Emergency Department/Trauma

Hospitals Focus on Trauma Response

Who Hospital trauma specialists and staff from throughout southern California  What The Central Valley Trauma Symposium on May 17 in Clovis had over 400 attendees last week, filling the Clovis Veterans Memorial District auditorium.    Drawing participants from across the state, this annual convening was a day-long event with over a dozen presenters on topics, including […]

Community Responds to Service Line Adjustments in Santa Clara

Who Coalition of state associations, local emergency medical services authorities (LEMSAs), ambulance providers, and county supervisors  What In February, Regional Medical Center of San Jose, an HCA hospital, announced plans to close its level two trauma, ST-elevation myocardial infarction program, and downgrade the current comprehensive stroke designation to a primary stroke designation. In late April, […]

Addressing Emergency Department Challenges in Northern Sierra

Who Coalition of state associations, local emergency medical services authorities (LEMSAs), ambulance providers, and county supervisors  What Hospital Council efforts to sustain rural ambulance services continue. The newly formed coalition of state associations, LEMSAs, ambulance providers, county supervisors, and other entities will move next to do an analysis. While all members of the coalition are […]

Addressing Inmate Emergency Department Transport Protocols

Who Sacramento Fire Department (SFD)  Sacramento County Jail Health  Sacramento County Emergency Medical Services Agency (SCEMSA)   What At a meeting convened by Hospital Council on March 20, SFD shared concerns about communication and protocols on when the county jail uses emergency medical services (EMS) providers to transport inmates to community hospitals. In 2023, SFD transported […]

Hospital Council Engages on Jobs and EMS Access

Who Hospitals and emergency medical services (EMS) providers in Sacramento and Placer counties  Sacramento County Emergency Medical Services Agency (SCEMSA)  What At a public meeting on Feb. 8, the Sacramento County health officer committed the county to not pursuing financial penalties on hospitals for missing ambulance patient offload time (APOT) targets. This is to ensure […]

Fearless in the Face of Cancer

“I kept giving her the medicine, but the fevers were not going away,” said Cooley, Peyton’s mother. “I began noticing bruises on her legs and she looked really pale. My mom ‘gut feeling’ told me something was really wrong.”