2014 — Finalist for the Center for Nonprofit Management’s Baptist Healing Trust Access to Care Award
2013 — Tennessee Ranked #1 in Pediatric Readiness in the Nation
2011, 2013 — Received Baptist Healing Trust Grant to Place EZ IO's in Rural EMS Agencies
2007 — Trauma Center Funding
TN EMSC was influential in securing funding for trauma centers that serve children in Tennessee.
2006 — Disaster Preparedness
Awarded funding by the State Office of Hospital Preparedness.
The Department of Health identified four major components:
1. To evaluate Pediatric Disaster Readiness by
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- Each health care facility completing a survey
- Reviewing pediatric activity by facility
- Conducting site visits to non-pediatric hospitals with high pediatric volumes for surge capacity
- Developing a pediatric triage plan for the Department of Health and Governor’s Office of Homeland Security’s Hospital Regions
- Evaluating the need for additional equipment and/or training of hospital personnel
2. Provide a web-base pediatric educational tool box with the following topics:
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- Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear agents preparedness
- Children with special healthcare needs
- School preparedness
- Family preparedness
3. Produce reference guides for standard protocols for pediatric resuscitation and initial treatment in the event of disaster.
4. Review pediatric equipment for hospital and ambulances and pediatric education training for professionals.
2003 — Child Passenger Safety Law in Tennessee:
TN EMSC was influential in the successful passage of the comprehensive revision to the child passenger safety law in Tennessee.
- Funded the distribution of Emergency Guidelines for Schools to every public school in TN.
- This was endorsed and supported by the TN Departments of Health and Education. This publication included the AAP/ACEP Emergency Information Form that was endorsed by the State 911 Board and chosen as best practice for Foster Care.
- Awarded funding by the State Office of Rural Health to provide a train-the-trainer course in PEPP (Pediatric Education for Pre-hospital Providers) and to assist community colleges that taught paramedics the pediatric equipment necessary to deliver the course.
- Funding was awarded by the State Office of Rural Health to provide pediatric backboards for ambulance services.
Site visits to 35 rural not-for-profit hospitals were completed by the four Comprehensive Regional Pediatric Centers. The site visit CRPC Team consisted of a MD, RN, and parent/consumer. They completed the following reviews:
- North Carolina’s ED Preparedness Mock Code Scenario
- Family Centered Care Survey
- Equipment Availability and Physical Site
- Pediatric Facility Notebook Review
- TN EMSC received the Poison Control Center Emergency Stabilization Program grant awarded from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the amount of $350,000.
- Commissioner of Health, Fredia, Wadley, MD, appointed TN EMSC to provide leadership in the planning and securing long-term viability to the complete array of poison control and prevention services in Tennessee.
Tennessee EMSC was invited by the Blair House to participate in the Gore Family Re-Union “Efficient Links between People and Neighborhoods: Transportation, Communication and Access to Technology.”
1998 — Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Training Course:
The Tennessee Dept. of Health Traumatic Brain-injury Program in partnership with the Rural Health Association of Tennessee (RHAT) and the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA), awarded a grant to disseminate educational materials, and provide a PALS training course to 35 rural not-for-profit healthcare facilities and ambulances services which could not bear the financial burden to institute the state mandated educational programs.
1997— “Smart Parents = Safe Children” Injury Prevention Resource Guide:
TN EMSC funded the “Smart Parents = Safe Children” Injury Prevention Resource Guide, distributed through the state PTA.
