TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Jennifer Yasumoto, Health & Human Services Agency
REPORT BY: Gaby Angeles, Staff Services Analyst II
SUBJECT: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Annual Presentations
RECOMMENDATION
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SET MATTER 10:30 AM - Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Annual Presentations
Director of Health and Human Services requests the Board receive the following presentations regarding Napa County Emergency Medical Services (EMS):
1. Presentation by Lois Husted, Chair of the Emergency Medical Care Committee ("EMCC"), to provide the EMCC Annual Report; and
2. Presentation by Shaun Vincent, EMS Administrator, to provide the local Emergency Medical Services 2021 calendar year annual update.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Request the Board to accept two presentations regarding Napa County Emergency Medical Services ("EMS") from the Chair of the Emergency Medical Care Committee and the EMS Administrator.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
No |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Emergency Medical Care Committee Annual Report
The Napa County Medical Emergency Care Committee ("EMCC") is established by the Napa County Board of Supervisors to perform the functions set forth in (1) below as authorized by Sections 1797.270 through 1797.276 of the California Health and Safety Code relating to the provision of ambulance services, emergency medical care, and training programs in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and lifesaving first aid techniques within Napa County.
1. The EMCC shall perform the following functions:
a. Review, at least annually, all of the following:
i. The operation of ambulance services operating within Napa County;
ii. Emergency medical care offered within Napa County, including training in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation;
iii. Public Access Defibrillation; and
iv. First aid practices.
b. Report to the State EMS Authority, the local EMS Agency, and the Board, at least annually, regarding the observations and recommendations of the EMCC resulting from the EMCC's activities listed in (1) above.
c. Act in an advisory capacity to the Board and the local EMS Agency on all matters related to emergency medical services as directed and requested by the Board from time to time.
Local Emergency Medical Services Annual Update
On July 1, 2021, the Public Health Division of the Napa County Health and Human Services Agency completed its tenth year as an independent County run, Local Emergency Medical Services Agency, or "LEMSA". Among the most significant highlights from the last year are:
1. Successful release of RFP and contract execution for exclusive county-wide emergency ambulance services contract.
2. Successful ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic in several areas of the response, including playing key roles, including the County’s Operations Section Chief with direct responsibility over the functional branches of the response.
3. Successful reimbursement of medical health disaster resources to both LNU Lightning Complex and Glass Fire.
4. Successful execution of several agreements, including a new designation of Adventist Health, St Helena, as a Primary Stroke Receiving Center.