AID grant no. EUR-0037-G-00-2018-00 to Milwaukee International Health Training Center Consortium for a program entitled `emergency medical services training in Poland"

Polish members of the MIHTC partnership include the Municipality of Bialystok, the Copernicus Medical Academy and the Municipal Health Department of Krakow, and the Polish Mother"s Memorial Hospital in Lodz. Core activities will include: (1) training of 18 physician participants/visiting faculty (6 from each city) as providers and instructors in emergency care at the scene, during patient transport, and in the hospital emergency room, and the subsequent training by these instructors of 300 EMS personnel in Poland (100 in each city); (2) upgrading of medical equipment for ambulances; and (3) establishment of EMS information/learning resource centers in the three cities and in the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Warsaw. The project will also develop an injury control strategy, emphasizing pediatrics, as a basis for developing a model program in Bialystok.