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C. 15

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Date:	December 11, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE COMMITTEE

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/11/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor

Contact:

LEA CASTLEBERRY (925) 252-4500

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 11, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPOINT Karin Schnaider to the District 3 seat on the Emergency Medical Care Committee to a term expiring September 30, 2020, as recommended by Supervisor Diane Burgis.


Karin Schnaider

Brentwood, CA 94513

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.

BACKGROUND:

The duties of the Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC) are specified in the California Health and Safety Code Section 1797.274 and 1797.276. Their duties are to review the operations of each of the following at least annually:

1. Ambulance services operating within the county. 2. Emergency medical care offered within the county, including programs for training large numbers of people in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and lifesaving first aid techniques. 3. First aid practices in the county. Additionally, the EMCC shall, at least annually, report to the Authority, and the local EMS Agency its observation and recommendations relative to its review of the ambulance services emergency medical care, and first air practices, and programs for training people in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and lifesaving first aid techniques, and public participation in such programs in the county. The EMCC shall submit its observations and recommendations to the County Board of Supervisors which it serves and shall act in an advisory capacity to the County Board of Supervisors, and to the County EMS Agency, on all matters relating to emergency medical services as directed by the Board.

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors first established the EMCC in 1968 (Resolution 68/404) and reconfirmed the EMCC in 1980 (Resolution 80/1019). The Board abolished the EMCC (Resolution 94/343), recognizing that the Health Services Director may wish to reconstitute such a committee. The Board reinstated the EMCC as a Board advisory committee at its February 24, 1998 meeting, per SD2. The membership of the EMCC was prescribed per C.30, June 9, 1998. Bylaws adopted April 24, 2001, per C.190.

The EMCC consists of five consumer representatives, one from each of the five supervisorial districts, and representatives of the following groups and organizations:

American Heart Association*American Red Cross*California Highway Patrol*Contra Costa Ambulance Provider*Air Medical Transportation Provider*Emergency Department Physicians*Emergency Nurses Association*Contra Costa Fire Chiefs' Association*Field Paramedics (1 private/1 public)*County Health Services*Hospital Council-Bay Area Division*Contra Costa EMS Training Institution*County Office of Emergency Services*Contra Costa Police Chiefs' Association*Contra Costa Public Managers' Association*Sheriff-Coroner Communication Division*Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association*Base Hospital*Trauma Center*Community Awareness and Emergency Response (CAER)*Communications Center Managers Association*EMS Director

Applications were accepted and the recommendation to appoint the above individual was then determined.