ORHPC Grants

GREATER NORTHWEST EMS

Who are the people we Who are the people we Serve?Serve?

Greater Northwest EMSFY 2002 Resource Requests by Service Type

6%

48%

6%

27%

13% Fire Department

Ambulance

Public Health

First Responder

Other

Three basic grant projects

CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) Defusing Project

Ambulance Managers Education ProjectTNCC (Trauma Nurses Core Course)

Project

Basic need for a project

Funding Partners Knowledge

Reviewed other eligible Reviewed other eligible groups of targeted grants!!groups of targeted grants!!

Many grant offerings are targeted toward Rural

What members of our Board Structure served allied eligible agencies

Peers approached to venture jointly in the project

Defusing ProjectDefusing Project

Challenges: Short of Mental

Health Professionals Needed alternative to

utilize current team membership

Maximize their past training

Joint team effort kept intact

Look for economical training environment

Secure speaker to train group at minimal costs

Defusing Project Defusing Project

Successes: Secured partner to

share costs Defusing utilized

peers vs Mental Health professionals

Expanded upon previous training

Empowered team members

Partnering prevented fracturing of team

Utilized Casino for training effort

National speaker secured for training event at minimal cost

Ambulance Managers Ambulance Managers EducationEducation

Challenges: Continuity of

volunteer managers No known template

available Limited funding to

send individuals onto focused training elsewhere

Limited time participants can be away

Want to train for more than one physical session

How to train new people in future

Looking to expand project in future

Ambulance Managers EducationAmbulance Managers Education Successes: Secured 86% participation Broke down larger scale

template into 3 managable sessions

Kept session within region Again utilized Casino setting Partnered with peer to share

costs Used assistance of MN

Ambulance Assn to commit to additional sessions

Secured Bio-terrorism group looking to inform target audience

Secured funding from Bio-terrorism group

Began Pilot project for national modular format

Requested assistance from local university broadcasting dept to duplicate presentations

Trauma Nursing Core CourseTrauma Nursing Core Course

Challenges: Limited contact with

target audience Expensive project to

bring to area Limited success with

previous trainings

Locating multiple training locations

Securing qualified trainers

Conforming to National ENA guidelines

Coordinating regional fragmented pieces already in existance

Trauma Nursing Core CourseTrauma Nursing Core Course Successes: Secured additional trainers

from State ENA Chapter Found future subsidy for

additional trainings Developed relationship with

referral center speaker bureau (HCMC)

Developed cost savings from host sites

Used economies to sponsor two additional trainings

Partnered with another grant recipient to maximize their trainings

Trained 80+ participants Provided a 25% co-pay for

participants Created base to develop a

regional training rotation for future needs

Prepared a number of nurses for the anticipated State Trauma System

Used trainings to inform participants of needed Trauma system and their role legislatively

Learned some things along Learned some things along the waythe way

Look for partners/more is better If you get a “NO” always ask what

COULD be offered. Serve on regional/state committees Share your ideas/projects with

others See who can host the event if

possible Look at requiring a Co-Pay Would someone else benefit having

this captive audience Are there national partners

doing/looking at the same thing Do National partners provide

assistance.

Is duplication an option if so can a local college help

Could you be considered a pilot project

Are there speaker grants/bureaus available to assist

Will speakers take less Will vendors sponsor a speaker See who can host the event if

possible Use the contacts you make Challenges sometimes provide

financial opportunities and rewards

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