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Historically “emergency care communities” such as public health agencies, emergency departments and EMS systems have functioned independently of one another. Typically, these emergency care communities have maintained separate operational systems, separate communications systems and separate and often unrelated curriculums and trainings. Given the terrorist-related events of September 11, 2001, the 2004 Madrid bombings, the Russian School mass causality event, the 2005 London transportation bombings and the overburdened infrastructure found within many EMS systems, there is now an unprecedented need to identify and fill the “gaps” that the emergency care community is faced with.
NAEMT has been awarded a three-year grant from the CDC, entitled “Linkages of Acute Care and Emergency Medical Services to State and Local Injury Prevention Programs for Terrorism Preparedness and Response.” The grant will support collaboration between national organizations of professionals in acute medical care, trauma and EMS with state and local public health programs and CDC in efficiently and effectively responding to mass trauma events resulting from terrorism.
Other grant awardees are the American Medical Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the National Native American EMS Association, the National Association of State EMS Directors and the National Association of EMS Physicians.
NAEMT’s activities will be led by principal investigator David Markenson, MD, who will be supported by Robert Loftus, Dr. Mike Dailey, Gregg Lord, Steve Phillipe, Dr. Bill Bograkos, Jennifer Frenette and Lisa Lindsay.
CDC Releases Blast Injury Information
The recent attempts by terrorists to detonate car bombs in the United Kingdom have renewed interest in blast injuries. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has prepared a series of documents designed to help prepare for and respond to bombing incidents. Click here for links to these documents. |
Updates and Progress
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