Ohio Flex Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Projects RSV EMS Presentation.pdfOhio Flex Emergency...
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Ohio Flex
Emergency Medical
Services (EMS)
Projects
Daniel Prokop
Flex/SHIP Coordinator
State Office of Rural Health
Ohio Department of Health
July 18, 2018
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Regional Alliance• Southeast Ohio EMS Regional Alliance
• EMS staff, mostly chiefs, in the region meet quarterly
• Share best practices
• Discuss obstacles
• Foster relationships – considering hosting regional trainings
• Startup funds were provided with a $5000 Flex grant
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Needs Assessment
• 480 surveys distributed to rural EMS agencies
• Asked both open-ended and closed-ended questions
• 3 deep dive projects
• Follow-up survey one year later
• Focus groups
• Final recommendations expected in August
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Needs Assessment:Survey
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Needs Assessment: Staffing Status
Question 3: How many total ambulance personnel are currently on the roster at this ambulance
agency?
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Needs Assessment:Staff Licensure & Agency Staffing
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Needs Assessment: Respondent Suggested Retention Actions
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Needs Assessment:Recruitment
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Needs Assessment:Focus Groups
• Five regional meetings• Local EMS Chiefs
• Key Problem Identified• Lack of funding
• Ideas for Flex Funding• Grant Coordinator
• Grant management toolkit
• Marketing materials
• In-person trainings w/simulators
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Lack of Volunteers Cost of staffing one ambulance 24 hours per day 365 days per year $402,785 worth of free labor
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Lack of Support
• Not receiving enough funding to fully staff or buy life saving equipment
• Private ambulances offering to provide services to the county for cheaper then raising the cost year over year or disappearing all together
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Next Steps
• Recommendations will be coming out in August
• Will develop next steps based on the recommendations will receive
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EMS Sustainability Grant
• Paramedic Refreshers
• Hands-on training w/simulators
• Webinars
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Contact Information
Daniel Prokop, MHA
Flex/SHIP Coordinator
Ohio Department of Health