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
Meeting Schedule
Upcoming System Collaborative Meeting Dates - Â
- Â 2024
- February 1, 2024 -1000hrs - via Teams
- April 4, 2024 - 1000hrs - via TeamsÂ
- June 6, 2024 - 1000hrs - via TeamsÂ
- 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.  Â
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Upcoming Quality Improvement Meeting Dates -Â
- Â 2024
- March 21, 2024 - via Teams
- June 20, 2024 - via Teams
- September 19, 2024 - via Teams
- December 12, 2024 - via TeamsÂ
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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.Â
- February 8th, 2024, Agenda, Agenda Packet
- May 9th, 2024, Agenda, Agenda PacketÂ
- August 8th, 2024
- November 14th, 2024
- EMCAB 2023 - Regular Meeting Schedule - Start Time 4 p.m.
- February 9th, 2023, Agenda, Agenda Packet
- May 11th, 2023, Agenda, Â Agenda Packet
August 10th, 2023- Meeting Canceled- November 9th, 2023 - Agenda, Agenda Packet - Kern County Board of Supervisors ChambersÂ
- EMCAB 2022 - Regular Meeting Schedule - Start Time 4 p.m.
- February 10th, 2022 - Agenda, Agenda Packet
- May 12th, 2022 - Agenda, Agenda PacketÂ
- August 11th, 2022 - Agenda, Agenda Packet
- November 10th, 2022 -Agenda, Agenda PacketÂ
- EMCAB 2021 - Regular Meeting Schedule - Start Time 4 p.m.
- February 11th, 2021 - Agenda, Agenda Packet
- May 13th, 2021 - Agenda, Agenda Packet
- August 12th, 2021 - Agenda, Agenda Packet
- November 18th, 2021 - Agenda, Agenda Packet
- EMCAB 2020 - Regular Meeting Schedule - Start Time 4 p.m.
- February 13th, 2020 - Agenda, Agenda Packet
- May 14th, 2020 - Agenda, Entire Agenda Packet - Meeting Canceled
- August 13th, 2020 - Agenda, Agenda PacketÂ
- November 12th, 2020 - Agenda, Agenda Packet
APOT Task Force Meeting Scheduled 1:30 - 2:30 via Teams on the following dates;Â
- 2024
- January 25, 2024Â
- April 25, 2024Â
- July 25, 2024Â Â
- October 24, 2024Â