Emergency Medical Services
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
EMS Audits
- Hall Ambulance ePCR Audit for all EOAS (PDF) July 2023
- Liberty Ambulance ePCR Audit (PDF) July 2023
- Kern County Fire Department ePCR Audit (PDF) July 2023
- Bakersfield Fire Department ePCR Audit (PDF) July 2023
- California City Fire Department ePCR Audit (PDF) July 2023
- Pro Safety and Rescue ePCR Audit (PDF) July 2023
- Edwards AFB ePCR Audit (PCR) July 2023
- Trinity ePCR Audit (PDF) July 2023