INFORMATION FOR AGENCIES AND EMS PERSONNEL

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NVFC Weekly Survey To Document Volunteer Emergency Services’ Covid-19 Experiences 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

•  Provisional Reinstatement of for previously certified Colorado EMS providers

OPERATIONS

• COVID19 Vaccination Declination Form

•  PPE Supply for EMS

• COVID-19: Considerations, Strategies and Resources for EMS Crisis Standards of Care

• Instructions for Healthcare Personnel: Preparation of Compatible N95 Respirators for Decontamination by the Battelle Memorial Institute Using the Battelle Decontamination System

• Flight For Life: Managing SAR calls during COVID-19

• Memorandum for excepting county ambulance licensure requirements

•  Ambulances: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19

•  Teller County EMS Crisis Matrix 4-7-20

• CDPHE  Crisis Standards of Care – Emergency Medical Services

• Teller County K01 Event Levels 

• Teller County K03 Respiratory Isolation COVID 19 

• Teller County K05 Tiered Response Capacity Event

• Teller County K06 Infectious Disease Triage

• Teller County K08 Positive Screening COVID patient

• Teller County K09 Web-Based Assessment Tool

• Colorado EOC Medical Surge Concept Model

• Colorado CDPHE/EMTS COVID-19 NON-TRANSPORT PROTOCOL

• Colorado CDPHE/EMTS COVID-19 SCREENING, TREATMENT, and TRANSPORT

• HHS/ASPR EMS INFECTIOUS DISEASE PLAYBOOK 

• CDC Healthcare Professionals: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

• Michigan Destination and Transport for Patients at Risk for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

• Florida Emergency Medical Services Non-Transport Guidance

• Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems Viral Syndrome Pandemic Triage Protocol

• Saratoga, NY COVID-19 Quarantine Recommendations

• Eagle County Paramedics COVID Encounter Patient Criteria

• Eagle County Paramedics COVID Encounter Patient Flow

• CDC Interim Guidance EMS Systems and 911 Public Safety Answering Points for COVID-19 in the United States

• WHO Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Action Plan Guidance COVID-19 Preparedness and Response

• Kansas' Coronavirus Screening Protocols

• First Watch COVID-19 Process/Policy Template

• CDC Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators

• CDC Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

• HHS-ASPR Infectious Disease Playbook

Various State's EMS Regulatory Agencies

• Colorado Dept. Public Health & Environment EMS resources for COVID-19

• Arkansas COVID-19 Guidance for EMS

• California EMS Authority EMS Guidance for COVID-19

• North Carolina High Consequence Pathogens

• Teller County K02 Donning and Doffing

• CDPHE Crisis Standards of Care Plan Appendix G.5 Personal Protective Equipment has been activated

• CMS Guidance for the use of industrial respirators by health care personnel.

• CDC Healthcare Supply of Personal Protective Equipment

• Emory-Grady EMS Biosafety Transport Program (National Ebola Training and Education Center) – EMS Awareness Training Video: Serious Communicable Diseases

• PGFPD Donning/Doffing Steps for Full PPE

• PGFPD Ambulance Checklist for Pandemic Transport

• Michigan Person Protection During Treatment of Patients at Risk for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and Decontamination of Equipment after Use

• Michigan EMS COVID-19 Respiratory Personal Protection Quick Sheet

• Evaluating Decontamination Methods for N95 Mask Reuse

• Medical Glove Conservation Strategies: FDA Letter to Health Care Providers

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Pearls – COVID-19

• CDC/NIOSH sequence for Donning/Doffing PPE (example 2 preferred for Doffing

• WHO Rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

• FDA's Use of imported disposable FFRs that are not NIOSH-approved

RESPONDER PROTECTION, HEALTH AND WELLNESS

•  COVID-19 Behavioral Health Resources for First Responders

•  Managing Patient and Family Distress Associated with COVID-19

•  COVID-19 Behavioral Health Resources for First Responders

•  Burnout, Self-care and COVID-19 Exposure for First Responders

  Burnout, Self-care and COVID-19 Exposure for Families of First Responders

• Teller County K11 COVID19 Exposure Guidance

• Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with Coronavirus Disease

• Georgia OEMS COVID-19 Guidance for First Responders

• Eagle County Paramedics Employee Exposure and Illness Guidelines

• Gunnison County, Colorado EMS Exposure Guidelines

• Eagle County, Colorado Fire and Law Exposure Guidance

• King County, Washington Return to work guidelines after a covid-19 diagnosis

• Arkansas Department of Health Guidance for EMS Provider Screening

• WHO Risk assessment and management of exposure of health care workers in the context of COVID-19

• WHO Mental Health and Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak

CLINICAL CARE

•  COVID-19: Considerations, Strategies and Resources for EMS Crisis Standards of Care
•  Epidemiology for COVID-19 EMS Providers: What You Need to Know

• Teller County K12 COVID Cardiac Arrest

• Teller County K07 Respiratory Specimen Collection

• Teller County K04 COVID Treatments

• Childrens Hospital Colorado Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Toxicity

• Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine: Old Drugs, Still Just as Toxic

• Caring for Infectious Disease in the Prehospital Setting: A Qualitative Analysis of EMS Providers Experiences and Suggestions for Improvement

• Walters Kluwer Coronavirus Disease Clinical Overview

• Walters Kluwer COVID-19: Open Access Clinical Content

• Acute respiratory distress syndrome: Clinical features, diagnosis, and complications in adults

AMBULANCE PREPARATION

• PGFPD Decontamination of Ambulance

• PGFPD How To Create A Negative Pressure Ambulance

• EMSU COVID Unit Preparation

PSAP INFORMATION

• Michigan Guidance on PSAP/EMD Focused Screening for COVID-19 and EMS-Related Communications

• IAED Special Procedures Briefing: Protocol 36 - Pandemic/Epidemic/Outbreak (Surveillance or Triage)
  

STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

• World Health Organization (WHO) Guidance for Health Workers

• The New England Journal of Medicine Coronavirus (Covid-19) home page

• American College of Emergency Physicians COVID-19 home page

• GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE Emerging Infectious Diseases" COVID-19 home page

• National Association of EMS Physicians COVID-19 resource page

• UCSF Health COVID-19 Clinical Resources 

LOGISTICS & SUPPLIES

• Getting Protective Equipment (PPE) to Our Healthcare Heroes

LAW ENFORCEMENT

•  What Law Enforcement Personnel Need to Know about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

MUTUAL AID

• California EMS Personnel — Out of State Mutual Aid Form

DECONTAMINATION

• Michigan Person Protection During Treatment of Patients at Risk for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and Decontamination of Equipment after Use

OTHER INFORMATION

• Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009: Update to the List of Potentially Life-Threatening Infectious Diseases to Which Emergency Response Employees May Be Exposed To Include Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

• HHS Office for Civil Rights' COVID-19 and HIPAA: Disclosures to law enforcement, paramedics, other first responders and public health authorities

• USFA COVID-19 cost recovery for fire and EMS departments

• Medicare will now cover telehealth to fight coronavirus (March 17, 2020)

• WHO How to include marginalized and vulnerable people in risk communication and community engagement

• First Watch Public Safety-Specific Information on Emerging Health

• COVID-19 National EMS Certification Information (NREMT)

• Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019

• International Medical Society's Information

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