TY - JOUR
T1 - Pennsylvania statewide agricultural emergency response training Program
T2 - A collaborative partnership with agromedicine, academic and community resources
AU - Pistella, Christine L.
AU - Kanzleiter, Linda J.
AU - Henderson, Rugh A.
AU - Herman, James M.
PY - 2001/9/21
Y1 - 2001/9/21
N2 - Objective:Farmers often receive emergency medical services from professionals with lit tle experience with the agricultural environment. Methods: The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture through the Pennsylvania Agromedicine Program initiated an approach to reduce geographic and financial barriers to safety training by form ing a partnership with the Pennsylvania Area Health Education Cen ter (AHEC). Results: The agricultural emergency response-training pro gram was delivered in fifteen dispersedsites; 211 completed the FARMEDIC course. Forty community organizations participated. Conclusions: Community partner ships with state wide entities with regional centers of feran effective organizational model to provide agricultural emergency response training for rural emergency medical services professionals and first responders that ad dresses the needs of both farm ers and health professionals.
AB - Objective:Farmers often receive emergency medical services from professionals with lit tle experience with the agricultural environment. Methods: The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture through the Pennsylvania Agromedicine Program initiated an approach to reduce geographic and financial barriers to safety training by form ing a partnership with the Pennsylvania Area Health Education Cen ter (AHEC). Results: The agricultural emergency response-training pro gram was delivered in fifteen dispersedsites; 211 completed the FARMEDIC course. Forty community organizations participated. Conclusions: Community partner ships with state wide entities with regional centers of feran effective organizational model to provide agricultural emergency response training for rural emergency medical services professionals and first responders that ad dresses the needs of both farm ers and health professionals.
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U2 - 10.1300/J096v07n03_03
DO - 10.1300/J096v07n03_03
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85023867072
SN - 1059-924X
VL - 7
SP - 11
EP - 21
JO - Journal of Agromedicine
JF - Journal of Agromedicine
IS - 3
ER -
