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San Francisco EMS details pandemic surge planning, decedent testing and new dispatch tools

San Francisco Health Commission · August 18, 2020
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Summary

San Francisco EMS Agency briefed the commission on Mohawk coordination, a communication and transport hub, the CADDIE level-loading dispatch tool, a decedent testing unit (230 tests to date), and deployment of mechanical CPR devices to reduce provider exposure.

Jim Duran and Dr. John Brown updated commissioners on the EMS Agency's multi-pronged COVID response and ongoing 9-1-1 operations.

Dr. Brown described the Mohawk function (medical-health operations coordinator) that connects San Francisco to regional and state resource channels; he said the agency has logged roughly 64 resource requests ranging from federal medical…

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