Working with Emergency Medical Services
- Lazette Lawton, MS, CHES, Public Health Educator, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke
Prevention, CDC (moderator)
- Tara Doskey, MPH, Program Coordinator, Louisiana Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
- Crystelle Fogle, MBA, MS, RD, Health Services Specialist, Montana Department of Public Health and
Human Services, Cardiovascular Health Program
- Susan Jackson, Secondary Prevention Specialist, South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control
- Joseph Russell, NREMT-P, Great Falls Fire and Rescue, Montana
Objective/Supporting Skills and Knowledge
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Explore complexity of emergency medical response systems and issues
- Prepare participants to assess their state cardiovascular emergency response systems
- Identify opportunities for state programs to enhance cardiovascular emergency systems
Summary
Improving emergency response is one of six priorities areas for state heart disease and stroke prevention programs. This interactive workshop will build on the information presented during the EMS plenary. Presenters will explore the complexity of emergency medical response systems (e.g. organizational structure, data systems, staffing, rural and urban issues, dispatch, medical direction, training, etc.). The session activities will assist participants to assess their emergency response systems’ capacity to address cardiovascular events and identify opportunities to enhance those systems.
Resources
- Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/ems/agenda/emsman.html
- March 2005 Agenda status report. http://www.nasemsd.org/EMSFinal.pdf
- Rural and Frontier Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future http://www.nrharural.org/groups/sub/EMS.html
- Institute of Medicine study on emergency care in the U.S. http://www.iom.edu/projects.asp?=20238
- National Association of State EMS Directors. http://www.nasemsd.org/
- National Association of EMS Physicians. http://www.naemsp.org/
- National EMS Information System. http://www.nemsis.org/
- Response to Cardiac Arrest and Selected Life-Threatening Medical Emergencies, The Medical Emergency Response Plan for Schools: A Statement for Healthcare Providers, Policymakers, School Administrators, and Community Leaders. http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/109/2/278
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