Vermont — State Partnership

Vermont Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) State Partnership Program

Jan. 1, 1989 - Present

Grant Number

H33MC06729

Project Overview

Vermont EMSC works toward three major goals: 1) to expand and improve emergency medical services for children to ensure that critically ill or injured children receive the right care at the right time, no matter where they live, play, or go to school in Vermont; 2) to collaborate with hospitals statewide to appropriately integrate pediatric services into existing pediatric medical and trauma systems and to ensure these services are supported by optimal resources; and 3) to ensure integration of the mission of the Vermont EMSC Program into state policy. The Vermont EMSC Program plans to reach these goals by working to achieve the federal EMSC performance measures (EMSC 01-09), which dictate tangible and systematic goals that aim to reduce the burden of pediatric morbidity and mortality by integrating pediatric readiness into the current system.

Institution

Department of Health, Division of Emergency Preparedness, EMS & Injury Prevention

Main Contact

Chelsea Dubie, M.Ed., AEMT

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Regions

HRSA

EMSC

New England

HPP

NASEMSO

East

Contacts

Name	Role(s)	Phone	Email
Bambi Dame	Project Director	(802) 233-2208	bambi.dame@vermont.gov
Chelsea Dubie, M.Ed., AEMT	Program Manager		Chelsea.Dubie@vermont.gov
Kate Soons	FAN

Products

Title	Format	Description	Published/Revised	Availability
Foundations of Pediatric Preparedness Virtual Forum	Education Module(s)/Curriculum	This forum aims to provide practical skills and easy to use tools to enhance pediatric preparedness in both the prehospital … Foundations of Pediatric Preparedness Virtual Forum Description This forum aims to provide practical skills and easy to use tools to enhance pediatric preparedness in both the prehospital and emergency department settings. Main highlights of the forum workshops include: learning about low cost, do-it-yourself simulation models and how to use these models to teach pediatric skills and procedures, leading and teaching debriefing in the clinical environment, and standardizing patient handoff between prehospital and emergency department providers to enhance care.	2020	Available Online Must register for OPENPediatrics to access material Register
Vermont Pediatric Safe Program	Recognition Program	To recognize the commitment of agencies that are improving pediatric emergency care, the Vermont Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) … Vermont Pediatric Safe Program Description To recognize the commitment of agencies that are improving pediatric emergency care, the Vermont Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program has developed the Vermont Pediatric Safe Program. This voluntary, statewide initiative will recognize agencies that go beyond basic requirements to provide excellent care to your community’s children.	2020	Available Online Program Overview Application

Disseminations

Title	Type	Publication/Event	Published/Presented	Identifier	Details
Always Ready for Children: A Regional Approach to Pediatric Recognition in Pediatric Readiness	Poster	2021 EMSC All Grantee Meeting	2021 Click to view Poster Click to view Presentation		Always Ready for Children: A Regional Approach to Pediatric Recognition in Pediatric Readiness Author(s)/Presenter(s) Anna K. Sessa, Marc Auerbach, Victoria Barnes, Eric Hicken, Marc Minkler, Megan Petrucelli, Merrill Pine, Carolina Roberts-Santana Abstract/Description Objectives: Minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children in the Northeast region across the care continuum: recognize ED pediatric care using NPRA score and PECC; promote future pediatric improvement efforts; positively reinforce improvement efforts; drive QI with regional approach, friendly competition; bolster PECC network to support QI efforts; improve states’ Performance Measure EMSC04. Collaborate in order to: distribute work and cost to create programmatic materials; glean additional stakeholder involvement; unify to improve continuum of care across state borders; strengthen regional collaborations. Keywords facility recognition; regional
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