emailfooterold

Heather Koss, Chair of the Greater Miami Valley EMS Council’s Pediatric Committee, has asked that EVERY EMS agency in our region complete the “EMS Agency Survey for Pediatrics” outlined in the email from Ohio EMS (below). This was sent to the listserv, but to date, most agencies have not responded – PLEASE DO!

Heather lists the following reminders:

There is more information regarding the state of Ohio EMS Pediatric Care Coordinator survey listed on the EMSC website.
Agencies may have an individual PECC within the Department and or share a Regional PECC that might not be part of your agency.
If your agency does not have a PECC, please list Heather Koss, GMVEMSC Regional Pediatric Care Coordinator.
The assessment should take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. Participation in this project is voluntary, however results from the assessment will be used to track ongoing success in integrating the needs of children into our overall emergency care systems.
A pdf of the survey is attached for your convenience.

Please feel free to contact Heather about the program or survey if you have any further questions. Again, more information and the link to fill out the survey are below! The link is highlighted.

Heather Koss RN EMTP

EMS Coordinator

Dayton Children's Hospital

One Children's Plaza

Dayton, Ohio 45404-1815

O: 937-641-4534

M: 937-829-7985

F: 937-641-3131

E: kossh@childrensdayton.org

OHIO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

Melvin House, Executive Director

www.ems.ohio.gov

Bear 1

EMS Agency Survey for Pediatrics begins January 2020

Beginning in January 2020, the EMS for Children Program will survey EMS agencies across the nation as part of its effort to determine where each state’s EMS program stands concerning pediatric emergency care. The survey will include questions about the agency’s Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator (PECC), and about how often the agency verifies the pediatric skills of its staff.

This survey will be coordinated by the National EMS for Children Data Analysis and Resource Center (NEDARC), which is operated by the University of Utah under contract with the Federal EMS for Children Program. All Ohio EMS agencies that respond to 9-1-1 calls will be contacted by NEDARC through postal mail and e-mail. In addition, the Ohio EMS for Children Committee will also contact agencies to encourage their participation. It will be available electronically, and the link to the survey will be provided.

The survey should only take about 10 minutes to complete. There will be questions about the EMS agency, followed by questions about how often, and in what way your agency trains on the use of pediatric equipment. The next questions deal with the agency’s PECC (if you have named one, what activities your PECC takes on for your agency). Finally, you will be allowed to make any comments concerning the survey, and provide contact information.

The EMS for Children Program uses the information received in the surveys to evaluate how well EMS agencies across the country are addressing the EMS for Children Performance Measures. These measures include the percentage of EMS agencies in a state with a PECC, and the frequency and methods of pediatric skill verification. The results also allow the Ohio EMS for Children Program to focus future efforts and resources on areas with the most need for improvement.

The survey is open now and will close in late March 2020. An e-mail will come from emsc@hsc.utah.edu, so please be on the lookout for our survey to arrive in early January. You can find out additional information on the Ohio EMS for Children website, at https://www.ems.ohio.gov/emsc.aspx, the NEDARC website, https://www.nedarc.org/, or the EMS for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) website, https://emscimprovement.center/.

The survey is available to complete at https://emscsurveys.org/. We recommend that you download the PDF version first to help in completing all parts of the survey.

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact NEDARC at the email above, or contact Ohio EMS for Children Coordinator, Joe Stack, at emsc@dps.ohio.gov or 800-233-0785.

Stay Connected with Ohio Emergency Medical Services:

SUBSCRIBER SERVICES:
Manage Subscriptions | Help


This email was sent to kossh@childrensdayton.org using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Ohio Emergency Medical Services · 1970 West Broad Street · Columbus, OH 43235-2206

Greater Miami Valley EMS Council
241 Taylor Street Suite 130
Dayton, OH 45402 USA
To unsubscribe from this list please go to:
http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=3beaJHhsRUkrDNVdrLaw50lgjX6FoGwb