EMS Week Awards & EMSC Video
As part of EMS Week, May 21-27 & EMS for Children's Day on May 24, the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) honored Montana Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel at the Capitol Rotunda Wednesday, May 24, in Helena.
The event included representatives from the Meagher County Volunteer Ambulance, Montana Medical Transport of Helena and Great Falls, Jefferson Valley EMS, Gallatin County Dispatch, and the Miles City Police Department. The annual EMS for Children award recipient was Jason Mahoney, MT EMSC Pediatric Liaison. Congrats to Jason!
In addition to the EMS awards, the federal EMSC program and the EIIC collaborated to create a special thank you video honoring EMS Clinicians for their commitment to children. You can view the video here: https://youtu.be/42pgjIRS6ds.
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The EMSC Data Center emscdatacenter.org has added several new features to improve emergency care for children. For example, there is now clear and quick access to Pediatric Readiness Materials, including the National Prehospital Readiness Project (PPRP) and the National Pediatric Readiness Project (PPRP).
Also, be sure to Like and Follow @emscDataCenter and @pedsready on Facebook and Twitter.
Education and Training
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. Watch an April 24 webinar recording and/or download the slides to learn more. Register today
What is an Emergency Department (ED) Pediatric Readiness Recognition Program?
A hospital recognition program designates and verifies a hospital ED's capacity to care for children. Each state and territory designs recognition programs and includes establishing specific recognition criteria that are necessary to provide effective care, implementing a verification process to assess pediatric capabilities, partnering with key stakeholders to assist with verification efforts, and creating a well-defined plan to ensure the sustainability of the program, which may include the development of formal state regulations addressing the recognition program.
EDs participating in a recognition program scored a median of 24 points higher than EDS not involved in a formal recognition program. To learn more about ED Pediatric Readiness Recognition Programs, click here.
TeleSimBox provides free online simulation for healthcare providers. It features a step-by-step guide on facilitating simulation courses such as newborn resuscitation, non-accidental trauma (NAT), and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT).
Visit their website https://www.acepsim.com to start more.
Improving Pediatric Care Through Simulation (ImPACTS) is a team of Pediatric Emergency Specialists who have conducted pediatric improvement programs in EDs for over ten years.
ImPACTS aims to ensure
- Emergency providers are prepared to provide children with timely, safe, and effective care.
- EDs have the equipment/resources to provide children with timely, safe, and effective care.
- Regional tertiary care pediatric centers are collaborating with their community partners.
To learn more about eligibility and how to participate in this free program, click here.
Children’s Behavioral Health: Promising Practices in Tribal Communities-Resource List
This resource list is a compilation of tribal behavioral health resources identified during the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the Indian Health Service (IHS) 2-part webinar series focusing on the behavioral health of children in Tribal communities.
Register Here for the free webinar, What is implementation science & How can it improve EMS Agency care and operations?
For more information about the Prehospital Guidelines Consortium visit prehospitalguidelines.org.
Upcoming Courses & Conferences
You are invited to attend Wide Open Spaces, a free symposium in Helena at the Great Northern on June 16/17. If you are interested in discussing local and regional care coordination at the interface of genetics, pediatric primary care, and peds subspecialties, with experts from around the country sharing their experiences, please consider registering!
The program flyer with registration info can be found here.
Montana Conference on Suicide Prevention in Maternal and Pediatric Care will be held in Billings Friday, July 28, 2023.
The conference is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The target audience includes advocates, psychiatrists and other physicians, psychologists, therapists, nurses, physician's assistants, and regular Montana citizens interested in preventing suicide. Continuing Education Units are available to conference attendees at no charge. Register here
Course dates for Montana are below:
- Bozeman-7/13-7/14 2023
- Polson-8/7-8/8 2023
Register at the TEEX website.
 The NASEMSO Annual Meeting will be in Reno, Nevada, June 11-15, 2023. The meeting is designed for the maximum benefit of its primary members and key personnel in state offices of EMS. It is also an ideal venue for federal, association, and business partners whose mission relates to emergency medical services, specialty systems of care (trauma, stroke, STEMI, overdose), disaster preparedness, and related matters.
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.
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
The Dougy Center has requested family feedback on their new toolkit, "After a COVID Death ." This resource is geared toward families and children. Please enter your feedback into this survey by June 13.
Simulation in Motion Montana brings high-fidelity simulation training to EMS agencies and critical care hospitals in rural areas. Simulation reduces preventable medical errors, improves patient outcomes, increases healthcare team performance, prepares teams for high-consequence care, and identifies latent patient care threats.
POPULAR PEDIATRIC SIMULATIONS:
Neonatal
Trauma - Pediatric - ATV Rollover
Trauma - Pediatric - Asthma
OB - Precip. Delivery
OB - PPH
OB - Sick Baby
OB Preeclampsia
Pediatric Overdose
NOWS (neonate opioid withdrawal syndrome)
For more information and to request a simulation, click here.
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