Alabama — State Partnership

Alabama EMSC State Partnership Grant

Jan. 1, 1986 - Present

Grant Number

H3306713 (old #: H33MC09713)

Project Overview: The mission of the Alabama Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program is to prevent and reduce child, youth and adolescent disability and death resultant of severe illness and injury. Currently, the Alabama EMSC Program’s focus is to receive funding to continue the previously established child-focused programs. The program goals are to: achieve performance measures and be granted data collection exemption on ones the program has currently achieved; finalize the Sensory Friendly Initiative pilot project and implement the initiative statewide; develop an EMS recognition program; and continue educating prehospital providers about the importance of the EMSC program, its performance measures, and the necessity for compliance.
Institution: Department of Public Health, Office of EMS

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Regions

HRSA

EMSC

SERC

HPP

NASEMSO

South

Contacts

Name	Role(s)	Phone	Email
Shea Duerring, MD	Pediatric Medical Director/Advisor	(205) 638-9587	sduerring@peds.uab.edu
Leslie Parris	FAN
Vacant Vacant	Program Manager

Disseminations

Title	Type	Publication/Event	Published/Presented	Identifier	Details
Increasing Comfort with Sensory Processing Difficulties in the Prehospital Setting: Pre-Post Study of Education and Sensory Tools in EMS Providers	Research Paper/Publication	Southern Medical Journal	2020	PMID: 32016434	Increasing Comfort with Sensory Processing Difficulties in the Prehospital Setting: Pre-Post Study of Education and Sensory Tools in EMS Providers Author(s)/Presenter(s) Nipam Shah, Katherine Hert, Ann E Klasner Abstract/Description Objectives: Interfacing with patients with sensory processing difficulties is challenging to healthcare providers and even more problematic for emergency medical services (EMS) personnel in the acute care setting. Sensory training may be an effective nonpharmacologic method to deal with these patient populations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether an educational session and placement sensory tools would improve the comfort of EMS providers in the prehospital setting. View On Pub Med
Increasing Comfort with Sensory Processing Difficulties in Pre‐Hospital Setting: Pre‐Post Study of Education and Sensory Tools in EMS Providers	Poster	2019 EMSC Grantee Meeting	2019 Poster Link		Increasing Comfort with Sensory Processing Difficulties in Pre‐Hospital Setting: Pre‐Post Study of Education and Sensory Tools in EMS Providers Author(s)/Presenter(s) Katherine Hert; Ann E. Klasner, MD, MPH; Nipam Shah, MBBS, MPH Abstract/Description The purpose of this study was to evaluate if an educational session and distribution of sensory tools would improve provider comfort with patients who have sensory processing difficulties. Keywords sensory
Ready for Children: Assessing Pediatric Care Coordination and Psychomotor Skills Evaluation in the Prehospital Setting	Research Paper/Publication	Prehospital Emergency Care	2018 Abstract	PMID: 30380953 DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2018.1542472	Ready for Children: Assessing Pediatric Care Coordination and Psychomotor Skills Evaluation in the Prehospital Setting Author(s)/Presenter(s) Hilary A Hewes, Michael Ely, Rachel Richards, Manish I Shah, Stephanie Busch, Diane Pilkey, Katherine Dixon Hert, Lenora M Olson Abstract/Description Objective: Pediatric patients represent low frequency but potentially high-risk encounters for emergency medical services (EMS) providers. Scant information is available from EMS agencies on the frequency of pediatric skill evaluation and the presence of pediatric emergency care coordination, both which may help EMS systems optimize care for children. The objective of our study was to assess the frequency and type of methods used to assess psychomotor skills competency using pediatric-specific equipment and pediatric care coordination in EMS ground transport agencies. Keywords emergency medical services; pediatric care coordination; pediatric emergency care coordinator; pediatric equipment; prehospital emergency care View On Pub Med