Preparedness

Items in the Preparedness category will cover everything from Emergency Medical Services to vaccination programs. This division at ADHS tracks contagious disease, coordinates emergency preparedness activity, licenses EMTs and Paramedics, regulates ambulance companies, authorizes special hospital designations like cardiac care center and Level IV trauma center, issues birth and death certificates, and tracks critical health data through various sources including hospital discharge information.

Ambulance Service Enhanced Surveillance

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:03-07:00October 29th, 2013|Preparedness|

This past summer I blogged about Rural Metro failing to meet a bond payment and having some issues with an ambulance service contract in California. They subsequently filed for bankruptcy and are in the process of negotiating with their creditors. This is important- because they’re a big provider of 9-1-1 and hospital to hospital [...]

ADHS Partners with Students for Research

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:04-07:00October 21st, 2013|Preparedness|

Our public health mission is closely linked to the public health mission of many groups, including those at the community, county and university levels. That’s why I frequently attend meetings watching for chances to work together. I also try to connect public health students with people in our shop doing cutting edge work. Working together [...]

Comments Off

Evaluating a Trauma System

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:06-07:00October 3rd, 2013|Preparedness|

How do we evaluate Arizona’s trauma system, you ask? Good question. Over the next few weeks I’ll blog about “Trauma System Evaluation 101” as well as some of the evaluation tools we use to assess Arizona’s trauma system. The goal of any trauma system is to get the right patient to the right place in [...]

Comments Off

50 Years of Newborn Screening

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:07-07:00September 29th, 2013|General, Newborn Screening, Preparedness|

The first newborn screening test was developed in 1963 by Dr. Robert Guthrie to test for phenylketonuria, commonly known as PKU. Since then, scientists have developed more tests to screen newborns for a variety of severe conditions. This year, the nation celebrates 50 Years of Newborn Screening. The State of Arizona currently screens for 29 [...]

Rural Metro Bankruptcy

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:10-07:00September 9th, 2013|Preparedness|

A couple of months ago the Rural/Metro Corporation filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Last month I sent them a detailed letter asking for a host of financial and operational information about the company in order to determine whether the company still meets our statutory mandate (ARS 36-2201) and rules requirement (AAC R9-25-912(A)) [...]

Filariasis

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:10-07:00September 5th, 2013|General, Preparedness, Prevention|

I thought I’d do a series on some interesting tropical diseases over the next few weeks. Let’s start with a disease called filariasis- which can cause something called elephantiasis. You’ve probably heard of a disease in dogs called heartworm. It’s caused by tiny thread-like worms called microfilariae. Like many diseases, there’s a similar disease that [...]

Comments Off

Native American Trauma Report

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:11-07:00August 27th, 2013|Preparedness|

One of the things you’ll see in our upcoming State Health Assessment is the fact that traumatic injury disproportionately impacts the American Indian population in Arizona. To dive into the issue deeper and to help us design more effective interventions, our Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System published our first Arizona American Indian [...]

Comments Off

AZ’s Trauma System Makes the News Again

By Will Humble|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 [...]

Comments Off

Cottage Home Successes

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:14-07:00August 11th, 2013|Preparedness|

A couple years ago, the legislature passed a bill to allow people to make certain foods at home and sell them to the public. The food has to be a low-risk for food-borne diseases, but there's lots of options. The program is a great success - we have more than 1,700 people registered for the [...]

Comments Off

Rural Metro Bankruptcy

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:16-07:00August 5th, 2013|Preparedness|

Earlier this week the Rural/Metro Corporation (a large provider of private ambulance in Arizona) announced that it had filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The Company announced that the bankruptcy action will allow the company to… “significantly reduce its debt, renegotiate unprofitable contracts and free [...]

Comments Off

Previous 747576 Next

Categories

Quick Links

Archives

Social Media