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The Los Santos County EMS Agency is empowered by Chapter II of the Health and Safety Code of San Andreas as the sole agency to oversee all relevant functions relating to emergency medical services within the jurisdiction of Los Santos County. Functions of the agency include:

• Regulation and oversight of the EMS system within Los Santos County, including the EMS-related functions of all agencies that choose to participate.
• Issuing licenses to operate as a prehospital care provider in Los Santos County.
• Investigating complaints and, if deemed necessary, taking disciplinary action against EMS personnel from any authorized agency operating within the jurisdiction of Los Santos County.
• Publishing legally binding treatment guidelines and protocols for authorized prehospital providers to follow.
• Establishing and publishing the scopes of practice of different levels of prehospital providers.
• Regulation and oversight of EMS education providers within Los Santos County. 
• Conducting studies relating to prehospital medicine in Los Santos County. 

AGENCY PERSONNEL

The Los Santos County EMS Agency is managed by the following individuals.

• EMS Medical Director - Elizabeth Miller, MD, FACEP, FAEMS - [email protected]
• Assistant EMS Medical Director - Gertrude Schwarzkopf, MD, FACEP - [email protected]
• Assistant EMS Medical Director - Samuel Olsen, MD, FACEP - [email protected]
• Licensing Clerk - Dexter Marshall, MICP - [email protected]

Authorized ems system providers

Los Santos Fire Department - LBLS, BLS, LALS, ALS, GA, AA, AP

Pillbox Hill Medical Center - LBLS, BLS, ALS, GA

Los Santos Police Department - LBLS, BLS, ALS

Los Santos County Sheriff's Department - LBLS, BLS, LALS, ALS, AA

San Andreas Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - LBLS

San Andreas Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - LBLS

Limited Basic Life Support (LBLS): An agency that is authorized to provide care at the limited BLS (EMR) level.

Basic Life Support (BLS): An agency that is authorized to provide care at the BLS (EMT) level.

Limited Advanced Life Support (LALS): An agency that is authorized to provide care at the limited ALS (AEMT) level.

Advanced Life Support (ALS): An agency that is authorized to provide care at the ALS (Paramedic) level.

Ground Ambulance (GA): An agency that is authorized to provide ground ambulance services.

Air Ambulance (AA): An agency that is authorized to provide air ambulance services.

Advanced Provider (AP): An agency that is authorized to staff advanced provider units (Physicians, Physician Assistants, or Nurse Practitioners) in the prehospital environment.\

In order to provide care at a level for which a specific agency has been authorized, an employee of that agency must be individually licensed in Los Santos County at or above that specific level of care in addition to being explicitly authorized by their agency to provide those services.

Authorized ems EDUCATION providers

Los Santos Fire Department - EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic

Pillbox Hill Medical Center - EMR, EMT, Paramedic

Los Santos Police Department - EMR, EMT, Paramedic

Los Santos County Sheriff's Department - EMR

(PREHOSPITAL) Medical review board

The (Prehospital) Medical Review Board is the body that is ultimately responsible for voting on the most serious matters pertaining to the EMS system and the functions of the agency. While not all action taken by the agency is the result of a vote undertaken by the board, all licensees are entitled to the right to appeal any decisions made by the agency to the board. Licensees are entitled to an appeal regardless of if the original action was the result of a full vote by the board, or immediate action taken by or on behalf of the EMS Medical Director. 

The board currently consists of the following individuals:

• Elizabeth Miller, MD, FACEP, FAEMS - EMS Medical Director
• Gertrude Schwarzkopf, MD, FACEP - Assistant EMS Medical Director
• Samuel Olsen, MD, FACEP - Assistant EMS Medical Director
• Leonardo Holman - Chief, Los Santos Fire Department
• Andrew Romero -  Deputy Chief, Los Santos Fire Department
• Carter Osby - Assistant Chief, Los Santos Fire Department
• Evelyn Bleichroder, MD - President, Pillbox Hill Medical Center
• Kaden Malik, FNP - Vice President, Pillbox Hill Medical Center
• Tori Levant, MD -  Chief of Medicine, Pillbox Hill Medical Center