Clinical and Education Coordinator [PDF] 
  10. EMT Orientation [PDF] 
  11. Supervisors Training [PDF]
  12. Training Coordinator [PDF]
Technology Group
  1. Centralized Data Warehouse [PDF] 
  2. Fund for Future Technology [PDF] 
  3. Email Distribution System [PDF] 
  4. Equipment Maintenance and Replacement [PDF] 
  5. AVL/GPS Recommendations [PDF] 
  6. Mobile Data Terminals [PDF] 
  7. Web-based Training System [PDF]
Deployment and Response Group
  1. EMD Dispatch [PDF] 
  2. Workload Scoring [PDF] 
  3. All ALS [PDF] 
  4. Fire Staffing Support [PDF] 
  5. Fire Staffing Support [PDF] 
  6. Dispatch Lead [PDF] 
  7. Alternative Response Plans [PDF] 
  8. Ambulance Mutual Aid [PDF] 
  9. Timely Responses in Far North and South [PDF] 
  10. Flexible Ambulance for Peak Times [PDF]
  11. Zone 5 Split [PDF]
  12. Shorter Ambulance Response Times [PDF]
  13. Shorten First Responder Response Time [PDF]
Vehicles and Equipment Group
  1. Supply and Equipment Committee [PDF] 
  2. Standardized Supplies and Equipment [PDF] 
  3. Transport Ambulance [PDF] 
  4. Equipment Storage [PDF] 
  5. Restock of Supplies and Disposable Equipment [PDF] 
  6. Monitor Defibrillator Units [PDF] 
  7. Supervisor's Vehicles [PDF]
Performance Measurement and Management Group
  1. Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services [PDF] 
  2. Baldridge National Award Recommendations [PDF]
Community Education & Injury Prevention
  1. Establish Permanent Illness/Injury Prevention Program [PDF]
Disaster Preparedness
  1. Mandatory Response [PDF] 
  2. Internal Disaster Plan [PDF] 
  3. Exercise Requirements [PDF] 
  4. Events/Drills/Exercises/MCI's Review [PDF] 
  5. MOU for triage/treatment/transportation [PDF] 
  6. DMAT Storage [PDF] 
  7. Storage for Pre-Hospital Surge Supplies [PDF] 
  8. Disaster Planning [PDF] 
  9. State Ambulance Strike Team/ Medical Task Force [PDF]
Hospitals
  1. PCR [PDF] 
  2. CCT [PDF] 
  3. EKG [PDF] 
  4. Patient Tracking [PDF] 
  5. Patient Belongings [PDF] 
  6. Ambulance Communications [PDF] 
  7. Multidisciplinary Continuing Education [PDF] 
  8. Single Point of Contact [PDF]
Medical Director
  1. Medical Director Vehicle [PDF]
Materials
Reference Links
Committee Related Documents  
System Redesign Steering Committee
Personnel and Clinical Performance Group
Technology Group
Deployment and Response Group
Vehicles and Equipment Group
Performance Measurement and Management Group
Community Education & Injury Prevention
Disaster Preparedness
Hospitals
Hospitals Technology
Finance Committee
updated: 3/25/2008