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OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
HOUSTON FIRE
DEPARTMENT
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The EMS Medical Director is responsible for all medical aspects of pre-hospital
patient care. The Medical Director has the authority to approve the level of
pre-hospital care which may be rendered by each of the department’s members,
establish and monitor compliance with field performance guidelines, and
establish and monitor training standards. Our staff of
physicians and nurses provide on-line and/or on-scene medical direction
for all critical patients 24 hours per day. All of the medical staff assist in the development and revision of protocols, medical
standing orders, continuing education programs as well as addressing equipment
and legislative issues.
The City of Houston is a six-hundred plus square
mile area spread out over a 1000 square mile region in Southeast
Texas. It has a night-time population of nearly two million people
and over three million daytime population. One out of
every ten citizens utilize EMS.
Each year there are over 200,000 EMS incidents
involving over 225,000 patients or potential patients. On the average, EMS responds to a citizen every 3 minutes. Each EMS response
is made by one of 88 City of Houston
EMS vehicles. Thirty seven of these are staffed by two
paramedics and provide Advanced Life Support (ALS) capabilities. These consist
of fifteen ALS Squads, and twenty-two ALS transport units with eight functioning
in a "Dual" capacity as both ALS or BLS. The
remaining fifty-one transport units are Basic Life Support (BLS), and staffed
by two EMTS.
2008 GUIDELINES - With Updates for Nov, 2008! ... HFD's Medical Protocols for
2008
Intranasal Training Video Click Here
Specialized Hospital List Click Here
©2008 City of Houston, Fire Department