 Wisconsin
Emergency Medical Services
Dedicated to Consistent Quality
Care
Across the State of Wisconsin
The
mission of the Wisconsin Emergency Medical Services Unit is to ensure
that the highest quality and standards of pre-hospital emergency medical
care is available to all citizens of and visitors to Wisconsin.
Through leadership, support, and
regulation, the EMS Unit ensures the
development and maintenance of a high quality Emergency Medical Services
delivery system for the State of Wisconsin. Its primary focus is to reduce
both human suffering and economic loss from premature death and disability
resulting from sudden illness or injury.
Note: In order to more quickly communicate with all EMS Providers, Service
Directors and Medical Directors our office intends to use the email address
entered in E-Licensing. Please make sure the email address entered in
your E-Licensing account is current and that you are able to access it
regularly.
Hot Topics
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The First Responder Training and Equipment Grants have been
approved. Email notification will be going out the week of
6/14/2012. Please contact our office if your Service Director
has not been notified by this date.
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The Association of Professionals in Infection Control has just
issued an
Infection Prevention Guide for EMS (exit
DHS). Please visit this link and see if you can use this
valuable resource.
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For
those Interfacility Paramedic Services doing "Just in Time" training
for transport medications at time of pick-up, the
Training
Report (PDF, 80 KB) used to document the training is now available.
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The
Wisconsin Trauma and EMS Programs are pleased to share the new
2012
Wisconsin Trauma Field Triage Guidelines (PDF, 435 KB) based on
the 2011 Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients from the
Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the American College of
Surgeons (ACS) and approved by the State Trauma Advisory Council (STAC)
and the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Board.
The Department of Health Services (DHS) is requesting all
emergency medical service providers (air and ground
transport) to replace the 2006 guidelines in your
operational plan with the new 2012 Wisconsin Trauma Field
Triage Guidelines. Please share this
announcement (PDF, 40 KB) with all interested parties.
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Last Revised:
June 13, 2013 |
