Notice ID: IHS1478273
Description
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a system that focuses on treating illnesses and injuries that require an urgent medical response. EMS is an intricate system, and each component of this system has an essential role to perform as part of a coordinated and seamless system of emergency medical care. Examples of attributes and components of an EMS system include manpower, medical direction, communications, professional training, community education, injury prevention, information systems and evaluation, and rehabilitation. To be most effective, EMS must be fully integrated into the overall health system.
Scope
The Indian Health Service Emergency Medical Services Systems provide comprehensive, culturally appropriate care for IHS, Tribal, and urban programs. Under this contract, the contractor is responsible for to providing culturally appropriate web‐based interactive distance learning management system that allows courses to be taught with students and instructors in different locations and requires no travel; validating student skills competencies; and providing courses that meet national certification and recertification requirements and standards of national, state, and accrediting/certifying organizations (including but not limited to Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS), American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI), American Hospital Association (AHA), National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT), etc. The target training population includes: Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and paramedics. Through this approach, IHS will align the training efforts with the IHS Strategic Plan FY 2019‐2013, while promoting the core IHS priorities of people, partnerships, and quality of healthcare services.
