ORHPC Grants
GREATER NORTHWEST EMS
Who are the people we
Serve?
Greater Northwest EMS
FY 2002 Resource Requests by Service Type
13%
6%
Fire Department
Ambulance
Public Health
First Responder
27%
48%
6%
Other
Three basic grant
projects
z CISM
(Critical Incident Stress
Management) Defusing Project
z Ambulance Managers Education Project
z TNCC (Trauma Nurses Core Course)
Project
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Basic need for a
project
Funding
Partners
Knowledge
Reviewed other eligible
groups of targeted grants!!
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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 Project
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Challenges:
Short of Mental
Health Professionals
Needed alternative to
utilize current team
membership
Maximize their past
training
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Joint team effort kept
intact
Look for economical
training environment
Secure speaker to train
group at minimal costs
Defusing Project
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Successes:
Secured partner to
share costs
Defusing utilized
peers vs Mental Health
professionals
Expanded upon
previous training
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Empowered team
members
Partnering prevented
fracturing of team
Utilized Casino for
training effort
National speaker
secured for training
event at minimal cost
Ambulance Managers
Education
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Challenges:
Continuity of
volunteer managers
No known template
available
Limited funding to
send individuals onto
focused training
elsewhere
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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 Education
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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
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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 Course
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Challenges:
Limited contact with
target audience
Expensive project to
bring to area
Limited success with
previous trainings
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Locating multiple
training locations
Securing qualified
trainers
Conforming to
National ENA
guidelines
Coordinating regional
fragmented pieces
already in existance
Trauma Nursing Core Course
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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
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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
the way
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Look for partners/more is better
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If you get a “NO” always ask what
COULD be offered.
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Serve on regional/state committees
Share your ideas/projects with
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others
See who can host the event if
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possible
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Look at requiring a Co-Pay
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Would someone else benefit having
this captive audience
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Are there national partners
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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
Continue Looking for
Opportunities
Thank You and good luck
stepping up to the plate for
your communities