McKinney Emergency Medical Service
Interim EMS Chief Greg Cox supervises and manages the Emergency Medical Service Division of the Fire Department. More than 75 percent of all emergency calls involve EMS.
The EMS Chief oversees multiple aspects of our Emergency Medical Services including:
- Point of contact with the medical director and all hospitals to which we transport patients
|
- Maintenance and management of EMS protocols
|
- Review all EMS calls to manage compliance issues with protocols and effective delivery of EMS services
|
- Manage the Quality Assurance Program to make sure we identify quality issues that must be addressed on an individual, company or department-wide basis
|
- Manage the Quality Improvement Program that is responsible for making sure the techniques, knowledge, skills and abilities of our EMS response personnel are up to expected standards
|
- Manage the EMS Training Program based on QA and QI results
|
- Represent the City/Department to the Texas Department of State Health Services, Regional Trauma Council and other regulatory and oversight agencies and organizations
|
- Manage the pharmaceuticals and EMS supplies so we can account for all supplies and equipment necessary to deliver high-quality EMS services
|
- Review all EMS reports for proper reporting procedures and take corrective actions as needed
|
- Implement the directives of the medical director for changes to procedures, protocols and drugs that we are authorized to administer as well as other invasive and non-invasive medical procedures that are conducted in a pre-hospital environment
|
- Manage the certification and recertification process of all TDSHS certified employees
|