Emergency Medical Services for Children in 14 Rural Counties

摘要

The project's major goal was to prevent childhood emergencies and to improveemergency medical services for children in Ohio by building local support and developing effective local emergency medical systems with linkage to referral centers. Specific project goals included establishing local emergency medical service (EMS) advisory councils; developing train-the-trainer programs for local emergency department personnel; developing networks linking local EMS systems with local emergency department personnel and pediatric medical consultants, and linking demonstration area with regional children's hospitals and pediatric medical centers; and developing public information and education programs.