EMS Plans
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EMS Plan - 
A requirement as well as a strategic planning document, the EMS Plan is an opportunity for Santa Barbara County to demonstrate its compliance to state minimum standards. The main body of this plan contains 121 evaluation points for Santa Barbara County to benchmark its system. This plan confirms that Santa Barbara County is meeting the minimum standards and in many cases exceeding recommended guidelines. In submitting this plan, we acknowledge that a vast partnership of community based organizations form the heart of a quality EMS system. It is through partnerships with these organizations and adherence to the highest standards of care that we will ensure Santa Barbara County continues to be a leader in the provision of Emergency Medical Services.
Strategic Plan -
The Strategic Plan of the Santa Barbara County EMS Agency summarizes
the current capabilities and future goals of the agency. The plan
is based on California Health and Safety Code. The Strategic Plan
provides an organized and logical guide towards assuring the highest
quality of emergency care to all in Santa Barbara County.
Trauma Plan -
The trauma plan for Santa Barbara County is, first and foremost,
a patient advocacy document. Its purpose is to provide a framework
for the establishment of a comprehensive injury management strategy
for the County that addresses the needs of the injured. The plan
acknowledges the inherent challenges of the urban, semi-rural,
and rural health care environment and provides an organized process
to ensure quality trauma services while remaining sensitive to
the intrinsic resource and financial constraints of the system
participants. This plan recognizes that a partnership of organizations,
institutions and individuals form the nucleus of a quality trauma
system. It is only through this partnership and adherence to quality
trauma care standards that the goals of this plan will be achieved.
This trauma plan will design a countywide trauma system in order to:
1. Identify the causes of injury.
2. Pursue injury prevention activities to decrease the incidence
of trauma.
3. Identify and measure preventable death and disability from
trauma.
4. Assure timely, optimal trauma services in a cost-efficient
manner through close coordination of prehospital, hospital and
rehabilitation services.
5. Reduce mortality and morbidity from trauma within our county.
6. Match patient medical needs with resources of trauma receiving
center.
7. Manage costs of trauma system implementation.
Continuous Quality Improvement Plan
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The purpose of the Continuous Quality Improvement Plan (CQI) is
to promote, enhance and ensure quality emergency medical care
to our community at large, through information analysis, education
and coordination. The CQI approach to quality management subscribes
to the theory that it is not the work of employees or an organization
that leads to poor quality; rather it is the poor design of systems
and procedures.
CQI is a management science based on the philosophy and principles
established by Dr.
Edwards Deming. CQI combines human resources and quantitative
methods to achieve a state of continuous improvement. The goal
of EMS in utilizing strategies of CQI is to continuously evaluate
ways to improve the quality of care provided.
The following additional documents are provided as part of the
Continuous Quality Improvement Plan:
Disaster Plan -
under development
The purpose of the EMS Disaster Plan is to provide an organized
and coordinated response to medical disasters. Currently under
revision, will be available soon.