File #: 2013-0016    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/14/2013 In control: Law, Justice, Health and Human Services Committee
On agenda: Final action: 5/6/2013
Enactment date: 5/16/2013 Enactment #: 17578
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the approval of the Medic One/Emergency Medical Services 2014-2019 Strategic Plan.
Sponsors: Kathy Lambert, Pete von Reichbauer, Reagan Dunn
Indexes: Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17578.pdf, 2. A. 2014-2019 Strategic Plan dated April 10, 2013, 3. A. 2014-2019 Strategic Plan, 4. 2013-0016 transmittal letter.doc, 5. 2013-0016 fiscal note.xls, 6. 2013-0016 Staff Report - EMS Strategic Plan (01-23-13).doc, 7. 2013-00196 Attachment 1- SSB 5381 Senate Bill Report (3).pdf, 8. 2013-0016 - powerpoint on Strategic Plan.pptm, 9. Staff Report Proposed Ordinance 2013-0016 EMS Strategic Plan.doc, 10. Attachment 2 SSB 5381 Senate Bill Report.pdf, 11. RPC 2013-0016 Staff Report - EMS SP (03-27-12).doc, 12. 2013-0016 Attach 3 - Atty General letter dated 11-30-12(3-27-13).pdf, 13. 2013-0016 Attach 2 - SSB 5381 Senate Bill Report(3-27-13).pdf, 14. 2013-0016 handout (3-27-13).pdf, 15. Staff Report 04-10-13, 16. Handout - Amendment 2 with Attachment date April 10, 2013, 17. Handout - SP correction page 42, 18. Handout - Letter City of Renton recieved April 10, 2013, 19. A. 2014-2019 Strategic Plan dated April 10, 2013, 20. Staff Report Proposed Ordinance 2013-0016.2 EMS Strategic Plan.doc
Drafter
Clerk 04/17/2013
Title
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the approval of the Medic One/Emergency Medical Services 2014-2019 Strategic Plan.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Emergency medical services are among the most important services provided to county residents. These 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, these programs 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.
B. The Medic One/emergency medical servies 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.
C. The King County regional system has measurable among the finest of medical outcomes in the world for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. In 2011, Seattle and King County achieved a fifty-two-percent survival rate for cardiac arrest, which is the highest rate to date anywhere.
D. The system's success can be traced to its unique design that is built upon the following components:
1. Regional, collaborative, crossjurisdictional 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, scientific evidence and close supervision by physicians experienced in emergency medical services care;
3. Programmatic leadership and state of the art science-based strategies that all...

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