ORHPC Grants
GREATER NORTHWEST EMS
Who are the people we
Serve?
Greater Northwest EMS
FY 2002 Resource Requests by Service Type
13%
6%
Fire Department
Ambulance
Public Health
First Responder
27%
48%
6%
Other
Three basic grant
projects
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CISM (Critical Incident Stress
Management) Defusing Project
 Ambulance Managers Education Project
 TNCC (Trauma Nurses Core Course)
Project
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Basic need for a
project
 Funding
 Partners
 Knowledge
Reviewed other eligible
groups of targeted grants!!
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Many grant offerings
are targeted toward
Rural
 What members of our
Board Structure served
allied eligible agencies
 Peers approached to
venture jointly in the
project
Defusing Project
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Challenges:
 Short of Mental
Health Professionals
 Needed alternative to
utilize current team
membership
 Maximize their past
training
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Joint team effort kept
intact
 Look for economical
training environment
 Secure speaker to train
group at minimal costs
Defusing Project
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Successes:
 Secured partner to
share costs
 Defusing utilized
peers vs Mental Health
professionals
 Expanded upon
previous training
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Empowered team
members
 Partnering prevented
fracturing of team
 Utilized Casino for
training effort
 National speaker
secured for training
event at minimal cost
Ambulance Managers
Education
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Challenges:
 Continuity of
volunteer managers
 No known template
available
 Limited funding to
send individuals onto
focused training
elsewhere
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Limited time
participants can be
away
 Want to train for more
than one physical
session
 How to train new
people in future
 Looking to expand
project in future
Ambulance Managers Education
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Successes:
 Secured 86% participation
 Broke down larger scale
template into 3 managable
sessions
 Kept session within region
 Again utilized Casino
setting
 Partnered with peer to
share costs
 Used assistance of MN
Ambulance Assn to
commit to additional
sessions
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Secured Bio-terrorism
group looking to inform
target audience
Secured funding from
Bio-terrorism group
Began Pilot project for
national modular format
Requested assistance from
local university
broadcasting dept to
duplicate presentations
Trauma Nursing Core Course
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Challenges:
 Limited contact with
target audience
 Expensive project to
bring to area
 Limited success with
previous trainings
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Locating multiple
training locations
 Securing qualified
trainers
 Conforming to
National ENA
guidelines
 Coordinating regional
fragmented pieces
already in existance
Trauma Nursing Core Course
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Successes:
Secured additional trainers from
State ENA Chapter
Found future subsidy for
additional trainings
Developed relationship with
referral center speaker bureau
(HCMC)
Developed cost savings from
host sites
Used economies to sponsor two
additional trainings
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Partnered with another grant
recipient to maximize their
trainings
Trained 80+ participants
Provided a 25% co-pay for
participants
Created base to develop a regional
training rotation for future needs
Prepared a number of nurses for
the anticipated State Trauma
System
Used trainings to inform
participants of needed Trauma
system and their role legislatively
Learned some things along
the way
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Look for partners/more is better
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If you get a “NO” always ask what
COULD be offered.
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Serve on regional/state committees
Share your ideas/projects with
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others
See who can host the event if
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possible
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Look at requiring a Co-Pay
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Would someone else benefit having
this captive audience
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Are there national partners
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doing/looking at the same thing
Do National partners provide
assistance.
Is duplication an option if so can a
local college help
Could you be considered a pilot
project
Are there speaker grants/bureaus
available to assist
Will speakers take less
Will vendors sponsor a speaker
See who can host the event if
possible
Use the contacts you make
Challenges sometimes provide
financial opportunities and rewards
Continue Looking for
Opportunities
Thank You and good luck
stepping up to the plate for
your communities