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FirstWatch releases Recommendations for EMS encountering possible AFM patients

Oct. 22, 2018

EMSC QUALITY TRANSFORMATION MEETING -- 2017 Grantee Meeting presentations now available

Sept. 12, 2017

EMSC TOWN HALL RECORDING FROM May 10, 2017 AVAILABLE ONLINE

May 22, 2017

The EMSC State Partnership Town Hall held May 10, 2017 was recorded, archived and is now available online. You may access the webinar here.

REPLICA MEETS GOAL -- FIRST EMS INTERSTATE LICENSURE COMPACT BECOMES OFFICIAL

May 9, 2017

On May 8, 2017, Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia signed Senate Bill 109, activating the nation’s first EMS licensure compact. With the 10th member state enactment, the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Licensure Interstate Compact (REPLICA) has become official.

GAO Releases Report: Pediatric Trauma Center: Availability, Outcomes, and Federal Support Related to Pediatric Trauma Care

May 3, 2017

Quote from the report, "Among states, the proportion of children who lived within 30 miles of a high-level pediatric trauma center varied widely, ranging from no children in eight states to more than 90 percent of children in four states." (p.11)

ONC Report Outlines Benefits and Challenges of Incorporating EMS in Health Information Exchanges

April 19, 2017

The report, published by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, also describes several current efforts to incorporate EMS in HIEs across the country Improving data sharing between EMS and other healthcare providers can have several benefits, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).

NASEMSO Releases Guidance on Safe Transport of Children by EMS

April 3, 2017

In March 2017, the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) announced the release of Safe Transport of Children by EMS: Interim Guidance. The guidance is a result of the work of NASEMSO’s Safe Transport of Children Ad Hoc Committee, which is focused on establishing evidence-based standards for safely transporting children by ground ambulance. While there are a variety of products available to secure children being transported in ambulances, the EMS provider (and the children being transported) must depend on the manufacturer for determining if the restraint would operate as intended in an ambulance crash. Unlike the child restraints (car seats) used in passenger vehicles, which must meet the crash standards defined by the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 213, there are no required crash-testing standards for these devices in the United States. NASEMSO is working with its partners to obtain funding to conduct the necessary crash-testing research to develop standards to be met by manufacturers. Until such research can be completed and standards developed, NASEMSO has issued Interim Guidance to maximize the safety of children in ambulances.

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