RESOURCE COLLECTION

Advance Release for Training Purposes for EMS Policies and Protocols

Download the PDF Versions of all documents scheduled to go live on October 1, 2026

Emergency Medical Services Agency

Policies and Protocols going live October 1, 2026

The EMS Agency will post a list of final updated policies and protocols that are scheduled to go live during the next release cycle (April 1st and October 1st annually) for training purposes.

This list now includes the documents that will be released on October 1, 2026 that were approved at recent EMSAC meetings. 

Documents

Summary of Changes for October 1, 2026 Release

Summary-Go Live October 1, 2026

Policies

2020 EMT Program Approval
2030 Paramedic Program Approval
2040 EMT Certification
2050 Paramedic Accreditation
2060 Continuing Education
4000.1 Ambulance Turnaround Time Standard
4001a Minimum Equipment Requirement
4041 Physician on Scene
4044 Scene Management (NEW)
5011 Base Hospital Standards
6050 Documentation of Pre-Hospital Care
7010 EMS at Special Events

Procedures

Airway Management
CPAP
Supraglottic Airway
Endotracheal Intubation
Cricothyrotomy
Needle Thoracotomy
Tourniquet (NEW)
Mechanical CPR Device
Intraosseous (IO) Access
12 Lead ECG
Spinal Motion Restriction
Splinting

Protocols

2.09 Pain & Nausea
2.11 Respiratory Distress
2.21 Alcohol Withdrawal (NEW)
3.03 Near Drowning
3.05 Heat Injury
3.06 Cold Injury
4.01 General Trauma Management
Childbirth: Normal & Complications
Eclampsia & Pre-Eclampsia with Severe Features
6.01 Agitated and Violent Patient
11.07 Suspected Abuse Reporting & Resources

Medications

Albuterol
Aspirin
Dextrose
Droperidol
Epinephrine
Glucagon
Hydroxocobalamin
Midazolam
Magnesium Sulfate
Naloxone
Nitroglycerin

References/Guidlines

Jail Health Services ED DCI for Medical Clearence

Administrative Changes

4049 Discontinuing Resuscitative Efforts
Buprenorphine and Naloxone
Ondansetron
2.20 Hospice
2080 Provider Agency Medical Director

Policies (Retirement)

  • 4041 Scene Management, Physician on scene & Mass Gatherings
  • 6010 LEMSIS

Protocols/Procedures (Retirement)

  • 1.03 Patient Assessment-Critical Offload
  • 2.01 Abdominal Discomfort
  • 2.12 Respiratory Distress- Pulmonary Edema
  • 4.03 Head, Neck and Facial Trauma
  • 4.04 Chest, Abdominal and Pelvic
  • 4.05 Extremity Trauma
  • 4.07 Trauma in the OB patient
  • 5.01 Vaginal Bleeding
  • 5.03 Normal Delivery and Post delivery care
  • 5.04 Childbirth complications
  • 5.05 Uncontrolled Hemorrhage
  • 5.06 Postpartum Hemorrhage
  • 5.07 Premature Birth Less than 36 Weeks
  • 7.08 Pulse oximetry
  • 7.12 PVAD
  • 7.17 COVID-19 POC Testing
  • 8.08 Pediatric Poisoning and Overdose
  • 8.09 Pediatric Respiratory Distress
  • 8.12 Pediatric Pain Control
  • 9.01 Pediatric Trauma