Welcome to the EPAB Website

The Emergency Physicians Advisory Board (EPAB) provides medical oversight for the MedStar System.  The MedStar System consists of MedStar EMS, the Ambulance Service which is operated by the Area Metropolitan Ambulance Authority, and 15 area fire departments which serve as First Response Agencies.

 

The MedStar System was established in 1986 to provice exclusive emergency and non-emergency EMS response to various cities in Tarrant County, Texas. Today, the cities in the MedStar System include Blue Mound, Burleson, Edgecliff Village, Forest Hill, Fort Worth, Haltom City, Haslet, Lakeside, Lake Worth, River Oaks, Saginaw, Sansom Park, Westover HIlls, Westworth Village, and White Settlement.


MedStar covers a service area of 421 square miles, provides service to more than 860,000 residents and responds to about 100,000 calls a year.

CAAS Accreditation

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Congratulations to MedStar EMS, the exclusive ambulance service provider to 15 Tarrant County cities, for joining the elite group of medical transportation service providers that are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS).

Of the 2,500 licensed ambulance providers in North America, only 133 are CAAS accredited. With this achievement, MedStar becomes only the fourth ambulance service to be accredited in the state of Texas.
 
MedStar Paramedic Academy

EPAB would like to congratulate the employees who were accepted into MedStar's third annual in-house paramedic academy! The employees chosen for the program this year were David Aguilar, Jared Junker, Bradley Sorrells, Heath Stone, and Jose Talavera.

  • All five of these employees will be attending MedStar's paramedic academy at the TCC Northwest Campus for the next eight months and will be working hard to attain their paramedic certification.The academy will begin on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010.

     

    Please be sure to congratulate David, Jared, Bradley, Heath and Jose the next time you see them!

     
     
    Non-Emergent Cardiac Arrest Transports

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    Effective April 16, 2010 MedStar will have a major change to the manner in which they transport cardiac arrest patients. This change is being made in order to provide more effective chest compressions, help improve crew safety, and prevent ambulance and "wake effect" collisions. All patients being transported with CPR in progress will now be transported in a non-emergency (COLD) mode.

     

    There were many considerations that went into evaluating this decision and changing this policy. This evaluation process included multiple clinical, safety and time considerations.

     

    To learn more about this EPAB Medical Directive and the rationale behind the decision please refer to the "Priority 3 Transports for Cardiac Arrest Victims" Medical Directive. You may also contact us at 817-923-1500 for further information.

     
     
    EPAB Quarterly CE

    The second EPAB Quarterly CE for 2010 is now in the planning stage. This quarter our focus will be on Incident Command and the new MedStar Emergency Response Plan(MERP). We are very excited about this upcoming CE and some of the changes coming to the program. Beginning this quarter we will be opening these course to all of the providers in the system and strongly encouraging our FRO partners to attend. In order to accomplish this goal we will be splitting the class locations between MedStar and various Fire Departments in our service area. Look for more information regarding these changes along with dates and locations of the upcoming classes in the near future.

     

    This CE is still mandatory for all MedStar Field Ops and Communications Employees, so be sure to sign up as soon as possible after the clas dates are posted as the class sizes are limited. If you cannot make it to the class you sign up for please let us know as early as possible so that we can make your spot available for someone else.

     

    The sign up sheets will be on the EPAB board downstairs when they are available, and you will also be able to find all the dates, times and locations for the classes on the EPAB Calendar once they have been set.
     

    Protocol Testing

    All providers in the system must complete their EPAB Protocol Testing on a bi-annual basis or anytime you change certification levels. To access the EPAB protocol tests please go to http://protocol.epabce.org. If you need assistance in setting up or taking your exam please contact us here in EPAB at any time.

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