Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. The Public Safety Communications Medical Director will provide management and accountability for the medical care aspects of the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) including; the medical monitoring and oversight of the training of the EMD personnel; approval and medical control of the operational, Priority Medical Dispatch System; evaluation of the medical care and pre-arrival instructions rendered by the EMD personnel; direct participation in the EMD system evaluation, quality assurance, and quality improvement process and mechanisms; and, responsibility for the medical decision and care rendered by the EMD and emergency medical dispatch program. B. Provide weekly or monthly review and analysis of the MPDS. C. Provide management and accountability for the medical care aspects of the MPDS. D. Provides approval and medical control of the operational, MPDS; evaluation of the medical care and pre-arrival instructions rendered by the EMD personnel, E. Has direct participation in the EMD system evaluation, quality assurance, and quality improvement process and mechanisms; and, responsibility for the medical decision and care rendered by the EMD and MPDS. F. Serve in a liaison capacity between the Public Safety Communications Department, County Medical Directors and the emergency medical service community, including hospitals and clinics, for issues relating to the emergency priority medical dispatch program. G. Serve as a member of the Medical Dispatch Review & Steering Committee, and participate in the quality assurance review process. H. Have final local authority relating to medical issues in policies and procedures relating to the Medical Priority Dispatch Program. I. Make regular reports to the Director of Public Safety Communications Center, and other bodies as requested, specific to the Medical Priority Dispatch System.
