EMS and Trauma Systems
Welcome to the home page of the DSHS EMS and Trauma Systems Section.
Update on Trauma Rules - April 2024
This letter is to inform you that the Department of State Health Services is withdrawing the current Chapter 157 rule project that was first published in the Texas Register on January 19, 2024. DSHS will submit a new rule project on Chapter 157 soon.
View a letter to our stakeholders outlining the details of this project.
EMS Careers and Opportunities
The EMS Careers and Scholarships website provides information and resources on exciting career opportunities in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) industry.
Here you will find:
- EMS Employment and Education Opportunities
- Why Join Team Texas EMS?
- EMS Education, Training and Certification
- EMS Education and Training Scholarship
- A Look at EMS in Texas
Programs
For information on our programs, please see the websites listed below:
Related Resources
- Applications and Forms
- Open Records Requests
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- EMS Education Providers
- Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Program
- Criminal History
- Data Sources for EMS Trauma Systems
- EMS/Trauma Systems Interactive Map
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- Emergency Care Attendant Training Funding
- Extraordinary Emergency Fund
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- FY 2019 Uncompensated Trauma Care Fund Distribution (5111) – August 2021
- FY 2019 Uncompensated Trauma Care Fund Distribution (SB500) – May 2021
- FY 2019 Uncompensated Trauma Care Fund Distribution (Funds 5108 & 5007) – August 2021
- FY 2020 Uncompensated Trauma Care Fund Distribution (5111) – August 2022
- FY 2020 Uncompensated Trauma Care Fund Distribution (Funds 5108 & 5007) – August 2022
- FY 2021 Uncompensated Trauma Care Fund Distribution (Funds 5108 & 5007) – June 2023
- FY 2021 Uncompensated Trauma Care Fund Distribution (5111) - June 2023
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- GETAC- Air Medical and Specialty Care Transport Committee
- GETAC- Cardiac Care Committee
- GETAC- EMS Education Committee
- GETAC- EMS Medical Directors Committee
- GETAC- Disaster Preparedness and Response Committee
- GETAC- Stroke Committee
- GETAC- Trauma Systems Committee
- GETAC- Injury Prevention and Public Education Committee
- GETAC- Pediatrics Committee
- GETAC- Emergency Medical Services Committee
- GETAC Council
- Texas EMS Conference
- Texas EMS Line of Duty Deaths
- Texas EMS Trauma News
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