Shelby County EMS is committed to being a leader in emergency medical services and to providing our community with excellence in pre-hospital care by valuing our staff and patients; maintaining and promoting the highest standards of our profession; supporting illness and accident prevention; managing our resources effectively and working collaboratively with our colleagues in health care and emergency services.

Improvement is Our Standard and Serving 100% of Your Needs is Our Goal.

EMS Goals:

Deliver the best possible service to our customers.
Strengthen the ability of EMS to anticipate and respond rapidly to the changing needs of our regional community, and regulatory environment.
Effectively and strategically implement evolving technology to improve management of the EMS system and ultimately patient care.
Enhance the EMS system's ability to recruit and retain a high-quality workforce through setting national standards, marketing, and staff development.

EMS Key Measures:

Number of EMS responses
Percentage of emergency (life threatening) calls responded to in less than 8 minutes.
Percentage of patients with full cardiac arrest from medical causes (excluding trauma) discharged from the hospital alive.
Percentage of patients with full cardiac arrest from medical causes (excluding trauma) delivered to a medical facility with a pulse.

This page was last updated on 10/19/2011 09:58:51 AM.