Union Ambulance District receives $300K Center for Substance Abuse Treatment Projects of Regional and National Significance grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Union Ambulance District rural ems workforce advancement and behavioral health training program - Union Ambulance District rural ems workforce advancement and behavioral health training program. Union Ambulance District (uad) proposed project is to strengthen the capacity of rural emergency medical services (ems) personnel to provide evidence-based responses to substance use disorder (sud), opioid use disorder (oud), co-occurring mental health conditions, and behavioral health emergencies throughout franklin county, Missouri. The proposed project will expand uad's existing ems education program by implementing a comprehensive, evidence-based training curriculum that prepares ems personnel and first responders to recognize, assess, stabilize, treat, and connect individuals experiencing sud and mental health crises to ongoing care. The project will support 10 emts in completing accredited advanced emt or paramedic education (2 aemts and 8 paramedics), 4 paramedics in completing community paramedic education and obtaining Missouri community paramedic endorsement, and 23 paramedics in completing the fundamentals of critical care transport course and becoming eligible to sit for the certified critical care paramedic examination.