DATE:
May 23, 2023
18
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND INJURY PREVENTION, AND TRIAGE TO ALTERNATE DESTINATION PROGRAM UPDATE (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
On May 4, 2021 (3), the Board of Supervisors directed the Chief Administrative Officer to explore establishing a Community Risk Reduction medical services program within San Diego County Fire. This program would focus on proactive service delivery within the San Diego County Fire Protection District (SDCFPD), which includes many rural communities experiencing significant health disparities.
On November 2, 2021 (1), County Fire, in collaboration with Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), proposed a three-phase approach to meeting the Board's direction. The first phase includes the SDCFPD, through its partnership with CAL FIRE, establishing a Community Health and Injury Prevention (CHIP) initiative to offer training such as Hands-Only CPR, Stop the Bleed, and other wellness initiatives to District residents. Phase 2 includes local implementation of Assembly Bill (AB) 1544, the Community Paramedicine and Triage to Alternate Destination (CP/TAD) Act. Local implementation of these programs could not begin until the State finalized regulations, which occurred November 1, 2022. The third phase includes addressing long-term public health needs in SDCFPD that County Fire and HHSA jointly support.
Today's request is for the Board of Supervisors to receive an update on the local implementation of CP/TAD programs and County Fire's CHIP initiative.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
1. Receive an update on the development of the County Fire Community Health and Injury Prevention initiative and the County Emergency Medical Services Office's local implementation of Community Paramedicine and Triage to Alternate Destination programs.
EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT
The San Diego County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Office, a division of San Die...
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