The EMS Performance Improvement Center (EMSPIC), part of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Paramedic Study yields Significant Association between Cognitive Examination and Field Performance
The first study in EMS which assessed the association between practicing paramedics' performance on a simulated EMS response and a validated cognitive exam.
- Saving Lives: Understanding Stroke Course Live
- EMS and Pediatric Trauma Care: An NC Performance Improvement Intervention and Evaluation
- EMS Field Triage: Evaluating the CDC Field Triage Guideline
- EMS Troubled by Government Anti-Terrorism Grant Program Cuts
- CDC Report: Assessing Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury-related Deaths
EMS and Pediatric Trauma Care: An NC Performance Improvement Intervention and Evaluation
A collaborative effort to ensure the improvement of care provided to pediatric trauma patients in NC's Regionalized Trauma System of Care
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Abbeville County to Add Fourth Ambulance
The Abbeville County Emergency Management department will enter its second phase of realignment, adding a fourth ambulance and relocating them throughout the county.
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HealthNet to Mark 25 Years in West Virginia
The emergency helicopter service HealthNet is marking its 25th anniversary in West Virginia next month.
- RMH Receives AirCare 5 Award for Providing Life-Saving Heart Care
- Wesleyan College Gives Back to Emergency Responders
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LATEST GRANT / PROGRAMS
Lead the Wave Grant Program
Lead the Wave brings the Duke Endowment, the North Carolina Office of EMS, the EMS Performance Improvement Center, and North Carolina’s EMS Systems to dramatically increase the number of people who survive while helping to decrease the number of cardiac arrest events.
Paramedic Study yields Significant Association between Cognitive Examination and Field Performance
The first study in EMS which assessed the association between practicing paramedics' performance on a simulated EMS response and a validated cognitive exam.
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EMS Trauma Care
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EMS Cardiac Arrest Care
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EMS Acute Stroke Care
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