The goals of the EMSC Program are to ensure that state-of-the-art emergency medical care is available for ill or injured children and adolescents,
to ensure that pediatric service is well integrated into an emergency medical services system, and to 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.
The mission of the Mississippi Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program is to prevent and reduce child, youth and adolescent disability and death resulting from severe illness and injury. In addition, this program
- provides education for the prehospital professionals;
- provides injury and illness prevention education for children, parents and teachers;
- establishes the permanence of the EMSC program in Mississippi's EMS system; and
- ensures pediatric equipment, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics/American College of Emergency Physicians (AAP/ACEP) guidelines, is available on prehospital emergency vehicles that transport children.
Watch Out
EMSC implemented the Watch Out Program via our 2002 partnership grant. The program provide safety education to children and youth throughout the state.
Examples of programs that will be made available through the Mobile Pediatric Education Unit include, but is not limited to:
- Water Safety Programs
- Bicycle Rodeos
- Fire/Burn Safety Programs
- Fall Prevention Programs
- Car/Seat Belt Safety Programs
- Pedestrian Safety Programs
- Poison Prevention Programs
- Home Safety Programs
- Call 911 Programs
These programs and others will be made available throughout the state. Programs will be geared toward children,
adolescents, youth and parents/care givers. We will collaborate with local organizations and determine the education needs
of the community.
The equipment used in the presentation of these programs includes an RV for basic home safety, a smoke house for use with fire
prevention and safety, and the characters Andy the Ambulance and Pluggie the Fire Plug for interaction with the kids at the safety programs.
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