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Ohio Flex Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Projects

Daniel Prokop Flex/SHIP Coordinator State Office of Rural Health Ohio Department of Health

July 18, 2018

Regional Alliance

• Southeast Ohio EMS Regional Alliance
• EMS staff, mostly chiefs, in the region meet

quarterly

• Share best practices
• Discuss obstacles
• Foster relationships – considering hosting regional

trainings

• Startup funds were provided with a $5000 Flex

grant

Needs Assessment

• 480 surveys distributed to rural EMS agencies
• Asked both open-ended and closed-ended

questions

• 3 deep dive projects
• Follow-up survey one year later
• Focus groups
• Final recommendations expected in August

Needs Assessment: Survey

Needs Assessment: Staffing Status

Question 3: How many total ambulance personnel are currently on the roster at this ambulance agency?

Needs Assessment:

Staff Licensure & Agency Staffing

Needs Assessment:

Respondent Suggested Retention Actions

Needs Assessment:

Recruitment

Needs Assessment: Focus Groups

• Five regional meetings
• Local EMS Chiefs
• Key Problem Identified
• Lack of funding
• Ideas for Flex Funding
• Grant Coordinator
• Grant management toolkit
• Marketing materials
• In-person trainings w/simulators

Lack of Volunteers

Cost of staffing one ambulance 24 hours per day 365 days per year $402,785 worth of free labor

Lack of Support

• Not receiving enough funding to fully staff or

buy life saving equipment

• Private ambulances offering to provide

services to the county for cheaper then raising the cost year over year or disappearing all together

Next Steps

• Recommendations will be coming out in

August

• Will develop next steps based on the

recommendations will receive

EMS Sustainability Grant

• Paramedic Refreshers
• Hands-on training w/simulators
• Webinars

Contact Information

Daniel Prokop, MHA

Flex/SHIP Coordinator Ohio Department of Health Daniel.Prokop@odh.ohio.gov