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Clerk 04/10/2025
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AN ORDINANCE accepting and approving the Medic One/Emergency Medical Services 2026-2031 Strategic Plan submitted by the executive.
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PREAMBLE:
Emergency medical services are among the most important services provided to county residents. Those services include basic and advanced life support, regional medical control and quality improvement, emergency medical technician training, emergency medical dispatch training, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation training, paramedic continuing education, injury prevention education, and related services. In combination, those services have made the emergency medical services network in King County an invaluable lifesaving effort and an important part of the quality of life standards afforded residents of the county.
The Medic One/emergency medical services system in King County is recognized as one of the best emergency medical services program in the country. With an international reputation for innovation and excellence, it offers uniform medical care regardless of location, incident circumstances, day of the week, or time of day. It serves over 2.2 million people throughout the region and provides life-saving services on average every two minutes.
The King County regional system has among the finest of medical outcomes in the world for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. In 2023, the system achieved a fifty-one-percent survival rate for cardiac arrest, which is among the highest-reported rates in the nation. Compared to other communities, Seattle and King County cardiac arrest victims are two to three times more likely to survive.
The system's success can be traced to its unique design that is built upon the following components:
1. Regional, collaborative, cross jurisdictional and coordinated partnerships that allow for "seamless" operations;
2. Emergency medical services that are derived from the highest standards of medical training, practices and care, scientif...

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