RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #23-504 with West Contra Costa Health Care District (dba Doctors’ Medical Center– San Pablo), a non-profit corporation, to act as a designated center to assist patients who have been assessed by ambulance personnel with a suspected stroke, for the period from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No cost associated with the designation.
BACKGROUND:
In collaboration with hospitals, fire first-responders and emergency ambulance services, Contra Costa Emergency Medical Care Committee, and the Contra Costa Stroke Advisory Committee, Contra Costa EMS has been working towards implementation of a program that will provide quicker access to definitive care for patients with symptoms of acute stroke. Strokes occur when blood flow to the brain has been disrupted due to a blockage in a vessel (ischemic stroke) or bleeding in the brain (hemorrhagic stroke).
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