The UCLA Center for Prehospital Care is the leading emergency and prehospital academic center on the West Coast. Founded in 1988, the Center's mission is:

To make a local, national, and international contribution to the practice of emergency medical services and the patients these providers and systems serve.

The organization operates with the following values:

• Producing excellent emergency healthcare providers
• Delivering outstanding service
• Generating reasonable revenue in excess of expense
• Accountability to ourselves and our clients
• Integrity, honesty and respect in our business and relationships
• Having fun and enjoying our work
• Life long learning
• Impacting the delivery of patient care and education
• Serving as an advocate for patients, students, the profession and
  community