Resources for Alaska's EMS Professionals
Emergency
Medical Service Unit Programs
- Alaska
Council on Emergency Medical Services (ACEMS)
The
Governor's Alaska Council on Emergency Medical Services, also
known as "ACEMS," provides the Commissioner of the
Department of Health and Social Services and the Governor with
recommendations related to all aspects of EMS, including distribution
of funding, and policy development.
- Comfort
One
The
statewide do not resuscitate (DNR) protocol for physicians and
other health care providers that sets out a standardized procedure
for the withholding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for patients
that choose to participate in the DNR program.
- Code
Blue
This
program was started in 1999 in an effort to identify, prioritize
and seek funding for essential equipment for rural EMS in
Alaska.
- EMS
Awards
Each
year, the Governor's Alaska Council on Emergency Medical Services
recognizes accomplishments in the field of Emergency Medical
Services.
- EMS
Data Collection
IPEMS
is working with EMS agencies across Alaska to develop a state-wide
data collection system.
- EMS
for Children (EMSC)|
The
Alaska EMSC program is designed to enhance the pediatric capabilities
of the current system originally designed for adults.
- EMS
Symposia
The
Alaska EMS Symposium will be held November 12 - 14, 2009
in Anchorage, AK.
- Hepatitis
B Vaccination Program
A
program for acquiring hepatitis B vaccine for volunteer EMS
organizations.
- Rural
AED Grants
The Section of Injury Prevention and EMS (IPEMS) has received $95,095 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration for the Rural Access to Emergency Devices program (RAED). The grant period is September 1, 2008 – August 31, 2009. IPEMS will be accepting applications for the distribution of AEDs until November 15, 2008.
- Trauma
Emergency Medical Services System in Alaska
This
program is designed to help build and maintain a trauma care
system in Alaska.
