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EMSA History | Leadership | Service Area | Core Values

EMSA’s Mission

To serve our communities’ pre‐hospital needs through value‐driven, compassionate, and clinically superior care.

Our Core Values

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Patient Centered

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Team Focused

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Fiscally Responsible

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Highly Accountable

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How the EMSA System Works

EMSA is a public trust of the Tulsa and Oklahoma City governments. EMSA ensures patients receive the highest quality emergency medical service at the best possible price.

EMSA is overseen by an 11-member Board of Trustees, with eight of the 11 trustees appointed by the mayors of Tulsa and Oklahoma City. An independent Medical Director provides medical oversight of the EMSA system and first responders who assist with patient assessment and stabilization.

The Authority

EMSA manages the Authority’s operations and administration. EMSA owns ambulances and other capital equipment used to provide service, manages contractual agreements, maintains patient records, bills and collects, purchases goods and services, works with the cities of Tulsa and Oklahoma City to administer the EMSAcare ambulance subscription program and makes policy recommendations.

City Governments

In addition to appointing individuals to serve on the EMSA Board of Trustees, the cities where EMSA operates must approve any changes to the EMSA Trust Agreement, which governs EMSA operations and EMS ordinances. The cities approve EMSA’s budget and manage the EMSAcare utility bill subscription program.

The Medical Director

The Medical Director oversees clinical credentialing and all clinical protocols of the EMSA system and first responders in the cities EMSA serves. The Medical Director is responsible for clinical quality assurance, researches new treatment modalities, and develops clinical benchmarks. The Medical Director reports to the Medical Control Board, an organization composed of 11 community physicians (10 of whom work in metropolitan hospital emergency departments) who serve voluntarily.