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Education Committee

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EHSF Committees

The EHSF supports its Regional Education Committee, which meets four times a year. The functions of the committee include:

1. Evaluate the delivery and effectiveness of our education programs and report findings to the EHSF Advisory Council.

2. Review the content of current educational programs and recommend new or revised content.

3. Development of new, creative instructional programs.

4. Trend the success and fail rates for all initial certification programs.

5. Evaluate Regional Testing Processes.

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2017-06 (Jun) Education Mtg Report (53.24 KB) 53.24 KB
2016-12 (Dec) Education Mtg Report (46.99 KB) 46.99 KB
2016-09 (Sep) Education Mtg Report (75.08 KB) 75.08 KB
2016-06 (Jun) Education Mtg Report (75.14 KB) 75.14 KB
2016-03 (Mar) Education Mtg Report (60.47 KB) 60.47 KB
2015-03 (Mar) Education Mtg Report (82.08 KB) 82.08 KB
2015-09 (Sep) Education Mtg Report (65.38 KB) 65.38 KB
2015-06 (Jun) Education Mtg Report (66.42 KB) 66.42 KB

Communication and Dispatching

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These documents provide information on EMS dispatching procedures within the EHSF region.

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EHSF Regional Communications Manual Rev 2016-08 (96.25 KB) 96.25 KB
EMD v13 Approval Letter by Dr. Reihart (71.77 KB) 71.77 KB
EMD v13 Response Information for EMS Agencies and Providers (37.95 KB) 37.95 KB

Commendation Program: EMS Agencies, Providers, and 9-1-1 Dispatchers

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EMS Agency
EMS Providers
9-1-1 Centers
911 Dispatching

The EHSF is proud to recognition EMS agencies, providers, and 9-1-1 dispatchers as they serve the citizens of South Central Pennsylvania. The following documents explain the EHSF's commendation awards program to provide recognition. The award request form is also available.

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An overview of the available awards with images of the commendation bars (143 KB) 143 KB
Guideline document about each commendation award (76.6 KB) 76.6 KB
Award request form for EMS agency and provider recognition (89.38 KB) 89.38 KB
Guideline document about the 9-1-1 Dispatcher commendation award (73.01 KB) 73.01 KB
Award request form for 9-1-1 provider recognition (63.29 KB) 63.29 KB

EMD v13 Approval letter

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EMS Agency
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EMS Providers
911 Dispatching
Emergency Medical Dispatching

Here is the approval letter from the EHSF's Regional Medical Director, Dr. Reihart, approving the use of EMD version 13.

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EMD v13 Approval Letter from Dr. Reihart (71.77 KB) 71.77 KB

EMD v13 Responses for EMS Agencies

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911 Dispatching
Emergency Medical Dispatching
EMS Operations

This document provides a resource to identify the 9-1-1 dispatching determinants used to dispatch EMS resources by the county 9-1-1 centers.

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EMD 13 Responses for EMS Agencies.xlsx (37.95 KB) 37.95 KB

EHSF 2016 RCC Communications Manual

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EMS Agency
EMS Operations
EMS Providers
9-1-1 Centers
911 Dispatching

The EHSF's Regional Communications Committee (RCC) consists of representation from each of the county public safety answering points (PSAPs) or 9-1-1 centers within the region. Together the PSAPs generated and approved the Regional Communications Committee Communications Manual to provide guidance to EMS dispatching and response.

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EHSF RCC Communications Manual 2016-08 (96.25 KB) 96.25 KB

Sample EMS Agency Medical Director's Agreement

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Medical Direction
EMS Agency Medical Director

This document provides a template of sample agreement between the EMS agency and their EMS agency medical director for medical direction as required for licensure as an EMS agency in Pennsylvania.

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Sample EMS Agency Medical Director's Agreement.pdf (51.56 KB) 51.56 KB

Advanced/Basic Life Support Policies Manual (Template)

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ALS
Policies
BLS
Licensure

This document provides a template of sample policies required for licensure as an EMS agency in Pennsylvania.

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Advanced:Basic Life Support Polices Manual Template.dot (184.5 KB) 184.5 KB

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