EMTs and paramedics join the Santa Clara County EMS System

Santa Clara County, CA.  On July 11th, 69 new emergency medical technicians and paramedics completed their orientation to the Santa Clara County EMS System, the final step required in the process to work in Santa Clara County.  The 69 new members will join a mix of public and private organizations including County Ambulance, Mountain View Fire, Palo Alto Fire, Rural/Metro, Bayshore Ambulance, AMR, WestMed, ProTransport1, Silicon Valley Ambulance,   “The orientation program is a great way for EMTs and paramedics from the different ambulance services and fire departments to meet each other and to share training together,” said Daniel Franklin, Training & Exercise Manager with the Santa Clara County EMS Agency.  “Regardless of the department patch that they wear, we all work together in the EMS system, operating under the same protocols”.  This is the first step in a career in public service for many of the new emergency medical technicians.  Others have been working EMTs that have now completed additional education to become a paramedic, and some have worked in another EMS System before coming to Santa Clara County.   2,120 emergency medical technicians and 888 paramedics work in the Santa Clara County EMS System, responding to over 108,000 9-1-1 and 54,000 interfacility/nonemergency calls annually.  Regardless of their employers, all paramedics and EMTs operate under the medical direction of the Santa Clara County EMS Medical Director.

Media Contact:   Amy Cornell, Information Officer
Santa Clara County Emergency Medical Services
Office: (408) 792-5155
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