Council and committee meeting calendar

Please note: All meetings have been temporarily suspended while council members focus on COVID-19 as of 4-1-2020.

• 2020 EMS Council calendar (PDF)
• Dates, times and locations are subject to change. Please contact the email address below if you are a guest who does not receive email meeting notices to check if a meeting has been cancelled on short notice.

Meeting agendas and summaries

• Note: If you would like electronic copies of agendas and summaries from previous meetings, please contact: chd.ems@co.hennepin.mn.us

Ambulance medical directors subcommittee

• Monthly meetings are temporarily suspended
• Summary (draft) ambulance medical directors subcommittee (11-26-19) (PDF)

Ambulance service personnel subcommittee

• Quarterly meetings are temporarily suspended
• Summary (draft) ambulance service personnel subcommittee (5-28-19) (PDF)

Council

• April 9, 2020 EMS Council meeting - CANCELLED
• Summary (draft): EMS Council (10-10-19) (PDF)

Executive committee

• Summary (draft) executive committee (9-14-2020) (PDF)

Medical standards committee

• Quarterly meetings are temporarily suspended

Operations committee

• Quarterly meetings are temporarily suspended

Ordinance 9 workgroup

• Workgroup meetings are temporarily suspended
• Summary (draft): ordinance 9 work group (1-22-20) (PDF)

Quality committee

• Quarterly meetings are temporarily suspended
• Summary (draft) quality committee (11-5-19) (PDF)

Meeting location codes, addresses and maps

• EF = Edina Fire, 6250 Tracy Avenue, Edina, MN 55436 Map to Edina Fire
• FVSD = Fairview Southdale Hospital, 6401 France Avenue South, Edina, MN 55435 Map to Fairview Southdale Hospital
• HF = Hopkins Fire Department, 101 - 17th Avenue South, Hopkins, MN 55343 Map to Hopkins Fire Department
• HSB = Health Services Building, 525 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415 Map to Health Services Building
• NAS = North Ambulance Service, 4501 – 68th Avenue North, Brooklyn Center, MN 55429 Map to North Ambulance Service
• 212 MC = 212 Medical Center, 111 Hundertmark Road, Chaska, MN 55318 Map to 212 Medical Center

Bylaws and membership

• EMS Council bylaws (PDF)
• EMS Council and Committee membership (PDF)

Initial certification

The following documents should be used by physicians seeking initial certification as a Hennepin County Medical Control physician.

• Instructions for medical control certification (PDF)
• EMS medical control - training for emergency department physicians (YouTube)
• Medical control certification form (PDF)

Additional forms

• Exception report form (PDF)
• Incident report form (PDF)
• Paramedic personnel form (PDF)
• Proposed ALS medical protocol revisions form (PDF)

Five Advanced Life Support ambulance services provide emergency medical care to people in Hennepin County. They work in primary service areas assigned by the state Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board (EMSRB).

• Primary service area map for Hennepin County (PDF)

Advanced Life Support service providers by city

Primary service areas are legal geographic descriptions and many times do not coincide with county or city boundaries. They are listed below by city with a description in lay terms. The Minnesota EMSRB maintains legal descriptions for all primary service areas in the state.

Designated EMS service areas

• Bloomington – Allina Medical Transportation
• Brooklyn Center – North Ambulance Service
• Brooklyn Park – North Ambulance Service
• Champlin – Allina Medical Transportation (primary)
• Champlin – North Ambulance Service (secondary)
• Chanhassen (portion located in Hennepin County) – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• Corcoran – North Ambulance Service
• Crystal – North Ambulance Service
• Dayton – North Ambulance Service (primary)
• Dayton – Allina Medical Transportation (secondary)
• Deephaven – Hennepin EMS
• Eden Prairie – Hennepin EMS
• Edina – Edina Fire
• Excelsior – Hennepin EMS
• Fort Snelling – Allina Medical Transportation
• Golden Valley (Southeast area South of Highway 394 and East of Highway 100 regardless of community) – Hennepin EMS
• Golden Valley (West of Highway 100) – North Ambulance Service
• Greenfield – North Ambulance Service
• Greenwood – Hennepin EMS
• Hanover – North Ambulance Service
• Hassan – North Ambulance Service
• Hopkins – Hennepin EMS
• Independence – North Ambulance Service
• Long Lake – North Ambulance Service
• Loretto – North Ambulance Service
• Maple Grove – North Ambulance Service
• Maple Plain – North Ambulance Service
• Medicine Lake – North Ambulance Service
• Medina – North Ambulance Service
• Minneapolis (both sides of Plymouth and Penn Avenues, and all other areas of Minneapolis not covered by NMTS) – Hennepin EMS
• Minneapolis (North and West of the line formed by Plymouth Avenue East from the city limits to Penn, North on Penn, East on Golden Valley Road, North on Girard and East on Broadway to the Mississippi River. Of this line, NMTS will serve both sides of Golden Valley Road, Girard Avenue and Broadway) – North Ambulance Service
• Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport – Allina Medical Transportation
• Minnetonka (Highway 394 and North of Highway 394, Ridgedale Shopping Center and Hillcrest Nursing Home) – North Ambulance Service
• Minnetonka (South of 394, except Ridgedale Shopping Center and Hillcrest Nursing Home) – Hennepin EMS
• Minnetonka Beach – North Ambulance Service
• Minnetrista – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• Mound – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• New Hope – North Ambulance Service
• Orono – North Ambulance Service
• Osseo – North Ambulance Service
• Plymouth – North Ambulance Service
• Richfield – Hennepin EMS
• Robbinsdale – North Ambulance Service
• Rockford – North Ambulance Service
• Rogers – North Ambulance Service
• Saint Anthony (portion located in Hennepin County) – Hennepin EMS
• Saint Bonifacius – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• Saint Louis Park – Hennepin EMS
• Shorewood (East of Highway 19 to Country Club Road South to Tee Terrace to Wood Drive to Highway 7) – Hennepin EMS
• Shorewood (West of the boundary of Highway 19 to Country Club Road South to Tee Terrace to Wood Drive to Highway 7) – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• Spring Park – North Ambulance Service
• Tonka Bay – Hennepin EMS
• Wayzata – North Ambulance Service
• Woodland – Hennepin EMS

Resources

• Minnesota EMS Regulatory Board
• Metro Region EMS Program
• West Medical Resource Control Center (MRCC)
• Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES)

Hennepin County regulations

• Ordinance 9 (related to emergency medical services)

Minnesota State EMS regulations

• Statute 144E
• Rules Chapter 4690

Hennepin County EMS system policies

• ALS protocols (PDF)
• Hospital closure and ambulance diversion policy (PDF)
• Communication policy (PDF)
• Contacting the system medical director (PDF)
• Required documentation policy (PDF)
• Response time standards 2019-2020 (PDF)
• Standards for medical control (PDF)
• Transport policy for STEMI patients (PDF)

Hennepin County EMS Medical Control Radio Checks

• Policy for monthly radio checks (PDF)
• Instructions for monthly radio checks (PDF)