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The Governor's Steering Committee on EMS and Trauma Services
| The governor-appointed, thirty member Steering Committee on EMS and Trauma Systems
consists of representatives from surgeons and physicians, hospitals, prehospital
providers, firefighters, local health departments, consumers and other affected groups.
The Committee also utilizes nine technical advisory committees (TACs) with over 150
members from various disciplines. The Steering Committee provides guidance and direction
to the state office in its development of the trauma system.
Responsibilities of the EMS and Trauma Care Steering Committee
include:
- Advise DOH regarding EMS and trauma care needs throughout the
state;
- Review regional EMS and trauma care plans and recommend changes to
DOH before the Department adopts the plans;
- Review proposed departmental rules for EMS and trauma care; and
- Recommend modifications in rules regarding EMS and trauma care.
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The Department of Health provides regular
data presentation to the EMS and Trauma Steering Committee. These
presentations cover various topics from meeting to meeting, with a major
focus on trauma system performance and evaluation. Recent presentations are
available for your viewing. Please
click on the links to view the contents. If you have any questions about
these presentations or need additional information, please contact Zeyno
Shorter by email at Zeynep.Shorter@doh.wa.gov
or by phone at (360) 236-2806.
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