The EMS Authority is charged with providing leadership in developing and implementing EMS systems throughout California and setting standards for the training and scope of practice of various levels of EMS personnel. Prior to 1980, California did not have a central state agency responsible for ensuring the development and coordination of EMS services and programs statewide. Although the many stakeholders in EMS, including local administrators, fire agencies, ambulance companies, hospitals, physicians, nurses, and other health care providers did not agree on many issues, there was a consensus that a more unified approach to emergency and disaster medical services was needed. Thus, as the result of several years of effort by the EMS constituents to establish a state lead agency and centralized resource to over see emergency and disaster medical services, the Emergency Medical Services System and Prehospital Emergency Care Personnel Act (SB 125) was passed, creating the Emergency Medical Services Authority and adding Division 2.5 to the Health and Safety Code (Sections 1797-1799). The EMS Authority also has responsibility for promoting disaster medical preparedness throughout the state, and, when required, managing the state's medical response to major disasters. Emergency and disaster medical services in California are rooted in the skills and commitment of the first responders, EMTs, nurses, physicians, and administrators who deliver care to the public and operate the system. In order for high quality services to be delivered with high efficiency, all aspects of EMS systems must work together, mutually reinforcing and supporting each other for the benefit of the patient. The California EMS Authority, through standard setting, consensus building, and leadership, plays a central role in improving the quality of emergency medical services available for all Californians. In California, day-to-day EMS system management is the responsibility of the local and regional EMS agencies. It is principally through these agencies that the EMS Authority works to promote quality EMS services statewide. EMS Authority staff also work closely with many local, state and federal agencies and private enterprises with emergency and/or disaster medical services roles and responsibilities.
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Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) Facebook Comment Policy
Thank you for being a fan of the Emergency Medical Services Authority’s (EMSA) page. EMSA participates in Facebook in order to provide stakeholders and members of the public with the up-to-date, accurate and timely information, tools and resources relating to EMS in the State of California. If you have any questions, concerns or need additional information, please contact EMSA via phone or email. EMSA Main Phone Number is (916) 322-4336. Disclaimer:
Posted comments and images do not necessarily represent the views of EMSA. External, non-EMSA links on this site do not constitute official endorsement on behalf of EMSA. While we encourage fans to share thoughts and opinions on the EMSA page, we expect that this will be done in a respectful manner. EMSA does not agree with or endorse every comment that individuals post on our page. Our goal is to share ideas and information with as many individuals as possible and our policy is to accept the majority of comments made to our page. Therefore, a comment, video or photo will be deleted if it contains:
- Hate speech
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- Nudity in profile pictures
- Defamation to a person or people
- Name calling and/or personal attacks
- Comments whose main purpose is to sell a product or service
- Comments that infringe on copyrights
- Spam comments, such as the same comment posted repeatedly on a profile
- Links to non-EMS related sites, and
- Other comments that the EMSA Social Media team deems inappropriate such as comments that are off topic. All links posted as comments on EMSA’s page will be reviewed and may be deleted. Repeated violations of the EMSA Facebook comment policy may cause the author to be blocked from EMSA’s page. Thank you for your understanding of EMSA’s Facebook Comment Policy. You may call EMSA’s Social Media Team if you have questions regarding the policy at (916) 322-4336.
