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- Certification and re-certification of all Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT-I), Paramedics (EMT-P), Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMD), and Mobile Intensive Care Nurses (MICN) functioning in the County
- Continuing Education
- EMT-P Accreditation Orientation Classes
- MICN Instruction
- Accreditation of training programs and CE provider programs
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- EMS Radio Communications System
- EMS Dispatch (Kern County Communications Center)
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- Ambulance service monitoring and system compliance
- Service areas and performance standards
- Status of EMS transportation system
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- Base Hospital scope and authorization
- Trauma Care System development and management
- Hospital admission, interfacility transfer, and hospital status system practices
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- Orientation on "9-1-1 emergency" calling
- Expand community awareness and education
- EMS Week activities
- Liaison with community groups, fraternal organizations, clubs, etc
- Administration of EMS (Maddy) Fund for physicians and hospitals
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- Computerized data collection (e-PCR System)
- Prehospital Patient Record review
- System analysis, evaluation and feedback
- Patient care/complaint investigations
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- Emergency disaster planning
- Med-Alert System
- Prehospital and hospital response and resource deployment
- Casualty distribution (casualty collection points)
- Countywide medical disaster management authority
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- Medical control and authority (Medical Director)
- Defined and centralized systems management
- Short and long-term strategic planning
- Local rules, regulations, policies and procedures development, and compliance monitoring
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