HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit 3ATTACHMENT "B"
MEDICAL DIRECTOR'S CONTRACT
The CITY shall have the responsibility to:
1. Ensure that all paramedical and Emergency Medical Technician personnel assigned to
advanced life support vehicles will be approved by the Medical Director and the Fire
Department;
2. Provide the Medical Director a list of equipment carried on the advanced life support
vehicles which shall be in accordance with the equipment required by regulations of the
Department of Health and Chapter 401 of the Florida Statutes;
3. Carry said equipment on all EMS vehicles used. In the event the Medical Director
determines that the equipment listed does not meet the requirements of the regulations, the
CITY agrees that it will immediately take the necessary action to bring the equipment carried
on the advanced life support vehicles into compliance with the regulations;
4. To support the Medical Director by providing the personnel (paramedic, EMT's, EMD's), to
support protocol development and review in conjunction with the Medical Director, and to
provide Quality Assurance review in each division in keeping with regulations of the
Department of Health, Florida Administrative Code 64-E, and Florida Statute 401.
Necessary support positions include those of a full-time Paramedic Instructor, of two full-
time Quality Management (QM) Officers, and of sufficient part-time training personnel to
provide twenty-four hours per week of medical educational support in addition to that
provided by the Paramedic Instructor and QM Officers. In addition a full-time Quality
Assurance Officer for Emergency Medical Dispatch must be assigned, and sufficient part-
time personnel for Quality Assurance reviews, dispatcher education, and other requirements
to meet national certification standards of the Medical Priority Dispatch System. Assignment
of specific support personnel is subject to the approval by a Selection Committee with
Representatives from MFR Labor and Management. The Medical Director or his/her
designee will be a part of this Selection Committee.
5. Provide and maintain a radio communication system that assures effective and un-interrupted
radio communication capability between EMS personnel and the designated radio physician.
6. To the extent appropriate, support legal services such as limited case review as may be
required by the Medical Director in the performance of his/her responsibilities.
7. Provide remote access to Fire -Rescue Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Records
Management System (RMS).
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