The
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Council was
formed to carry out the duties described in A.R.S. §
36-2203. Such
duties include recommending to the ADHS Director the adoption of the
following standards: statewide standardized training and certification
standards for all classifications of EMTs;
standardized testing procedures; medical standards for certification of
training programs; standards for certification of emergency receiving
facilities including ALS base hospitals.
The EMS Council Executive Committee's primary
responsibilities are evaluation and planning, including development of
goals and objectives for the Council and its committees.
The Education Committee is the educational
advisory group to the EMS Council. It recommends training curricula for
various training efforts as established by the Council.
The Rules Committee's primary responsibility is
to continually review and recommend updates to the EMS rules and develop
new rules as requested by the EMS Council.
The Budget Committee's responsibility is to
make recommendations to the ADHS Director, through the EMS Council, on
expenditures of monies in the EMS Operating Fund for funding local and
state EMS systems.
The Medical Direction Commission (MDC) was formed
to carry out the duties described in A.R.S. §
36-2203.01. The
Commission is composed of a select group of physicians appointed to
assist the ADHS Director in developing medical protocols governing the
medical treatments, procedures, medications, training and techniques
that may be administered or performed by each class of emergency medical
technicians.
The MDC Protocols, Medications, and Devices (PMD)
Committee serves as the medical advisory group to the Commission.
Its functions are to define the scope and interpret prehospital medical
care, principles and practices for the Commission and to review and
recommend changes or additions to the drug box and use of new medical
devices.
The State Trauma Advisory Board (STAB) was formed
to carry out the duties described in A.R.S. §
36-2222. Such duties
include making recommendations on the initial and long-term processes
for verification and designation of trauma center levels, making
recommendations on the development/implementation of a comprehensive regional
emergency medical services and trauma system plan, and making recommendations
on the state emergency medical services and trauma system quality improvement
processes, including the State Trauma Registry.
The STAB Executive Committee's primary
responsibilities are evaluation and planning, including development of
goals and objectives for the Board and its committees.
The Arizona Trauma System Quality Assurance and
System Improvement Committee (AZTQ) of the State Trauma Board is
responsible for recommending standards for a uniform data collection
system for the trauma registry, for maintaining confidentiality of
trauma registry data, for the use of aggregate trauma registry data, for
the release of such information, and for developing methods for
continual quality enhancement of trauma registry data and the quality
assurance process. |
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