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State Conducts Random Inspection of Escambia County EMS. Here’s What They Found.
December 15, 2021
The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) conducted a random inspection of Escambia County EMS on Monday, reviewing the department on multiple compliance topics.
According to Escambia County, Escambia passed the inspection.
In a FDOH inspection report, the inspector wrote, “Escambia County should be very proud of its very professional and well-organized EMS system.”
“Our success with this inspection was the measure of a group effort from all areas of our organization,” said Escambia County EMS Chief David Torsell III. “I’m proud to see the hard work of our employees rewarded with such an outstanding review from the state.”
During the past six months, Escambia County Public Safety has seen a variety of growth throughout the department, including the addition of Torsell, Public Safety Director Eric Gilmore, EMS Deputy Chief Christopher Stephens, and Escambia County Medical Director Dr. Josh Gordon and Assistant Medical Director Dr. Peter Alexandrov.
“I’m so proud of our EMS team,” Gilmore said. “We have come a long way to build a better service for the citizens of Escambia County. This positive report from FDOH is a direct reflection of the professionalism of our staff and the new standard we’ve set for Escambia County EMS.”
Key areas inspected by FDOH were:
- Employee training records and certifications
- Compliance with controlled substance medication storage, how medications are distributed for use by EMS and tracking of medication administration by EMS
- How EMS orders, stocks, distributes, and replaces medical equipment and supplies
- Random ambulances were selected for complete inventory inspection in compliance with state requirements
- Patient care records and storage of records
- Quality assurance and quality improvement measures with patient care and patient care reports
- Training and in-service records for all EMS employees
- Compliance with state requirements for medical direction, including participation by medical director, Dr. Josh Gordon, and assistant medical director, Dr. Peter Alexandrov.
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4 Responses to “State Conducts Random Inspection of Escambia County EMS. Here’s What They Found.”
AND this is why I always enjoyed my time working with ECEMS! Best job and best coworkers I have ever had the privilege to work along side!
KUDDOS ! ! !
This is just so nice to read. While I have far more faith in Eric Gilmore and David Torsell than I do Florida DOH, it’s still such a great change of pace to hear positive reports. I really hope that those horrible couple of years are truly in the rearview mirror, as they seem to be. Talk about a nightmare situation that these leaders had to straighten out. Some day I hope to read a headline that says “Escambia the Number 1 EMS Program in Florida Again.” Everything is possible with the right leadership.
Congratulations! So happy that you are so conscientious and capable!