Results of the Monterey County Accreditation Survey 9/10/2007

Do you require paramedics to maintain any of the following items in order to continue accreditation in your system.

PHTLS or BTLS:   2  Yes 8 No   3 require this through their providers

ACLS:     5 Yes    3  No 5 require this through their providers

PALS:    4 Yes    5 No 4 require this through their providers

Other courses/certifications:  9  Yes 3 No (If yes, please describe)

· 1 requires this through their providers
1 reported CPR for Healthcare Providers.  I suspect that this number is higher.

· 2 reported MIMS, SEMS, MCI, FRA and other disaster/MCI courses.

· 2 reported local Base Station Meeting attendance requirements.  All who reported "Yes" for this require local policy update sessions. 

· 4 reported little used skills update requirements.

· 1 reports a County orientation requirement. 

· At least 2 have ET training requirements. 

· One has MCI and WMD with MED Plus.

Minimum number of the following procedures:

IVs:      __Yes     13 No  (if yes, the number per year)

Intubations:  1 Yes   12  No  (If yes, the number per year)

One county allows EMT-P's to not take the ET Little Used Skills Update if they have 3 successful intubations in the year.

Other procedures: (please describe)

Minimum number of patient contacts per year:  3  Yes U No  (If yes, the number of BLS or ALS contacts per year)
One county requires 240 patient contacts each year.  One County has 60 contacts and 30 ALS per year.  One has 60 ALS per year.

Clinical time (ED, etc.):  (If yes, please describe) None

Other requirements:  (If yes, please describe) Listed above

Any questions please contact Monterey County EMS at (831) 755-5013