Abstract: . . .  vision 2000 EMS Vision 2000 Vision Group #5 Monday, September 24, 2001 Resolve Where Responsibility and Authority Should Be Placed for Most Effective and Efficient EMS Focus Group Members: Ron Mayfield, Sheldon Gilbert, & Lou Meyer, Joe Barger ?Level of Service? Focus Group Goal: To define EMS system components affecting system operations and administration and assign each component an authority and responsibility rating to be utilized in creating, maintaining, and expanding California EMS systems Needs Statement: Levels of service within California EMS systems are currently developed in a wide variety of methods and structures. . . .
. . .  Medical direction P C P* C Public injury prevention and education C P C P Research P P P* P System access: Call and receipt C C C P Call processing C C P P Dispatching C C C P Dispatch instructions P C P* C Response configuration C C C P For the purposes of the functional matrix the following definitions accompany the rating classifications: (*) Items that are appropriate for delegation from EMS Agency Medical Management to local Provider Medical Management (EMS Admin) EMS Agency Administration: The EMS regulating agency overseeing an identified EMS System (EMS, MM) EMS Agency Medical Management: The recognized EMS system Medical Director (POM) Provider Operational Management: EMS provider-based management (PMM) Provider Medical Management: EMS provider-based physician  . . .
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