Saturday, November 23, 2024
11/23/2024
Golden Valley Memorial Hospital (GVMH) requests $348,890 for the Enhancing EMS Care in Rural West-Central Missouri Project. This project seeks to a) enhance the capabilities of the system's EMS personnel and other first responders in the community to respond to mental health crises and substance use disorder emergencies, b) develop the skills of existing personnel and increase the number of trained Paramedics employed by GVMH, and c) significantly expand GVMH’s capacity to train EMS personnel to maintain required licenses and certifications. Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (GVMH) is based in Clinton, Missouri, and operates a 56-bed hospital and 24/7 emergency department, as well as four multispecialty physician clinics, an outpatient clinic and a cancer center. GVMH provides accessible and affordable care to rural communities across Henry County, MO and Benton County, MO. Henry and Benton Counties will serve as the geographic catchment area of this project, with the population of focus including: a) individuals aged 65 or older and b) maternal and pediatric populations. As part of their efforts to enhance EMS capabilities in their service area, GVMH will a) administer training on responding to mental health crises and substance use disorder emergencies through 24 instructional Community Training and Naloxone Distribution Sessions, b) support four (4) current EMTs in completing an EMT-to-Paramedic Bridge Program, c) enrolling four (4) GVMH Paramedics in training to become Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) instructors, d) enrolling four (4) GVMH Paramedics in training to become Mental Health Resilience Officer (MHRO) instructors, e) enrolling four (4) GVMH Paramedics in training to become Emergency Pediatric Care instructors, f) enrolling four (4) GVMH Paramedics in training to become EMS Vehicle Operator Safety instructors, and g) enrolling six (6) Paramedics in Critical Care Paramedic Training. Additionally, GVMH will use this expanded capacity to increase internal training opportunities for the system’s EMS personnel, with Instructor-trained GVMH Paramedics providing MHRO and Emergency Pediatric Care training to 10 GVMH EMS personnel. Overall, the proposed project would include the administration of EMS training to 271 unique individuals. In addition to the training components outlined above, the proposed project would include the procurement of an EMS defibrillator and heart rate monitor, five (5) point of care lactic testing systems, three (3) emergency patient transport cots, and five (5) CO2 detectors, as well as an EMS vehicle for use by a Community Paramedic.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
