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 observations and recommendations relative to its review of the ambulance services emergency medical care, and first aid 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 Paramedic (1 private/1public)
•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
Supervisor Andersen advertised the vacancy, received no other applications, and is pleased that Mr. Bowles expressed a desire to continue his work on the Committee.
The seat will become vacant.