Trauma-Emergency Medical Services Systems Grant

The summary for the Trauma-Emergency Medical Services Systems Grant grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Health Resources and Services Administration, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Trauma-Emergency Medical Services Systems Grant: Funds received under the grant are to be used for the following general purposes: (1) State trauma care system planning, coordination, and facilitation of statewide trauma regions; (2) statewide/regional/local assessments and/or evaluations; (3) trauma data collection and usage; (4) developing innovative uses of communications technologies and the use of new communications technology; (5) developing model curricula for training (a) emergency medical services personnel, including first responders, emergency medical technicians, emergency nurses and physicians, and paramedics; (b) trauma managers (State, regional and local levels), trauma nurses, surgeons and trauma center teams in the assessment, stabilization, treatment preparation for transport, and resuscitation of seriously injured patients, with special attention to problems that arise during long transport and to methods of minimizing delays in transport to the appropriate facility; and in the man! agement of the operation of the trauma care system; (6) making training for original certification, and continuing education, in the provision and management of trauma services more accessible to medical/surgical personnel in rural areas through telecommunications, home studies, providing teachers and training at locations accessible to such personnel, and other methods; (7) developing innovative protocols and agreements to increase access to pre-hospital care and equipment necessary for the transportation of seriously injured patients to the appropriate facilities; (8) evaluating the effectiveness of protocols with respect to trauma care services and systems; and (9) Public information and education related to trauma prevention, care and statewide services.