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San Francisco EMS outlines AB 1544 timeline, BLS pilot and plan to cut ambulance diversion and offload delays
Summary
The city's EMS director and medical director told commissioners they are implementing AB 1544 requirements by October, expanding a BLS ambulance pilot to improve availability, and working with hospitals and the controller's office to reduce ambulance diversion and patient offload times.
San Francisco EMS Director Andrew Holcomb and Medical Director John Brown presented an operations and quality-improvement update on July 18 that prioritized implementation of AB 1544 (the Community Paramedicine and Triage to Alternate Destination Act), reductions in ambulance diversion, and improved ambulance patient offload times.
Holcomb said the city must finalize regulatory requirements for AB 1544 by October and move several pilot programs — including the Department of Public Health sobering center and Community Paramedicine — into full program implementation, which requires agreements, training and data‑sharing. He identified ambulance availability and patient offload…
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