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ATTACHMENT C <br />Description of Present Service Delivery Model: <br />Ambulance Service Area: <br /> <br />Eugene: <br /> The City of Eugene is currently assigned by Lane County Ambulance Service Area <br />4, which is 438 square miles. <br />Springfield: <br />The City of Springfield is currently assigned by Lane County Ambulance <br />Service Area 5, which is 1,998 square miles. <br />Ambulance Service Licensure/Compliance: <br />Both Cities: <br />The City of Eugene and the City of Springfield each hold a separate ambulance <br />service license. Each is compliant with the state and federal laws governing ambulance <br /> <br />service. <br /> <br />EMS Personnel: <br />Eugene: <br /> The City if Eugene has 165 Emergency Medical Technicians that are assigned to <br />line positions. There are 127 EMT Paramedics, 31 Intermediates and 7 Basics. In addition <br />to the line positions, there are certified personnel in administrative positions. There are 5 <br />EMT Paramedics, 1 EMT Basic and 1 Registered Nurse assigned to administrative positions. <br />Springfield: <br /> The City of Springfield has 78 Emergency Medical Technicians that are <br />assigned to line positions. There are 73 EMT Paramedics, 3 Intermediates and 2 Basics. In <br />addition to the line positions, there are certified personnel in administrative positions. There <br />are 7 EMT Paramedics, 3 EMT Basic assigned to administrative positions. <br />Physician Advisor: <br />Both Cities: <br />The City of Eugene and The City of Springfield are each required to have a <br />physician advisor. Each city has a contract with a local physician that provides this service. <br />Protocols: <br />Both Cities: <br />The City of Eugene and The City of Springfield each have a separate physician <br />advisor that provides them with standing orders to operate. The two physicians are a part of <br />the Lane County Medical Control Board which writes the standing orders for the county. <br />Each agencies physician advisor adopts the protocols from the Lane County Medical Control <br />Board and has the authority to make agency specific modifications. <br />Documentation: <br />Both Cities: <br />The City of Eugene and The City of Springfield each use the Zoll electronic <br />pre-hospital reporting software for documentation. <br />Eugene: <br /> The City of Eugene is running the tablet version of the ePCR program for <br />documentation on medic units and on desktops in the stations for engines to document EMS <br />calls. <br />Springfield: <br /> The City of Springfield is running the tablet version of the ePCR program for <br />documentation on the medic units. They are using the web based version for ePCR <br />documentation for engines in the stations. <br />Record Keeping/Security: <br />Both Cities: <br /> The City of Eugene and The City of Springfield are each a HIPAA covered <br />entity all EMS records are confidential and must be kept in secure locations. Because each <br />city uses the Zoll electronic pre-hospital reporting software for documentation the records <br />are held on separate servers owned by each city. The records are also required to be <br />maintained for a specific time period. <br />Eugene: <br /> Archives records at the City of Eugene Archive Building. <br />Springfield: <br /> Archives records atCDI Vaults in Eugene. Records from August 2008 forward <br />14 <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT 3 <br /> <br />