EMS Information Bulletin - #67

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1 EMS Infmation Bulletin - #67 DATE: May 6, 2009 SUBJECT: TO: FROM: Trauma Patient Destination/Statewide Air Ambulance Transpt Protocol All Ambulance Services, Air Ambulance Services, Regional Medical Directs, ALS Service Medical Directs, Medical Command Facilities, and Trauma Centers Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (717) This memo supersedes the December 7, 2004 Infmation Bulletin # 24 The Department of Health has revised the Trauma Patient Destination/Statewide Air Ambulance Transpt Protocol as attached. This protocol revision was developed after the Department considered comments and recommendations from the State Advisy Council, the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation, and EMS and trauma system stakeholders, including the medical directs of air ambulance services and trauma centers located in the Commonwealth. EMS personnel functioning with ground ambulance services shall use the Statewide Trauma Patient Destination Protocol (Statewide Protocol #180) to triage patients with acute traumatic injuries to appropriate receiving facilities and to determine when air medical transpt of these patients is appropriate. When an air ambulance is indicated f transpt of a patient with an acute traumatic injury, the air ambulance crew is responsible f determining the appropriate destination consistent with the revised Trauma Patient Destination/Statewide Air Protocol (#190). EMS personnel functioning with a ground ambulance and medical command physicians giving command to ground ambulance services shall not make recommendations that are inconsistent with this revised protocol. The Trauma Patient Destination/Statewide Air Ambulance Transpt Protocol applies to all persons regulated under the EMS Act when they are involved with the transpt of an acute trauma patient by an air ambulance involved in the process of determining whether an air ambulance should be used to transpt a trauma patient.

2 This protocol revision became effective January 1, 2005, and is issued pursuant to section 5(c) of the Emergency Medical Services Act, 35 P.S. 6925(c), which gives the Department of Health authity to establish protocols f the transpt and transfer of acutely ill and injured patients to the most appropriate facility, and pursuant to the Department s responsibility under section 4 of the EMS Act, 35 P.S. 6924, to guide and codinate the development of emergency medical service systems into a unified statewide system. Regional EMS council quality improvement plans include 100% review of trauma patients transpted by air ambulance, and issues of compliance are repted to the Department. Attachments: 1. Trauma Patient Destination/Statewide Air Medical Transpt Protocol 2. EMS Infmation Bulletin #67 f immediate distribution to all ambulance services, air ambulance services, regional medical directs, ALS service medical directs, and medical command facilities. 3. Appendix A - Latitude and Longitude of PA Trauma Center Helipads 4. Appendix B - Primary and preferred contact infmation f PA trauma centers 5. Appendix C - Adjacent State Trauma Centers nearby Pennsylvania Bders that have Qualifications and Accreditation Processes similar to Pennsylvania

3 APPENDIX A STATEWIDE TRAUMA DESTINATION PROTOCOL LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF PA TRAUMA HELIPADS PA ACCREDITED TRAUMA S Latitude (N) Longitude (W) Abington Memial Hospital Albert Einstein Medical Center Allegheny General Hospital Altoona Hospital Children s Hospital of Philadelphia Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh Community Medical Center Conemaugh Memial Medical Center Crozer-Chester Medical Center Frankfd Hospital Tresdale Campus Geisinger Medical Center Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Hahnemann University Hospital Hamot Medical Center Lancaster General Hospital Lehigh Valley Hospital Reading Hospital and Medical Center Robert Packer Hospital St. Christopher s Hospital f Children St. Luke s Hospital St. Mary Medical Center Temple University Hospital The Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Thomas Jefferson University Hospital University of PA Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Yk Hospital PA ACCREDITED LEVEL 3 TRAUMA S Pocono Medical Center Schuylkill Medical Center May 1, 2009

4 Appendix B Primary and preferred contact infmation f PA trauma centers Trauma Center Address Contact Preferred frequency Phone Back-up ABINGTON MEMORIAL 1200 Old Yk Road Abington, PA Emergency/Trauma Charge Nurse MHz (215) Security (215) ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL 5501 Old Yk Road Philadelphia, PA ED Attending MHz PL 263 Hz (215) Command Center (215) ALLEGHENY GENERAL 320 East Nth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA Life Flight Communications MHz (412) MHz ALTOONA 620 Howard Avenue Altoona, PA Emergency Department. MED 3 PL / (866) STAT COM PL 16 Blair County 911 Hospital Police MHz THE CHILDREN S OF PHILADELPHIA 34 th and Civic Center Boulevard Philadelphia, PA Emergency Transpt Services None (215) (800) Security (215) THE CHILDREN'S OF PITTSBURGH 1 Landing info 3705 Fifth Avenue at DeSoto Street Pittsburgh, PA Stat MedEvac PL Hz (800) (412) THE CHILDREN'S OF PITTSBURGH 1 Clinical info 3705 Fifth Avenue at DeSoto Street Pittsburgh, PA Children s Hospital Communications MHz MHz (412) (800) COMMUNITY MEDICAL 1822 Mulberry Street Scranton, PA MHz CMC Security (570) Lackawanna County EOC (570) CMC (570) CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL 1086 Franklin Street Johnstown, PA MHz (888) MedSTAR Dispatch radio MHz phone:

