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Ensuring your family is prepared for an emergency can be simple with these Preparedness Month resources

By |2023-09-29T14:17:53-07:00September 29th, 2023|Preparedness|

The old adage “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” is also true for preparedness. As National Preparedness Month comes to a close, it’s a great time to make sure your family is prepared.  Take the opportunity to prepare now before an emergency happens so [...]

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Information Sharing with Hospitals during Disasters

By |2017-09-05T09:32:00-07:00September 5th, 2017|Preparedness|

Recent events such as Hurricane Harvey have illustrated the importance of information sharing during a disaster response. Communication and coordination between first responders, health care facilities, emergency management, public health, and other responders is critical to protecting the health and well-being of disaster victims. After action reports and lessons learned from previous responses almost always [...]

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Buckeye Fire-Medical-Rescue Department Earns Statewide Recognition

By |2017-05-03T09:30:15-07:00May 3rd, 2017|Preparedness|

The Buckeye Fire-Medical-Rescue Department recently became Arizona’s fourth emergency medical services (EMS) agency to successfully obtain ADHS Treat & Refer (T&R) EMS Agency recognition. Arizona's T&R Recognition Program recognizes EMS agencies that have demonstrated optimal patient safety and quality of care by matching appropriate treatment, transport, and care destination options to the needs of [...]

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Online Acute Traumatic Pain Management Training Module Launched

By |2017-02-10T09:49:11-07:00August 10th, 2015|Preparedness|

Our Bureau of EMS and Trauma System launched the Acute Traumatic Pain Management Training Module online on July 21. The Module is part of the Bureau’s participation in a five-state National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) grant project including Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Tennessee, and Wyoming. The purpose of the project is to evaluate how states [...]

What’s the Medical “Standard of Care” in an Emergency?

By |2017-02-10T09:49:54-07:00January 23rd, 2014|Preparedness|

Good question.  Disasters and public health emergencies can stress health care systems to the breaking point and disrupt delivery of vital medical services. For example-  hospitals and long-term care facilities may be without power; trained staff, ambulances, medical supplies, and beds could be in short supply; and alternate care facilities may need to be used.  [...]

Evaluating a Trauma System II

By |2017-02-10T09:50:04-07:00October 17th, 2013|General|

A couple of weeks ago, I introduced the concept of “Over Triage”…  which is when EMS transports a patient to the highest level of care (like a level I trauma center) when they could have taken them to a level III or IV trauma center closer to their home.  The downside of over-triage is that [...]

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AZ’s Trauma System Makes the News Again

By |2017-02-10T09:50:12-07:00August 21st, 2013|Preparedness|

Four years ago- AZ's Trauma System was really in its infancy.   We had 7 Level I (high-end) Trauma Centers…  but that’s it.  After 4 years and a full court press- we now have a functional statewide trauma system to help folks who get injured outside the metropolitan areas that includes 31 trauma centers including 16 of the [...]

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AZ Brain Injury Resources Continue to Expand

By |2017-02-10T09:50:33-07:00April 16th, 2013|General|

Last year we created Arizona’s Excellence in Pre-hospital Injury Care project- which is aimed at improving brain injury outcomes in AZ. The National Institutes of Health chose AZ as the only state to evaluate the national standards for pre-hospital emergency care of brain injury.  Since we got started about a year ago- we’ve recruited almost 100 [...]

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AZ’s Traumatic Brain Injury Network Developing

By |2017-02-10T09:50:44-07:00February 6th, 2013|General, Preparedness|

Traumatic brain injury is involved in about 1/3 of all injury-related deaths- it’s clearly a public health issue.  That’s why we created Arizona's Excellence in Pre-hospital Injury Care project- which is aimed at improving brain injury outcomes in AZ. The National Institutes of Health chose AZ as the only state to evaluate the national standards [...]

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Dispatch Interventions

By |2012-06-25T08:56:43-07:00June 25th, 2012|Prevention|

About a year ago Ben Bobrow, MD (our EMS Medical Director) came into my office with a great idea to set up a program to train 911 dispatchers in better ways to coach callers through CPR instructions so callers can do a better job before the paramedics get there.  The problem was money.  So I sent him [...]

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