County Emergency Medical Services

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION

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PUTNAM COUNTY EMS IS SEEKING TO OBTAIN EMS TRAINING EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE SAMSHA FY2022 RURAL EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING GRANT (SHORT TITLE: EMS TRAINING). - THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR OF THIS PROJECT INTENDS TO OBTAIN EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH THE STATE OF INDIANA'S REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION OF BECOMING AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TRAINING INSTITUTION AS DEFINED BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; THE STATE OF INDIANA'S EMS GOVERNING BODY. BY ACQUIRING THIS EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE TO OUTFIT A CLASSROOM HERE AT PUTNAM COUNTY HEADQUARTERS, PCEMS WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER EMS TRAINING TO A RURAL AREA OF WEST/CENTRAL INDIANA THAT DOES NOT HAVE EASILY ACCESSIBLE EMS CLASSES FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE INDUSTRY. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF COVID-19, EMS PROFESSIONALS HAVE BEEN LEAVING THE INDUSTRY IN SOME OF THE HIGHEST NUMBERS EMS PROFESSIONALS HAVE EVER SEEN. BY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINT FOR EMS EDUCATION IN A RURAL AREA OF INDIANA, PCEMS CAN INFUSE THE INDUSTRY WITH EMS PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE THE DRIVE AND THE PASSION TO BE IN PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS ULTIMATELY WILL MEET ALL THE REQUIRED ACTIVITIES OF THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY BY TRAINING EMS PERSONNEL AS APPROPRIATE TO MAINTAIN LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS, CONDUCT COURSES THAT QUALIFY GRADUATES TO SERVE IN THE EMS AGENCY, FUND SPECIFIC TRAINING TO MEET FEDERAL AND/OR STATE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS ENSURE EMS PERSONNEL ARE TRAINED ON MENTAL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS AS THOSE TOPICS ARE REQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EMTS.

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ST. ANTHONY SAND DUNES EMS

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LINCOLN COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EMS TRAINING PROJECT - WITH FIRST RESPONDERS ALREADY BEING AT INCREASED RISK FOR BURNOUT, ON THE JOB INJURY AND SELF-HARM BEHAVIORS, THE 2019 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC INTENSIFIES THE NEED FOR EDUCATION ON STRESS, THE IMPACT OF STRESS, HOW IT LEADS TO MORE DEBILITATING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND AVAILABLE SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES FOR EMS PERSONNEL. ADDITIONAL EDUCATION WILL ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUED RECRUITMENT OF QUALIFIED STAFF AND TRAINING OF CURRENT STAFF FOR CREDENTIALING PURPOSES. LINCOLN COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (LCEMS) SYSTEM SEEKS TO EXPAND THE CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO MEET STATE AND NATIONAL RE-CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL PARAMEDICS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS (EMTS) ON TOPICS RELATED TO BEHAVIORAL/MENTAL HEALTH, TOXICOLOGY/OPIOID TREATMENT, PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES, CULTURE OF SAFETY, AND EMPLOYEE HEALTH/WELLNESS. THIS PROGRAM EXPANSION WOULD AFFORD LCEMS SYSTEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE PERSONNEL TO RECOGNIZE WHEN A PATIENT, PEER, OR THEY THEMSELVES ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF STRESS, FOCUSING ON WHEN AND HOW TO LINK TO RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OPTIMAL WELLNESS. THIS PROGRAM WOULD INCLUDE COMPLETION OF COURSES SUCH AS NALOXONE ADMINISTRATION FOR OPIOID OVERDOSE TREATMENT, STRESS FIRST AID, INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS FOUNDATION SUPPORTED CERTIFICATIONS, A LOCALLY DEVELOPED CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING MODEL FOCUSED ON LOCAL RESOURCE LINKAGE, AND OTHER COURSES RELATED TO STRESS MANAGEMENT AND SAMHSAS EIGHT DIMENSIONS OF WELLNESS. LCEMS PLANS TO WORK WITH AREA FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY AND TRAIN CHAMPIONS WITHIN THESE ANCILLARY AGENCIES TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE LCEMS SYSTEM. LCEMS WOULD ALSO UTILIZE THESE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS TO ENSURE THAT NEW HIRES AND NEW VOLUNTEERS ARE TRAINED AS A PART OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL ORIENTATION. WITH THE ESTIMATION THAT ONE IN FIVE INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES TO A LEVEL REQUIRING INTERVENTION, THIS PROGRAM WOULD SEEK TO SUCCESSFULLY LINK A MINIMUM OF 100 FIRST RESPONDERS DURING THE FIRST YEAR TO RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT OPTIMAL WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE INCLUDING STRESS MANAGEMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THERAPY, NUTRITION, PHYSICAL TRAINING AND FITNESS, AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. THE EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROGRAM, RELATED POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND AGENCY INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ALLOW LCEMS TO BETTER SERVE THE 80,504 INDIVIDUALS ESTIMATED TO LIVE IN LINCOLN COUNTY BY ADDRESSING THEIR OWN HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND RESILIENCY. THE GRANT IMPLEMENTATION TEAM SEEKS TO COMPLETE TRAINING/CERTIFICATION FOR BOTH LCEMS SYSTEM PROVIDERS AND A GROUP OF IDENTIFIED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO INCREASE STAFF ACCESS TO PROFESSIONALS QUALIFIED TO TREAT AND SUPPORT THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS WHILE REDUCING STIGMA RELATED WITH SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, ENHANCING THE VALUE OF THE USE OF PEER SUPPORT RESOURCES OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS WITHIN THE LCEMS SYSTEM, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH RELATED ABSENCES, DEVELOPING A PLAN TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH CRISES AMONG SYSTEM PROVIDERS, AND IMPROVING EMPLOYEE AND VOLUNTEER RETENTION RATES.