How We Can Be More Prepared for the Next Pandemic: Lessons Learned from the National Response to COVID-19

Description: EMS clinicians and organizations truly stepped up to respond to COVID-19: Taking care of their communities in the face of a dangerous new pathogen, assuming new roles administering vaccines and tests, and much more. At the federal level, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Office of EMS, the US Fire Administration and other agencies worked together to support state and local EMS and 911 systems and to communicate with EMS organizations around the country. Earlier this year, these agencies also conducted listening sessions and collaborated to conduct an assessment of the EMS response to COVID-19. In this session, you’ll hear what they learned–and how it will impact the response to the next public health emergency at the federal, state and local levels.