GOALS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

1) Public Information, Education, and Relations (PIER) for EMSC in Maryland

• Expanded the injury prevention initiatives at the state, regional, and local levels, based upon stratified analysis of pediatric injury patterns from our statewide databases to ensure the development of community-specific partnerships

• Created written and electronic resource tools for EMS providers

• Established Child Passenger Safety programs for training public service providers and  the community

• Conducted workshops focused on childhood injury prevention and PIER training in regional programs

2) Maryland Resources on EMS and Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHN)

• Developed a core faculty and necessary instructor resources to enable dissemination of  the continuing education workshop on Children with Special Health Care Needs statewide

• Conducted CSHN workshops/pre-conferences across the five regions in Maryland

• Established teaching resources and provide training mannequins for CSHN workshops

• Evaluated the Pediatric Disaster Life Support Course (Massachusetts EMSC TI Grant) and determine the application in Maryland

3) Communication and Cultural Competence in Emergency Care of the Adolescent

• Conducted Cultural Competence Consensus meeting for EMSC and EMS State Directors and develop concept paper focused on the integration of Cultural Competence in EMSC

• Duplicated and disseminated the Instructor's manual from the Adolescent EMSC Project at Children's National Medical Center to the EMSC state grant projects in the states and territories

• Further developed and disseminated educational programs on adolescent emergency care