Meeting
Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee Meeting
Emergency Medical Services Advisory CommitteeMeeting details
Date and time
to
How to participate
Online
All meetings are held virtually. We send out invites to existing committee rosters via email.
If you are not currently on the roster and interested in being added, reach out to Gino Cifolelli
Email: gino.cifolelli@sfgov.org
Call: 628-217-6000
Meeting details
Date and time
to
How to participate
Online
All meetings are held virtually. We send out invites to existing committee rosters via email.
If you are not currently on the roster and interested in being added, reach out to Gino Cifolelli
Email: gino.cifolelli@sfgov.org
Call: 628-217-6000
Agenda
1
Agenda, Minutes and Attendance
The agenda is posted the Thursday before the meeting.
2
Documents for Review
Items are in order of agenda
Content highlighted in blue are post public comment revisions
Guide to Algorithm UtilizationTranscutaneous PacingElectrical CardioversionChest Pain/ACSBradycardia (Adult & Pediatric)Tachycardia (Adult & Pediatric)Cardiac Arrest (Pediatric only)HyperkalemiaHypotension/ShockVADAllergic ReactionAltered Mental StatusBites, Stings, & EnvenomationSeizureStrokeBurnsUniversal CareAdenosineAmiodaroneAtropineDiphenhydraminePolicy 6020-Incident ReportingPolicy 6050-Documentation of Prehospital Care
3
Administrative Changes (non-voting items)
4
Retirements
8.03 Pediatric Bradycardia
8.04 Pediatric Tachycardia
8.11 Pediatric Hypotension
8.01 Pediatric Allergic Reaction
8.10 Pediatric Seizure
8.02 Pediatric Altered Mental Status
9.02 Pediatric Burns
1.02 Patient Assessment-Secondary Survey
Policy 2001 Use of Standard and Special Circumstances Treatment Protocols
Notices
Public comment is now closed. Review the documents here:
Please note: public comment is now closed. Responses submitted after 12pm on May 19, 2026 will not be reviewed.
Reference of public comment for historical purposes:
Public comment is now open. Responses submitted after 12:00PM on May 19, 2026 will not be reviewed.
Please review the supporting documentation below prior to submitting a public comment:
Policies
- 2030 Paramedic Program Approval
- 4001a Minimum Equipment Requirement
- 4000.1 Ambulance Turnaround Time Standard
- 5011 Base Hospital Standards
Procedures
Airway/Breathing
- 7.01 Airway Management
- 7.02 CPAP (7.07)
- 7.03 Supraglottic Airway
- 7.04 Oral Endotracheal Intubation (7.05)
- 7.05 Needle Thoracotomy (7.06)
Circulation
- 7.06 Tourniquet (NEW)
- 7.07 Mechanical CPR Device (7.16)
- 7.08 Intraosseous (IO) Access (7.12)
- 7.09 12 Lead ECG (7.10)
- 7.10 Transcutaneous pacing (renumbering only)
- 7.11 Electrical Cardioversion (renumbering only)
Disability/Exposure
- 7.12 Spinal Motion Restriction (7.13)
- 7.13 Splinting (7.15)
- 7.14 Carboxyhemoglobin (renumbering only)
Other/Miscellaneous
Protocols
Medical
Trauma
OB/GYN
Medications
References/Guidelines
Administrative Changes
Retired Documents
- 1.03 Patient Assessment-Critical Offload
- 7.05 Needle Cricothyrotomy
- 7.08 Pulse Oximetry
- 7.12 PVAD
- 7.17 COVID-19 POC Testing
- 2.01 Abdominal Discomfort
- 8.12 Pediatric Pain Control
- 2.12. Respiratory Distress- Pulm Edema
- 8.09 Pediatric Respiratory Distress
- 8.08 Pediatric Poisoning and Overdose
- 4.03-Head, Neck and Facial Trauma
- 4.04 Chest, Abdominal and Pelvic
- 4.05 Extremity Trauma
- 4.07- Trauma in the OB patient
- 9.01. Pediatric Trauma
- 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