Lake health district EMS training project - the lake health district EMS training project will create local training opportunities rarely available in a frontier county

These include emergency medical responder (EMR) and emergency medical technician (EMT) classes; mandatory trainings that will enable current emts at all levels to RE-certify; and trauma simulation and vehicle extrication training unique to the needs of emts in a remote corner of the united states. Pplicant: lake health district, DBA lake district hospital, lakeview, oregon amount requested: $200,000 anticipated number of individuals trained: 35, including up to six lake health district EMS full-time staff, up to five lake district hospital nurses, lakeview EMS volunteers, and emts from other ambulance service districts (asas)in lake county, oregon populations served: residents of lake county and parts of klamath county, oregon; modoc county, california; and humboldt county, nevada. About 7,000 people live in the catchment area, most of whom are blue-collar workers. Many have jobs that take them to remote corners of the ASA, which covers an area the size of connecticut and rhode island combined. Lake county's median income is 60% of the state's and nation's. This makes traveling for trainings required for EMT recertification a financial hardship for some volunteers. Trainings offered: EMR and EMT classes, both of which include naloxone training; critical care transport; pre-hospital trauma life support (phtls); mental health first aid; pediatric trauma simulation; vehicle extrication why extrication: because the ASA is so remote, ambulances, not fire trucks, carry rescue tools. Lake health district ambulances have the only rescue tools in 75% of the ASA's 5,800 square miles. Emts must operate rescue equipment and treat patients at motor vehicle collision scenes. Goals: this project aims to (1) recruit and retain EMS personnel; (2) offer mental health and substance abuse training; and (3) increase emts' capacity to respond to pediatric traumatic injuries and motor vehicle collisions. Measurable objectives (all end by august 31, 2022): (1) 75% of attendees will pass EMR classes; (2) 75% of attendees will pass EMT classes; (3) 80% of attendees will pass critical care transport training; (4) 90% of attendees will pass phtls training; (5) the EMS director will become a certified phtls instructor; (6) 20 people will receive naloxone and training; (7) 25% of the EMS roster will complete mental health first aid training; (8) 75% of attendees will pass mental health first aid; (9) 100% of attendees will pass vehicle extrication training; and (10) 100% of medics RE-certify in pediatric advanced life support during pediatric trauma simulation training.