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Tulsa medical control chief outlines EMS equipment upgrades, minimal city cost share in 2025–26 budget
Summary
Chief Medical Officer Jeffrey Goodlow told the Urban & Economic Development Committee the medical control board seeks to keep most costs flat for 2025–26, cited new clinical equipment and a proposed 2.5% labor increase, and said 79.5% of the board's budget is funded by MSAA CQI funds.
Dr. Jeffrey Goodlow, Tulsa’s chief medical officer, briefed the Urban & Economic Development Committee on May 14 about the proposed Medical Control Board budget for fiscal 2025–26, outlining recent clinical upgrades and a limited request that would be borne by city budgets.
"We are in a good place, in our overall EMS system. We have adopted the latest generation of cardiac monitors, defibrillators, airway management tools," Goodlow told the committee, adding that the system administered a unit of whole blood to a trauma patient the previous night. Goodlow said the board is seeking to hold most non-labor expenses flat while proposing a 2.5%…
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