Emergency Medical Services

EMS Trucks (2)

Mission

To assure the safety and health of Kern County residents by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual quality improvement in emergency medical service care.

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) includes the system of services organized to provide rapid response to serious medical emergencies, including immediate medical care and patient transport to definitive care in an appropriate hospital setting. EMS includes:

  • Public safety dispatch
  • Fire services first response and treatment
  • Private ground and air ambulance response, treatment and transport
  • Law enforcement agencies
  • Hospitals and specialty care centers
  • Training institutions and programs for EMS personnel
  • Managed care organizations
  • Preventative health care
  • Citizen and medical advisory groups

Meeting Schedule

Annual EMSAAC Conference, May 28, 29, & 30, 2024

Upcoming System Collaborative Meeting Dates -  

  •  2024
    • February 1, 2024 -1000hrs - via Teams
    • April 4, 2024 - 1000hrs - via Teams 
    • June 6, 2024 - 1000hrs - via Teams 
    • August 1, 2024 - 1000hrs - via Teams
    • October 3, 2024 - 1000hrs - via Teams
    • December 5, 2024 - 1000hrs - via Teams

The Emergency Medical Service Response Committee meets for the EMD data review. Open discussion will occur on an as needed bases in the year of 2024. Dates will be updated and posted here when available.    

 

Upcoming Quality Improvement Meeting Dates - 

  •  2024
    • March 21, 2024 - via Teams
    • June 20, 2024 - via Teams
    • September 19, 2024 - via Teams
    • December 12, 2024 - via Teams 

 

Meeting Schedule

  • 8:30 - 9:30 EMD QI
  • 9:30 - 10:30 STEMI QI
  • 10:30 - 11:30 STROKE QI
  • 1:30 - 2:30 TRAUMA QI
  • 2:30 - 3:30 PEDIATRIC QI
  • 3:30 - 4:30 GENERAL QI

New dates for the medical director forum to be posted here as they become available in the year of 2024

Emergency Medical Care Advisory Board (EMCAB)

EMCAB Information and Membership to Board of Supervisors website - Board of Supervisors | Kern County, CA
EMCAB Bylaws – EMCAB approved 2/14/2019.

EMCAB meetings are live streamed on YouTube, Search for Kern County Public Health channel to view or click on the link: Kern County Public Health - YouTube

  • EMCAB 2024 -

    All 2024 EMCAB meetings will begin at 4pm, at the:

    Kern County Board of Supervisors Chambers, located at 1115 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield CA 93301

    on the following dates. 

APOT Task Force Meeting Scheduled 1:30 - 2:30 via Teams on the following dates; 

  • 2024
    • January 25, 2024 
    • April 25, 2024 
    • July 25, 2024  
    • October 24, 2024Â