EMS
The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District provides the paramedic ambulance service to Contra Costa County Emergency medical services Zone 4. Oversight and Coordination is provided by an Emergency Medical Services Coordinator and a Quality Assurance Registered Nurse. These two positions report to the Assistant Chief of Operations, to ensure the delivery of high quality, effective Emergency Medical Services.
The District is a participant in the Contra Costa County-wide automated EMS Records system. Using software provided by Toomay Technologies Inc., known as PCTS (Patient Care Tracking System). This program is designed to attempt to capture data on a patient from the time that a 911 call is initiated to the time they are released from the Hospital.
The delivery of exceptional EMS in a partially rural area often involves the utilization of ALS Helicopters. The District routinely uses these services to rapidly transport critical patients. Some areas such as Mount Diablo State Park are so large and remote, that an ALS helicopter is part of the initial EMS Dispatch.
While there are numerous Helicopter services available, the primary services used are CALSTAR (California Shock/Trauma Air Rescue) based in Concord, Gilroy, Auburn, Salinas, Ukiah, Santa Maria, South Lake Tahoe, Jackson, and Vacaville, REACH Air Medical Services, located at the Buchanan Field Airport, and LIFEFLIGHT located at Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto.
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