The Coastal Valleys EMS Agency has released the draft version of Administrative Policy 4001 Ambulance Service Provider Permits.
The draft is available for review here: 4001 Public Comment Version
The public comment period will be open through November 28, 2023. Please send any comments to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ImageTrend Elite URLs for field and administrative web access changing August 1, 2023
Effective August 1, 2023, users of the web-based Elite electronic patient care reporting platform will need to point their web browsers to the new sites.
The links below lead to the sites for PCR creation (Blue) and administrative access (Gold) and should be saved in user's favorites for access to the system.
Elite Web (Gold): https://cvemsa.imagetrendelite.com/Elite/Organizationcvemsa/
Elite Field (Blue): https://cvemsa.imagetrendelite.com/Elite/Organizationcvemsa/RunForm/Login
Coastal Valleys EMS Agency is hiring a new Emergency Medical Services Coordinator.
Please see the attached job announcement which is also available on the County of Sonoma webpage.
Closing date for applications is June 5, 2023.
The Coastal Valleys EMS Agency has released Administrative Policy 4013 Leave Behind Narcan Authorization
When an ambulance or fire service responds to a 911 call for an overdose, First Responder Firefighters, Law Enforcement, EMTs and Paramedics administer Naloxone to prevent a patient from dying, but do not provide any additional Naloxone to treat subsequent overdoses at the emergency scene.
Coastal Valleys EMS Agency is releasing policy #4013 Leave Behind Naloxone Authorization as a novel approach for EMS and Fire Department participation to help prevent death due to overdoses. The policy will allow EMS and Fire Department providers to implement an agency/department specific Leave Behind Naloxone (LBN) program and provides responders with medical control authorization to leave Naloxone at an emergency scene when the risk of subsequent overdose is suspected.
Link to Administrative Policy 4013 Leave Behind Narcan Authorization
Link to public comment/LEMSA response matrix
Please contact Jen Banks, EMS Coordinator with any additional questions at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
The Coastal Valleys EMS Agency has released EMS Special Memorandum 23-002 Medication Substitution
The memo is intended to provide authorization for alternative medication usage and the use of expired medication in response to a national shortage of Albuterol in liquid form. The memo also provides for paramedic Metered Dose Inhaler administration of Albuterol after training.
The memo is available here and includes an embedded training document link.
Any questions regarding the training material or medication administration may be directed to Dr. Mark Luoto, EMS Agency Medical Director at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The Coastal Valleys EMS Agency has released EMS Special Memorandum 23-001
This EMS Special Memo is intended to clarify that the Stat Ambulance Transfers Policy allows for the emergency transport of “acute, unstable patients in need of immediate intervention by a facility offering a higher level of care” regardless of treatment location within an acute care facility.
The current language states that patients eligible for a Stat Ambulance transfer are limited to those being treated and located in an Emergency Department. In contrast, the EMS Agency would like to clarify that the policy is not intended to limit eligibility based on patient’s treatment location. An example might be a patient in a critical care unit with a STEMI and no available interventional cardiology available at the facility.
There is no change in the intent to limit the use of 911 ambulance resources to such critical cases. This clarification regarding patient location is not intended to expand the use of this policy to facilitate transfers of patients that are not in extremis or as a substitute for ALS or CCT transfer resources.
Changes are being drafted to the current policy to clarify intent, patient eligibility, and process. This EMS Special Memo is effective immediately. The current Stat Ambulance Transfer Policy will be released for public comment following the release of this EMS Special Memo.
Please do not hesitate to contact the EMS Agency with any questions or concerns; staff contact is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Coastal Valleys EMS Agency
463 Aviation Blvd, Suite 100
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
(707) 565-6501
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