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• 4 1 Orange County Board of Commissioners Action Agenda Item Abstract Date: September 17, 1996 Action Agenda Item No JLL Subject: EMS Transportation Agreement Department: Emergency Management Public Hearing Yes No XX Attachment(s): Information Contact: Nick Waters Transportation Agreement Extension Number: 3030 Telephone Number: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 Purpose: To consider approving an agreement between Orange County and South Orange EMS and Rescue Squad, Inc. (SOEMSRS) in regard to transportation by SOEMSRS. Background: Beginning October 1, 1996,the way emergency medical services (EMS) in Orange County is delivered will change. The "new"way of doing business in Orange County includes changes in how responses occur as well as how EMS is financed. County paramedic staff(supplemented by some volunteers)will be providing initial response to all calls. Based on the nature of the call, an ambulance may or may not be dispatched simultaneously with a paramedic. All paramedics will have advanced assessment training and will carry most all of the equipment which is currently stocked on ambulances. The paramedic will arrive on the scene and will either: assess and release the patient; assess, treat, and/or refer the patient; or, if ambulance transport is necessary, will assess and treat the patient while an ambulance is dispatched. This will help to assure the availability of an ambulance when it is needed and will also assure that each patient will be assessed by a paramedic. Under this new EMS delivery system, all emergency ambulance transportation will be provided under the terms of an agreement between Orange County and SOEMSRS. The attached agreement addresses the transportation component of this delivery system and lays out the responsibility of each party with regard to ambulance transportation. Details