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A Profile of the Emergency Medical Services for
Children Program
Oklahoma Emergency Medical Services for Children Resource Center is located within the University
of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatrics, Section of General Pediatrics and Emergency
Medicine. EMSC is a national initiative designed to reduce child and youth disability and death due to severe illness
and injury. Oklahoma EMSC was established in 1992 through a federal grant from the Health Resource Services Administration's (HRSA)Maternal
Child Health Bureau. HRSA continues to administer the program at the national level in partnership with the U.S.
Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Federal grants fund each state and U.S. Territory to improve existing emergency medical services(EMS) systems and to develop and evaluate improved procedures and protocols
for treating children. This is the only federal program that focuses psecifically on improving the quality of children's emergency care.
Currently, only State governments and accredited schools of medicine are eligible to receive EMSC grants.
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EMSC Resource Center
Children's Hospital of Oklahoma
940 NE 13th St., CHO 1B1303 Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3307
Phone: (405) 271-3307 | Email: Department
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