Thursday, December 26, 2024
12/26/2024
Virginia Commonwealth University Healthcare and Hospital Systems (VCUHealth) and two of its programs: Center for Trauma and Critical Care Education (CTCCE) and Injury and Violence Prevention Program (IVPP) – Project Empower (Empower) are collaborating with rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and local sexual and domestic violence agencies (SDVAs) across Virginia to launch the Virginia Rural EMS Training Collaborative. This initiative brings these entities together to train volunteer pre-hospital providers on an advanced EMT course with a specialized focus on mental health, substance (ab)use, domestic/intimate partner violence, sexual assault injuries, and healthcare challenges. All applicants that complete the course will become certified A-EMT providers. This will provide critical EMS training in rural areas that rely on volunteer pre-hospital providers and do not have the funding for advanced training. This Collaborative will continue to expand our rural partnerships across Virginia. All rural designated counties with a HRSA established a need for medical personnel and expertise. The goal is to expand to other rural counties that fall with the catchment area of VCU Health System hospitals and emergency centers. Rural areas lack the funding to offer their mostly volunteer staff access to advance training or specialized training. We will recruit and train personnel from rural communities as well as establish partnerships with local specialized service agencies (SDVAs and community service boards). This will ensure patients with substance use disorder or victims of domestic or sexual violence obtain the appropriate follow-up services. By the end of the grant, we will have: •Developed a hybrid-EMT curriculum to be used by rural sites across Virginia. •Train 30 pre-hospital providers in select rural areas. This training will meet state and federal standards for licensing and certification. •Establish partnerships between rural EMS agencies and local SDVAs and community service boards •All trained pre-hospital providers will be trained and have access to Naloxone. •All trained pre-hospital providers will successfully be able to identify, screen, and respond to victims of violence
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).