Global City Teams ChallengeSeptember 29-30, 2014

Report Out: Next Generation of Emergency Medical Services in San Francisco

Project Scope

• Description– Enhancing Ambulance Responses to 9-1-1 Calls– Harnessing Community Medical Resources

• Partnerships required – SF Department of Emergency Management– SF Fire Department– AVL/CAD integration company– Application devloper

Project Action Plan

• Major Tasks– Define Scope, Identify/Assembly Team – CAD/AVL integration– Application development– Training and community awareness

• Targets – Project Plan within 2 weeks– System Architecture within 4 weeks

Impacts/Benefits

• Quicker response times to 9-1-1 medical calls• Community response to cardiac arrest events• Increase the survivability of stroke and hear

attack incidents• More efficient use of existing resources• Creating a model that could be replicated by

other cities

Demonstration

• Demonstration scenario– Pilot project in Emergency Response District– Real incidents or functional exercises that

demonstrate the ability of dispatchers to call upon community medical resources.