[Adopted 12-5-1988 by Res. No. 313-1988]
A.
One of the most serious public health problems in the State of New
York is the toll of deaths and injuries due to accidents, and studies
indicate that there is a need for a communications system for prompt
and appropriate first aid and supportive measures.
B.
There is a need to develop a system of emergency medical care to
coordinate quickly the many disciplines involved in the delivery of
such care and to provide a capability of dealing with every type of
medical emergency, from a single accident to a major disaster.
C.
The establishment of such an effective statewide system of emergency
medical care requires the orderly integration of communities within
the state with close coordination between the several agencies and
groups of people involved in the delivery system.
D.
The most immediately effective way to coordinate the emergency medical
care system is through the development of a Community Emergency Medical
Services Committee.
E.
The urgency of this program requires involving an effective broadly
based community leadership committee willing to devote time and energy
to fact-finding, planning, coordinating within these organizations,
agencies and facilities, which must contribute to the systems.
There is hereby established the Albany County Emergency Medical
Services Committee, which Committee members shall be appointed by
the Albany County Executive.
The Albany County Office of Natural Disaster and Civil Defense
shall provide secretarial and coordinating services to the Emergency
Medical Services Committee of Albany County.
