About Us
The Texas Department of State Health Services,
Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination is the lead state agency responsible
for:
-Emergency Medical Services systems
-EMS professional certification and licensure
-EMS education, trauma systems and trauma facility designation
-EMS information and injury prevention
-Medical Standards on Motor Vehicle Operations
-Texas EMS Conference
-Texas EMS Magazine
This Office is responsible for about 48,000 EMS professionals, 850
EMS provider agencies, 475 first responder organizations and 125 designated
trauma facilities across Texas. In addition to certification, licensure
and designation, the Office also takes a lead in educating the public
about EMS and injury prevention, and provides millions of dollars in grants
each year to Texas EMS systems and trauma facilities for education, training
and equipment.
EMS Compliance Service Areas (Groups)
Revised 10/27/2006
Please go to the links at left for a detailed
listing of this website's contents,
or
Mailing Address: 1100 West 49th Street,
Austin, TX 78756-3199
(All mail must go to this address)
Map to
main DSHS location
Street Address: The Exchange Building,
8407 Wall Street, Suite N-410, Austin, TX 78754
Map
to DSHS-EMS location
Updated Phone/Fax
Numbers!
Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination: (512) 834-6700
Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination fax: (512) 834-6736
EMS Certification and Licensing main line:
(512) 834-6700, press option 2
EMS Certification fax: (512) 834-6714
EMS Compliance & Quality Assurance (criminal history checks, provider
licensing, first responders, EMS complaints): (512) 834-6700, press option 3
EMS Compliance & QA fax: (512) 834-6713
EMS Complaints: 1-800-452-6086
Locations of DSHS field offices around the state
For information on certification address changes, click
here.
Lists of the Office phone extension
numbers
Alphabetical Listing (9KB) 4/06/07
By Program Area (9KB) 4/16/07
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Last Updated April 25, 2007
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