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Lenawee County Medical Control Authority (LCMCA) is a governmental oversight agency that supervises and coordinates the delivery of emergency medical services (EMS) in Lenawee County. A medical control authority (MCA) is established under the Public Health Code, Act 368 of 1978: Part 209 Emergency Medical Services as a part of the county's emergenc... y medical services. The role of the MCA is to establishing emergency protocols that preserve the health and safety of people experiencing a medical emergency or traumatic incident, including a disaster. These patient care guidelines help to advise our first responders, emergency medical technicians and paramedics on the current standards of care. On the surface the protocol or patient care guideline establishes recommendations for the treatment of some common medical or traumatic conditions from which our patient suffer. But protocols cannot address every medical or traumatic situation that pre-hospital personnel encounter, so we rely on the sound judgment and exceptional skill our providers are capable of delivering. Since we are concerned with the administration of EMS systems at the county level we must also oversee the development of system wide policies such as mutual aid agreements or dispatch protocols. This helps us provide the most appropriate response and care based on the medical need of the patient. Therefore our mission at LCMCA is to ensure that the residents of Lenawee County are provided with an EMS System that provides timely and sophisticated medical care by knowledgeable and skilled life support agencies and EMS personnel. These agencies and individuals must be licensed by the State of Michigan to provide pre-hospital care to patients. Additionally, LCMCA requires other training and certifications (it varies by the individual level of licensure) to ensure that the providers are giving the most competent and current care that is available. The MCA can also require agencies to meet certain guidelines for training or equipment before servicing the ...Read More