Wisconsin Emergency
Medical Service for Children (EMSC)
 The
Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program was established
under the Preventative Health Amendments of 1984 (PL 98-555). It is
administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). The EMSC Program is the only
Federal program whose sole focus is on improving the quality of emergency
care for children. The EMSC State Partnership Grants fund activities to
ensure the availability of appropriate resources and adequately trained
personnel in order to effectively meet the emergency care needs of the
critically ill and injured child.
Children
are not small adults. Injured and ill children have special needs and
require a different approach to care than adults.
EMSC
Mission
Statement:
The
EMSC Program is designed to reduce child and youth mortality and morbidity
resulting from severe illness or trauma. Our goals are to;
1)
Ensure that
state-of-the-art emergency medical care for the ill or injured child and
adolescent is available when needed;
2)
Ensure that
pediatric services are well integrated into the existing state emergency
medical services (
EMS
) system and backed by optimal resources;
3)
Ensure that
the entire spectrum of emergency services including primary prevention of
illness and injury, acute care, and rehabilitation, is provided to
children and adolescents at the same level as adults.
Membership
on the EMSC
Advisory Committee includes: pediatric and emergency / trauma care
specialists (physicians, nurses), emergency response staff and family
representatives.
The
Co-Chairpersons of the EMSC Advisory Committee are:
Michael
Kim, MD, FAAP, UW Hospital and Clinics and
Kenneth Yen, MD, MS, Children’s
Hospital
of
Wisconsin
Meetings
of the EMSC Advisory Committee are held in conjunction with the Emergency
Medical Services Advisory Board and the Statewide Trauma Advisory
Council.
A Wisconsin EMS
for Children newsletter is published bi-monthly.
For further
information on EMSC or committee meetings please contact the Joyce
Andersen.
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Last Revised: June 18, 2009 |
