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County EMS agency presents 2024 report, shows coordinated response to King City mass casualty incident; funding shortfall highlighted
Summary
Monterey County’s EMS agency presented its 2024 annual report June 24, emphasizing system coordination during the March 3 King City mass-casualty incident and warning that primary local revenue has not kept pace with rising costs.
Monterey County’s Emergency Medical Services Agency presented its 2024 annual report June 24, using a short documentary-style video of the March 3 King City mass-casualty incident to show the countywide coordination among dispatch, ambulance providers, fire agencies, the county trauma center and the medevac helicopter service.
The presentation emphasized EMS system functions beyond ambulances: training, protocols, quality improvement, inter-hospital communications (ReadyNet), and multi-agency drills. Dr. John Burley, the county’s EMS medical director, said the King City incident — which resulted in multiple patients transported to Natividad Medical…
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