5 Appendix B Primary and preferred contact infmation f PA trauma centers Trauma Center Address Contact Preferred frequency Phone Back-up CROZER-CHESTER MEDICAL One Medical Center Boulevard Upland, PA Medical Command / / (610) (610) secondary contact (610) tertiary contact FRANKFORD - TORRESDALE Knights & Red Lion Roads Philadelphia, PA MHz PL Hz (215) Bucks County Communications GEISINGER MEDICAL 100 N. Academy Ave. Danville, PA Life Flight MHz PL151.4 Hz (800) UNICOM GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY 1000 East Mountain Rd Wilkes-Barre, Pa Tx Rx PL151.4 (570) Luzerne County Communications PL HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY Broad and Vine Streets Philadelphia, PA MidAtlantic MedEvac MHz PL Hz (877) (215) HAMOT MEDICAL 201 State Street Erie, PA MHz ED (814) Security (814) EMERGYCARE (814) Med 9 LANCASTER GENERAL 555 Nth Duke St. Lancaster, PA Medical Command MHz PL192.8 Hz (717) Not provided LEHIGH VALLEY 1200 S Cedar Crest Ave Allentown, PA LifeCom RX TX PL Hz (877) Emergency Dept (610) THE MERCY OF PITTSBURGH 1400 Locust Street Pittsburgh, PA Mercy TACC MHz MHz (412) ER Charge RN (412)

6 Appendix B Primary and preferred contact infmation f PA trauma centers Trauma Center Address Contact Preferred frequency Phone Back-up THE MILTON S. HERSHEY MEDICAL 500 University Drive Hershey, PA Life Lion MHz PL 27 (800) (717) READING AND MEDICAL Sixth Avenue and Spruce Street, West Reading, PA Security MHz (610) PennComm (800) ROBERT PACKER 1 Guthrie Square Sayre, PA Guthrie Communications MHz Tx Rx PL 14 (800) Bradfd County EOC ST. CHRISTOPHER S FOR CHILDREN 1 Erie Ave. at Front St. Philadelphia, PA Security NA (215) ED Attending (215) ST. LUKE S 801 Ostrum Street Bethlehem, PA Hospital Emergency Operat MHz PL 100 Hz (610) PennComm (800) ST. MARY MEDICAL 1205 Langhne- Newtown Road Langhne, PA MHz PL Hz (215) Bucks County EOC TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Broad and Ontario St. Philadelphia, PA None (215) (215) THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY 125 S. 11th St. Philadelphia, PA Jeff STAT Communications None (215) TJUH (215) UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL 3400 Spruce St. Philadelphia, PA PennCOMM MHz (800) 543 STAR PennCOMM (215)

7 Appendix B Primary and preferred contact infmation f PA trauma centers Trauma Center Address Contact Preferred frequency Phone Back-up UPMC PRESBYTERIAN 200 Lathrop Street Pittsburgh, PA Stat MedEvac MHz PL Hz (800) Pittsburgh Medic Command (412) MHz YORK 1001 South Gege St. Yk, PA MHz (717) (717) Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh and St. Christopher s Hospital are not recognized as Medical Command Facilities by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Effective 2/1/04

8 Trauma Patient Protocol/Statewide Air Medical Transpt Protocol Appendix C Adjacent State Trauma Centers nearby Pennsylvania Bders that have Qualifications and Accreditation Processes similar to Pennsylvania (includes contact infmation and radio frequencies) DELAWARE A.I. dupont Hospital f Children Christiana Hospital NEW JERSEY The Cooper Health System Capital Health System of Fuld OHIO St. Elizabeth Health Center WEST VIRGINIA WVA Hospital Jon Michael Moe Trauma Center Address Frequency 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE Ogletown-Stanton Rd. Newark, DE One Cooper Plaza Camden, NJ Brunswick Ave. Trenton, NJ Belmont Ave. Youngstown, OH PO Box Mgantown, W VA Tx Rx Hz MHz Hz Med / Hz Preferred method f contact (302) Phone (302) MHz PL Hz (856) (609) (330) Med 5 PL Hz MHz (800) MHz Helipad Lat/Long N 39º W 075º N 39º W 075º N 39º W 075º N 40º W 075º N 41º W 080º N 39º 39.2 W 079º 57.5 Level I and II Trauma Centers in Maryland are beyond the transpt distances identified in the protocol. F inter facility disaster operations, air ambulance operats must contact SYSCOM on when transpting trauma patients into Maryland. The New Yk State trauma center accreditation process is not similar to the trauma center accreditation process used in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. New Yk trauma centers are not eligible to receive Pennsylvania trauma patients in accdance with the Pennsylvania statewide protocol. May 1, 2009