About the Council
The West Region Council is actively recruiting for new members in all counties of the Region. If you are interested please call the West Region office at 360-705-9019 or click on the application link below.
Who We Are:
West Region EMS & Trauma Care Council, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. The Council is empowered by legislative authority (RCW 70.168.010-70.168.900) and Department of Health Administrative Code (WAC 246.976) to plan, develop, and administer the EMS and trauma care system in the 4.5 counties that make up the Region: Grays Harbor, Lewis, N. Pacific, Pierce and Thurston. It is one of eight regional councils statewide and funded primarily through a contract with the Office of Emergency Medical and Trauma Prevention Washington State Department of Health (DOH).
The Council assists DOH in addressing four fundamental questions:
The West Region EMS & Trauma System Strategic Plan, July 2009 - June 2012 and the The West Region EMS & Trauma System Gantt Chart details the Council's answers and recommendations. The plan seeks to continuously improve a model system that effectively treats and rehabilitates trauma victims. Preventing injury altogether or reducing injury severity also plays an important part. A fully functional trauma system addresses education, prevention, rapid communications, prehospital care, in-patient trauma care, rehabilitation, a trauma data registry and a quality assurance/improvement program.
Our work is guided by the The West Region EMS & Trauma Care Council Bylaws.
For information on other EMS and Trauma Care Councils in Washington state select the appropriate link below: