Colorado — State Partnership

EMSC State Partnership Program & Rural Expansion Project – Colorado

Jan. 1, 1992 - Present

Grant Number

H33MC31619

Project Overview

The purpose of the Colorado EMS for Children State Partnership Program will be to expand and improve emergency medical services for children who need treatment for trauma or critical care. This program will improve systems of emergency pediatric care by focusing on electronic health information systems, coordination of care, increased education for the emergency care workforce, integration of pediatric care components, and outcome improvement through quality improvement initiatives. Progress will be measured against national performance measures and program objectives established by HRSA.

Colorado also received funding for the EMS for Children State Partnership Rural Expansion Program grant. With this funding, Colorado EMSC will respond to the needs in Colorado's rural, remote, and tribal communities, we intend to: 1) Increase the number of hospitals in rural, remote and tribal communities recognized by a pediatric medical recognition program and 2) Increase the number of pediatric emergency care coordinators. Utilizing the Colorado Pediatric Preparedness for the Emergency Room (COPPER), Colorado Pediatric Emergency Care Coordination (COPECC), and the EMS for Children Mobile Simulation Program, we will provide comprehensive training using a statewide program and expert consultation to provide programmatic support to EDs and EMS agencies in the three key areas of youth mental health emergencies, child abuse and neglect, and trauma-informed care. Contact Dr. Kathleen Adelgais (information below) for more information about this project.

Institution

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Main Contact

Nicolena Mitchell, NRP

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Regions

HRSA

EMSC

IRECC

HPP

NASEMSO

Western Plains

Contacts

Name	Role(s)	Phone	Email
Kathleen Adelgais, MD, MPH	Project Director Pediatric Medical Director/Advisor	(303) 724-2578	kathleen.adelgais@childrenscolorado.org
Nicolena Mitchell, NRP	Program Manager	(303) 724-2565	nicolena.mitchell@cuanschutz.edu
Sara Mullins	FAN

Products

Title	Format	Description	Published/Revised	Availability
Identify Child Abuse	Website/Webpage/Wiki	Online educational modules intended to assist healthcare providers in determining the difference between accidental and intentional injuries in children. Continuing … Identify Child Abuse Description Online educational modules intended to assist healthcare providers in determining the difference between accidental and intentional injuries in children. Continuing education credit available for EMS providers.	Published 2017; Revised 2020	Available Online Website
Online Pediatric Education	Education Module(s)/Curriculum	Various training videos. Topics include: Disaster Preparedness, Respiratory Distress, Seizures, Anaphylaxis, Burn Care, etc.	2020	Available Online Link to Videos
EMS for Children Colorado: 2020-2025 Strategic Plan	Strategic Plan	This strategic plan is intended to be in effect though at least the remainder of the current grant cycle.	2020	Available Online Strategic Plan

Disseminations

Title	Type	Publication/Event	Published/Presented	Identifier	Details
Colorado State Trauma Designation and Pediatric Readiness	Poster	2021 EMSC All Grantee Meeting	2021 Click to view Poster Click to view Recording		Colorado State Trauma Designation and Pediatric Readiness Author(s)/Presenter(s) Patrick Joynt, MD; Kristina Brumme, MD; Stacey Quesada, MPH; Jan Leonard, MPH; Kathleen Adlegais, MD MPH Keywords pediatric readiness, trauma system
Leveraging EMS for Children State Partnerships to Improve Pediatric EMS Care	Research Paper/Publication	Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine	2018 Abstract	DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpem.2018.09.001	Leveraging EMS for Children State Partnerships to Improve Pediatric EMS Care Author(s)/Presenter(s) Sean M.Caffrey, MBA, NRP, FACPE Abstract/Description Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responses for pediatric patients represent 13% of total EMS responses in the United States.1 Despite that, the average experience of the typical prehospital provider in caring for pediatric patients is highly variable, with more than 39% of EMS services seeing fewer than 13 pediatric patients a year.2 The requirements for initial EMS provider certification vary, from 4 to 9 hours for emergency medical technicians and 7 to 34 hours for paramedics, often combining pediatrics into a “special populations” domain which includes geriatrics, obstetrics, and other patient types.3 The lack of operational reinforcement of skills due to low pediatric volume, as well as limited educational opportunities for prehospital providers, results in a lack of comfort when EMS providers find themselves in a situation needing to provide care to an ill or injured child. It is this knowledge and experience gap that the EMS for Children program addresses through state partnership collaborations and regional partnerships. Keywords state partnership, pediatric emergency care, prehospital pediatric emergency care, prehospital pediatric emergency care education, emergency medical services