Get involved with EMSC Day 2023!
Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Day, which falls on the Wednesday of EMS Week (May 24), draws particular attention to EMS clinicians’ commitment to caring for acutely ill and injured children. EMSC Day is also a time to raise awareness about improving specialized care for children in the prehospital setting.
The 2023 EMS Week theme is “Where Emergency Care Begins.” The EMSC Program will also launch a special thank-you video for EMS clinicians. Click here for more resources and to view the EMSC Day Promotional Toolkit.
Education and Training
Registration is open for this year’s EMSC Day webinar, May 24 from 4-5:30 pm MST: “The Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator (PECC): Where Emergency Care for Kids Begins [dellmed-utexas.zoom.us].”
This 60-minute webinar – which will offer CAPCE credits for those who attend live – will highlight the role of pediatric emergency care coordinators (PECCs), also known as pediatric champions, in EMS agencies.
Registration is free and open to all. For those who attend the session live on May 24, 1.5 Live CAPCE credits will be available through Prodigy EMS.
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The National Association of EMS Officials, one of EMSC’s collaborative partners, has announced the start of a new project, funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Emergency Medical Services, to develop criteria to improve the safety of children transported by ambulance. Learn more here.
The Pediatric Readiness Quality Improvement (QI) Collaborative (PRQC) continues the work started in 2018 by creating a new cohort. The next PRQC cohort kicks off in June 2023. This is a free, 18-month opportunity for emergency department (ED)-based teams to accelerate their pediatric readiness.
Join the collaborative to improve outcomes for children through pediatric readiness. Registration is open through June 2. Register today
Watch an April 24 webinar recording and/or download the slides to learn more. You can also join an upcoming webinar on May 23 about the collaborative hosted by the American College of Emergency Physicians
The National Rural Health Association (NHRA) will host a free informational webinar on May 9th at 1 pm MST.
Focusing on rural emergency health providers' challenges, the webinar will explore the free, upcoming Pediatric Readiness Quality Collaborative (PRQC), how vital quality improvement is to pediatric readiness, and how participating in this collaborative will help improve outcomes for children. Register today.
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Upcoming Courses & Conferences
Course dates for Montana are below:
- Kalispell-5/11-5/12 2023
- Bozeman-7/13-7/14 2023
- Polson-8/7-8/8 2023 (registration available 5/22)
Register at the TEEX website.
The 2023 EMSC All-Grantee Meeting will be held in Austin, TX, September 11-14, 2023. The meeting is sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (EMSC). It brings together stakeholders across the EMSC Program, including State Partnership Programs, the Family Advisory Network, Targeted Issues Grants, the EMSC Data Center, the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, the EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center, and the Regional Pediatric Pandemic Network. Deadline to Register: May 12, 2023
The MT Emergency Cardiovascular Care Symposium is Saturday, May 20th, 2023 at the Copper King Hotel & Convention Center in Butte. The symposium focuses on recognizing and treating cardiovascular emergency conditions within the context of a system of care.
The 2023 Featured Speaker will be Dr. Vinay Nadkarni, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pediatrics, at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Click here for a printable agenda.
Register Here
 Join recognized experts from around Montana and the nation in Helena, August 8-9, 2023, at Central Elementary School to discuss best practices for student and educator safety and creating safe school environments.
With a theme of School Safety-Prevention and Preparedness, this statewide Summit is designed for school safety teams, educators, school nurses, mental health professionals, law enforcement, and emergency and disaster preparedness coordinators.
Register here.
Grant Opportunities
Safe Streets and Roads for All
NOFO Number: DOT-SS4A-FY23-01
Application Due Date: July 10, 2023
Description: Last year, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a five-year Safe Streets and Roads for All grant. In year one, $800 million was awarded to 473 communities around the state, including five communities in Montana that received a combined $1.9 million.
EMS activities related to Post Crash Care are approvable, and we encourage EMS agencies to work with their political subdivisions to apply for this grant. Click here to Apply.
The U.S. DOT will offer a general overview webinar of the SS4A program and the grant application process, with a particular focus on applying for Implementation Grants on Tuesday, May 2, 11:30-1:30 p.m. (MST).
Register to attend the May 2 webinar
Rural Emergency Medical Services Training
NOFO Number: TI-23-011
Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $200,000 per year
This NOFO will remain open for three fiscal years.
The following are the due dates for each FY:
- FY 2023: Applications are due by May 1, 2023
- FY 2024: Applications are due by May 1, 2024
- FY 2025: Applications are due by May 1, 2025
Description
This program aims to recruit and train EMS personnel in rural areas with a particular focus on addressing substance use disorders (SUD) and co-occurring disorders (COD) substance use and mental disorders. Recipients will be expected to train EMS personnel on SUD and COD, trauma-informed, recovery-based care for people with such disorders in emergencies and, as appropriate, to maintain licenses and certifications relevant to serve in an EMS agency.
Click here for more information and to Apply for the Grant.
In the News
Dealing with grief is never easy. "I didn't know how to do it," Jen Weir said about dealing with the grief of losing her husband and a son in a car crash in 2021. Not knowing how to deal with her grief, Weir turned to books. "I tried to read books, and there wasn't a lot out there," said Weir.
That led her to eventually create "The Down and Dirty Workbook on Grief." She plans to distribute copies of the book to places where people may be dealing with grief, such as hospitals and funeral homes. Click here to purchase the book.
Seventeen years ago, Gina Loss went through a difficult time in her life. She asked herself, “How do children get through difficult times like these?”
She then discovered Project Linus, a national non-profit organization. The organization is volunteer-based and makes homemade blankets for children up to 18 years old that are in crisis. There are four chapters in Montana; Loss is the coordinator for the Helena and Great Falls area. However, the chapter serves most of the central Montana region, reaching children in Havre and Shelby.
The Montana EMS for Children Program would like to thank the hundreds of health care professionals — EMTs, paramedics, nurses, and physicians — who, for the last 28 years, have worked with the Program at state and national levels to improve the care provided to children in the emergency setting!
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