For State regulations for EMTs and Paramedics, as well as Title 22 Regulations, please visit the State EMSA website.

These documents are available in PDF (Portable Document Format) and require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view and print.

Spring 2008 EMS Update:
Click here to download Spring 2008 EMS Update Policies. Note: When you download this file, click on the "Bookmark" tab to open up a table of contents. You can then scroll down to individual policies.

	EMS Prehospital Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Form
	POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. This is a large document. If you cannot view it in your browser, right click on the title, save the file, close your browser, and open the file directly from Acrobat Reader.
100	Local Emergency Medical Services Agency
105	Prehospital Services Committee Operating Guidelines
106	Development of Proposed Policies/Procedures; Amendments to Existing Policies
110	County Ordinance No. 4099 Ambulance Business License Code
111	Ambulance Company Licensing Procedure
112	Ambulance Rates
120	Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Quality Improvement Program
124	Hospital Emergency Services Reduction Impact Assessment
131	Multi Casualty Incident Response
150	Unusual Occurrence Reportable Event/Sentinel Event
151	Medication Error Reporting
210	Child, Dependent Adult, or Elder Abuse Reporting
300	EMT-I Scope of Practice
301	Emergency Medical Technician-1 Certification
302	EMT-1 Recertification
304	EMT Course Completion by Challenge Examination
306	EMT-I: REQUIREMENTS TO STAFF AN ALS UNIT
310	EMT-P: SCOPE OF PRACTICE
315	EMT-P Accreditation to Practice
318	EMT-P Training and Continuing Education Standards
	Field Skills Evaluation Sheet
319	EMT-P Preceptor
321	MICN Authorization Criteria
322	Mobile Intensive Care Nurse: Reauthorization Requirements
323	MICN Authorization Challenge
324	MICN Authorization Reactivation
330	EMT-I/EMT-P/MICN Decertification and Discipline
332	EMT Personnel Background Check Requirement
333	Denial of Prehospital Care Certification or Accreditation
334	Pre-hospital Personnel Mandatory Training Requirements
335	Out of County Paramedic Internship Approval Process
342	Notification of Personnel Changes-Provider
350	Prehospital Care Coordinator Job Description
351	EMS Update Procedure
400	Ventura County Emergency Departments
402	Hospital Diversion
410	ALS Base Hospital Standards
420	Receiving Hospital Standards
430	STEMI Receiving Center (SRC) Standards
440	STEMI Interfacility Transfer
500	Ventura County Emergency Medical Services Air Ambulance, Air Rescue, First Responder Agencies and Transport Agencies
501	Advanced Life Support Transport Provider Criteria
502	ALS Service Provider Approval Process
504	BLS and ALS Unit Equipment and Supplies
506	Ambulance Support Vehicle
507	Critical Care Transports
508	First Responders Advanced Life Support Providers
600	Scene Control at a Medical Emergency
601	Medical Control at Scene: EMS Personnel
603	Against Medical Advice/Release from Liability
604	Transport and Destination Guidelines
605	Interfacility Transfer of Patients
606	Determination of Death in the Field
607	Hazardous Material Exposure: Prehospital Protocol
612	Notification Exposure to Communicable Disease
613	Do Not Resuscitate
614	Spinal Immobilization
615	Organ Donation Information Search
619	Safely Surrendered Babies
620	EMT-1 Administration of Oral Glucose
622	ICE - In Case of Emergency Cell Phone
624	Patient Medication
701	Medical Control - Base Hospital Medical Director
703	Medical Control at Scene, Private Physician/Physican On Scene
704	Guidelines for Base Hospital Contact
705	County Wide Protocols
	Airway Obstruction
	Altered Level of Cons
	Anaphylaxis
	Apnea or Agonal Respiration
	Behavioral Emegencies
	Bradycardia: Adult, Symptomatic, Not in Arrest
	Burns
	Cardiac Arrest, Adult
	Cardiac Arrest, Pediatric
	Chest Pain
	Childbirth
	Crush Injury Policy
	Decompression Injuries
	Heat Exhaustion / Heat Stroke
	Hypothermia
	Hypovolemic Shock - Non Trauma
	Hypovolemic Shock - Trauma
	Insect and Spider Bites
	Marine Animals
	Nerve Agent Poisoning
	Newborn Resuscitation
	Non-Traumatic Focal Neurological Changes
	Overdose / Poisoning
	Pain Control
	Seizure
	Shortness of Breath
	Snake Bites
	Supraventricular Tachycardia - Rate > 150 (Adult)
	Symptomatic Bradycardia, Pediatric, not in arrest
	Ventricular Tachycardia, Sustained Not in Arrest
	Midazolam memo from Angelo Salvucci
	Midazolam Fact Sheet
708	Patient Transfer From One Team to Another
709	Combitube - Indications for Use
710	Endotracheal Intubation
713	Intra Lingual Injection
715	Needle Thoracostomy
716	Use of Preexisting Vas Access Devices
717	Pediatric Intraosseous Infusion
720	Guidelines for Limited Base Hospital Contact
722	Interfacility Transfer of Patients with Iv Heparin & Nitroglycerin
723	Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
724	Apparent Life-Threatening Event (ALTE)
725	Patients After TASER Use
726	12 Lead ECGs
802	EMT-I AED Service Provider - Medical Director
803	EMT-I AED Service Provider Program Standards
805	EMT-I Medical Cardiac Arrest
808	EMT-I Defibrillation Integration with Public AED Operation
905	Ambulance Response Unit: Required Frequencies
910	Emergency Medical Dispatch System Standards
920	ReddiNet Communications Policy
1000	Documentation of Prehospital Care
1001	Effective June 1. MICN Communication Record Cover Page
1002	Inability to Make or Maintain Base Hospital Contact Report Form
1100	EMT-1 Program Approval
1123	Pre-Existing Vascular Access Devices (PVAD)Training
1130	Continuing Education Provider Approval
1131	Continuing Education - Field Care Audit
1132	Continuing Education - Attendance Roster
1135	Paramedic Training Program Approval
1140	Emergency Medical Dispatcher and Priority Dispatch Training Guidelines
1200	Air Unit Program
1201	Air Unit Staffing Requirements
1202	Helicopter Dispatch for Emergency Medical Responses
1203	Criteria for Patient Emergency Transport
1204	EMS Aircraft Classification
1205	Air Unit Specificatons, Equipment and Supplies
1301	Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Provider Standards

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