RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #23-497-2 with Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, (dba Kaiser Permanente – Richmond), 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 2018 through December 31, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This is a non-financial agreement. Emergency Medical Service (EMS) staff costs to be covered under County Service Area EM-1 and charges to participating hospitals.
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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