Bringing EMS and Public Health Together

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The Appleseed Project
Bringing EMS and Public Health Together
Module I Project Overview and Introductions
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The Appleseed Project
Bringing EMS and Public Health Together
Welcome
Frederick Lippman, RPh., EdD Chancellor Nova
Southeastern University
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The Appleseed Project
Bringing EMS and Public Health Together
Opening Remarks Lisa VanderWerf-Hourigan,
MS Florida Department of Health
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The Appleseed Project
Bringing EMS and Public Health Together
Setting the Stage Richard C. Hunt, MD,
FACEP Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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Workshop Goal

• To strengthen collaborations between EMS and PH
  practitioners and services/agencies through
  shared learning and action planning

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Workshop Objectives
To enable senior and mid-level managers of EMS
and PH services and agencies at regional,
state,and local levels to

• Know the names, contact information,
  andresponsibilities of key players in EMS and PH
  in their communities.

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Objectives (cont.)

• Better understand the missions, roles and daily
  activities of EMS and PH, and their related
  impacts on the communities they serve.

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Objectives (cont.)

• Describe ways in which EMS and PH
  services/agencies can support one another and
  work together to better accomplish both missions
  with special emphasis on injury prevention and
  preparedness.

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Objectives (cont.)

• Identify specific collaborative initiatives to
  pursue over the coming year, including next steps
  for further planning and implementation.

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Setting the Stage
What Led To This Workshop?
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EMS Agenda for the Future

• 19921994 Key groups and leaders
  identify need for EMS status report,
  needs assessment, and strategic plan
• 19951996 EMS Agenda supported by NHTSA
  and HRSA and developed with broad input
  from diverse stakeholders

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Key Recommendationsof EMS Agenda

• EMS must
• Expand role in public health and prevention and
  develop ongoing relationship with
  communitypublic health and social services
• Become involved in community health monitoring
  and data collection
• Integrate with other health care provider systems
  to enhance the continuum of care and improve
  community health

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Roundtables

• Four Public Health and EMS
• Roundtables in 2000/2001
• Sponsored by
• American Public HealthAssociation (APHA)
• National Association of EMS Physicians
• With support and participation from
• NHTSA, HRSA and 20 other key stakeholders

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Key Public Health Events

• Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
• Anthrax scare of October 16, 2001
• Pandemic flu
• readiness plans of
• 2007

These public health events demonstrate the need
for enhanced collaboration with EMS!
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CDCs 2004 Initiative
Goal Develop a national awareness curriculum
that would educate personnel from EMS and public
health about each others duties in order to
improve collaboration and better understand the
intersections between the two disciplines.
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Working Sessions

• APHA convened 3-day
• meeting of experts
• representing over 20 EMS and public
  health stakeholder organizations
• Guidance and curriculum outline became
  guiding template for this workshop!

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As Further Incentive for Collaboration

• National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza
  Implementation Plan
• Submitted June 2007 by NHTSA to White House
• Cornerstone of local/regional readiness plans
• Requires coordination of surveillance, triage and
  treatment plans

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• And thats how and why you
• are here today!

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Introductions

• Who are we?