Arkansas Emergency Medical Services for Children Program

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Arkansas Emergency Medical Services for Children
Program

• Arkansas Department of Health
• Section of EMS Trauma Systems
• 5800 W. 10th Street, Suite 800
• Little Rock, AR 72204
• FY 2009 FY 2010
• Program Overview
  

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Arkansas EMSC Program Staff

• EMSC Program Principal Investigator
• Brian Nation
• EMSC Program Manager
• Addie Grigsby-Roshell
• EMSC Medical Director
• Vacant
• EMSC Family Representative
• Vacant

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Contents

• Background
• Program Mission
• Program Status
• Program Goals
• Performance Measures
• State Program Goals
• EMSC Activities
• EMSC Advisory Committee

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EMSC Background

• 1984 the U.S. Congress enacted legislation
  authorizing the use of federal funds for EMSC
• The Health Resource and Services Administration
  (HRSA) funds the EMSC Program through a State
  Partnership (SP) Grant
• States and U.S. Territories are eligible to apply
  for SP grants.
• State governments and accredited schools of
  medicine are the only qualified applicants.
• EMSC is ideally located in State EMS offices.

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EMSC Mission Statement

• The EMSC Program is designed to reduce child and
  youth mortality and morbidity resulting from
  severe illness or trauma. It aims to
• 1. Ensure that state-of-the-art emergency
  medical care for the ill or injured child and
  adolescent is available when needed.
• 2. Ensure that pediatric services are well
  integrated into the existing state emergency
  medical services (EMS) system and backed by
  optimal resources.
• 3. Ensure that the entire spectrum of emergency
  services, including primary prevention of
  illness and injury, acute care and
  rehabilitation, is provided to children and
  adolescents at the same level as adults.

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EMSC Program Status

• The Arkansas EMSC Program received an Award
  Letter from the EMSC National Resource Center
  (NCR) on the March 1, 2009 granting funds for the
  2009 2010 fiscal year.
• The Wakefield Act HR 479 would authorized federal
  funding for the next 5 years however, this bill
  has not become lawmore information to come as
  provided by our national office.

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Program Goals (Performance Measures)

• HRSA requires grantees to report on specific
  performance measures related to their
  grant-funded activities.
• Purpose of EMSC State Partnership Performance
  Measures
• demonstrate national outcome
• improve the delivery of emergency care
  to children.

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Summary of Performance Measures

• On/Offline Medical Direction
• Pediatric Equipment on Patient Care Units
• Hospital Recognition for Trauma/Medical
  Emergencies
• Interfacility Transfer Guidelines/Transfer
  Agreements
• Pediatric Education Requirements during
  Recertification
• EMSC Advisory Committee with Required Members
• Pediatric Representation on EMS Board
• Full time EMSC Manager
• Integration of Priorities into States Statues,
  Rules, Regulations or other Policy

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Arkansas EMSC Program Goals

• Recruit / Hire Medical Director
• Reviewing Ambulance Equipment
• Hosting / Sponsoring Pediatric Medical Emergency
  Training
• Improve EMS Data Activities
• Improve Community Disaster Preparedness for
  Children
• Improve/Develop Pediatric Protocol and Guidelines

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EMSC Activities

• EMSC Advisory Meetings (schedule attached)
• National EMSC Day Wednesday, May 21, 2009
• Annual EMSC Program Meeting June 9 12, 2009
  Alexandria, VA
• National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center
  (NEDARC) Workshops
• EMSC Sponsored / Hosted PEPP Training

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EMSC Advisory Committee

• Emergency Nurse
• Christine Duellman
• EMT
• Garry Odom
• EMS Training Manager
• Danny Bercher
• School Nurse
• Margo Bushmiaer
• Highway Traffic Safety Administrator
• Bridget White
• State Hospital Association Representative
• Don Adams

• Grant Principal Investigator
• Brian Nation
• EMSC Program Manager
• Addie Grigsby-Roshell
• State EMS Administrator
• David Taylor
• State EMS Administrator
• Raymond New
• Emergency Physician / Pediatrician
• Dr. Tonya Thompson
• Emergency Physician / Pediatrician
• Dr. James Graham
• Emergency Physician / Pediatrician
• Dr. Mary Aikens

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Emergency Medical Services for Children

• How Are The Children?

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Emergency Medical Services for Children

• The Children are fine!!!

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EMSC

• Questions?????
• Answers