Rural EMS training in northwest ohio - mercy health-ST

Vincent medical center, the lead agency for the northwest ohio EMS consortium, will implement rural emergency medical services (EMS) training in the following rural counties/census tracts located in northwest ohio: seneca county, OH (in rural census tract: 963200), tiffin fire and rescue department (in rural census tract 963500) and wood county, ohio (in rural census tract 021701). The proposed activities will strengthen the quality and consistency of training of EMS personnel in these counties by delivering basic and advanced continuing education in the areas of pediatric care, geriatric care, cardiac care and trauma response. The provided training will be responsive to the needs of the communities in which the EMS personnel serve. Through the grant, mercy health will partner with tiffin fire and rescue department in seneca county, seneca county EMS and affiliated volunteer fire departments in seneca county, and bowling green fire division in wood county, OH. Through the grant, mercy health will partner with seneca county EMS, tiffin fire and rescue and the bowling green fire department. The goal is to increase the capacity of rural EMS personnel to provide high quality and consistent emergency medical services in their communities will be achieved by training at least 150 EMS personnel across the three areas. Three EMS professionals will engage in critical incident stress management (CISM) training and three EMS professionals will complete mental health first aid training. At least 150 EMS personnel will be trained on be trained on best practices in the administration of opioid overdose antidotes. Fifty EMS professionals will be trained on the care of patients with mental and substance use disorders.