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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

4.0 EMS Preparedness Measures

Operational Intent: These performance measures examine how activities have been implemented to achieve the following outcome:

  • Develop or augment operations for coordination with EMS and interfacility transport systems and 9-1-1/Public Safety Answering Points as part of COVID-19 CONOPs planning

Program Performance Measure

Data Point

Data Entity

Calculation

PM 11: Percent of sub-recipients that increased health care supplies for EMS (disaggregated by supply type)

Which of the following types of supplies did your facility or organization procure for EMS with Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement COVID-19 Supplemental Funding? (Select all that apply)

  • Eye protection (e.g., goggles)
  • Gowns
  • Gloves
  • Facemasks or face shields (non-respirator type)
  • N95 respirators
  • Reusable facepiece respirators
  • Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPRs)
  • Ventilators
  • Testing supplies, including nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs, clinical specimen transport media, etc.11
  • Reagents
  • Hand hygiene products
  • Cleaning products
  • Pharmaceutical products
  • Other (free response)
Sub-recipientNumber of sub-recipients that increased health care supplies for EMS / total number of sub-recipients that indicated they developed or augmented operations for coordination with EMS
PM 12: Percent of sub-recipients that conducted training or exercises to improve EMS COVID-19 preparedness and response activities (disaggregated by type of training or exercise)

Did your facility or organization provide COVID-19 specific trainings for EMS on the following topic areas utilizing Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement COVID-19 Supplemental Funding? (Select all that apply)

  • Screening 911 calls to manage patient flow and direct patients to the appropriate care setting
  • Implementing protocols for dispatch of EMS for COVID response
  • PPE optimization protocols, extended use, and reuse
  • Environmental cleaning and waste management
  • Transmission-based precautions
  • Hand hygiene
  • PPE donning and doffing procedures (e.g., universal masking etiquette)
  • Safe treatment protocols
  • Utilization of enhanced filtration devices (e.g. HEPA) on ventilation devices (BVM, CPAP)
  • Other (free response)
Sub-recipientNumber of sub-recipients that conducted training or exercises to improve EMS COVID-19 preparedness and response activities / total number of sub-recipients
PM 13: Percent of sub-recipients supporting implementation of surveillance systems and/or situational awareness platforms used to inform coordination with EMS, interfacility transport systems, and other health care facilities for increasing surge capacity (disaggregated by type)

Did your facility or organization support implementation of any new surveillance systems and/or situational awareness platforms to inform or enhance coordination with EMS, interfacility transport systems, and other health care facilities for increasing surge capacity utilizing Hospital Preparedness Program Cooperative Agreement COVID-19 Supplemental Funding? (Select all that apply)

  • Medical operations coordination cell (MOCC)
  • Emergency operations center (EOC)
  • Incident command center (ICC)
  • Information technology systems intended to improve situational awareness, information sharing, communications, and coordination
  • Other (free response)
Sub-recipientNumber of sub-recipients that supported implementation of surveillance systems and/or situational awareness platforms used to inform coordination with EMS, interfacility transport systems, and other health care facilities for increasing surge / total number of sub-recipients



11 Recipients should submit a justification in writing to their Project Officer and Grants Manager on why they or their sub-recipients should be allowed to use funding for testing supplies if there is a need to use funding in this manner.


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  • This page last reviewed: April 08, 2021