Ohio Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC)
Fact Sheet
Permanent results of EMSC Program in Ohio:
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Dedicated EMSC personnel and funding from the Division of EMS, Ohio Department of Public
Safety
Establishment of a formalized state EMSC Advisory Committee which reports to the state EMS
Board
Pediatric Representation on the State EMS Board, State Trauma Committee and Regional
Physician Advisory Boards
Creation of Ohio Recommended Minimum Pediatric Protocols for EMS agencies
Pediatric continuing education at all pre-hospital levels
 Trained providers to instruct PEPP (Pediatric Education for Prehospital Providers)
course in underserved regions of Ohio
 Introduction of SCOPE (Special Children’s Outreach and Prehospital Education) to Ohio
Goals for Ohio EMSC, 2003-2006
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Integrate EMSC into State Public Health Programs
 Outreach programs (speak to groups, attend conferences, publish & disseminate data)
 Facility Recognition (survey of all hospital emergency departments in Ohio for
preparedness in dealing with pediatric cases)
Develop fact sheets from EMS Incident Reporting System and Ohio Trauma Registry
Lead and Instruct EMS Agencies in Performance Improvement (host conferences)
Increase EMSC Presence in State Disaster Planning Activities (attend meetings and promote
pediatric awareness)
2004 Ohio EMSC Publications
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Emergency Guidelines for Schools – over 25,000 distributed since 1997; over 2800 in 2004
 Emergency procedures for school officials when nurse is unavailable
 Color-coded flowcharts for common injuries and illnesses
 Available for schools, childcare centers, parks and recreation centers, hospitals, local
health departments and EMS agencies
First Aid for Child Care Curriculum – over 8,000 books provided to caregivers in 2004
 Coordinated with Child Care Licensing, ODJFS
 Offers state required training for day care professionals
 Any MD, RN or EMS Instructor may teach
EMTs and Injury Prevention Manual
 Designed to help EMTs plan, implement and evaluate community-based injury
prevention projects
 Provides resources EMTs can use and adapt to local needs
 Gives opportunity for EMTs to reach out to community BEFORE emergency
Children Have An iDentity (CHAD) Stickers – over 100,000 distributed statewide in 2004
 Safety seat identification for children
 Result of fatal crash with surviving 13-month old boy
Other 2005 Ohio EMSC Accomplishments
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Educated 48 EMTs and 2 MDs on performance improvement at our first PI conference
Presented program information at 7 state and regional medical meetings
Celebrated EMS Week by giving a presentation to Marion General Hospital on EMSC Day
Prepared the Emergency Department Pediatric Preparedness Survey for hospitals to assess
readiness to care for children
Future Plans for Ohio EMSC
2005 Activities
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Complete analysis of Emergency Department Pediatric Preparedness Survey and begin action
based on results
Create & distribute data sheets
 Create data sheets using EMS Incident Reporting System and Ohio Trauma Registry
data
 Highlight critical issues of pediatric pre-hospital care in Ohio
Continue performance improvement education efforts
 Offer additional PI conference
Create, distribute and analyze EMS provider surveys
 Modeled on Research Studies for the Seven Reports on EMS and Trauma Topics,
November 2003
 Results showed need for pediatric training and equipment in Ohio River area
 Survey to measure EMT preparedness for treating children statewide
 Results will provide baseline data for future programs
Provide pediatric disaster preparedness training
 Offer PDP conference
Offer pediatric prehospital training in areas most in need
 Contract PEPP instructors to teach course in area surveyed in Research Studies, i.e.
Ohio River area
Continue outreach efforts
 Attend at least 8 EMS/medical organization conferences
 Deliver presentations to all 10 Regional Physician Advisory Boards
Hold stakeholder meeting to help determine future direction of Ohio EMSC
 Invite associated organizations (children, injury prevention, emergency medicine, EMS,
parents)
 Use input from attendees to begin strategic planning process