Guides

Mi Via Self-Directed Waiver Consultant Guide

FIT Developmental Specialist Certification Manual

This guide has been developed to assist Emergency Medical Services and medical directors in writing a special skills application and understanding the requirements necessary to monitor and maintain a special skills program.

The 2016 Rabies Compendium by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians explains national animal rabies prevention and control best practices.

Introduction Letter

Veterinarians and animal control officers may refer to the Guidance on Prospective Serologic Monitoring for further information on dogs and cats with a rabies exposure but uncertain rabies vaccination history.

This booklet explains what a school employee needs to know about stomach illnesses at school. What are your responsibilities? How can you decrease the risks to yourself, your coworkers, and other students? How should you clean up? This booklet will answer these questions for you and provide you with tips to share with your co-workers, family, and the school community.

Libro de Bug de Estómago para Empleados de la Escuela

These guidelines will be maintained by the National Association of State EMS Officials to facilitate the creation of state and local EMS system clinical guidelines, protocols or operating procedures. System medical directors and other leaders are invited to harvest content as will be useful. These guidelines are either evidence-based or consensus-based and have been formatted for use by field EMS professionals.

This borrowing quick reference guide describes the process for borrowing inventories of vaccine for both privately insured and VFC-eligible children.

Health in All Policies is a collaborative approach to improving the health of all people by incorporating health considerations into decision-making across sectors and policy areas. This paper provides: a discussion of the concept of Health in All Policies, the “nuts and bolts” of this work, and a case study of the California Health in All Policies Task Force.

This manual is provided for the use of all services that may have occasion to use the New Mexico Emergency Medical Services Communications system. The intended purpose of the manual is to provide a basic understanding of the capabilities, proper utilization and maintenance policies of the State system. Its content specifically addresses the fundamental knowledge applicable to the emergency medical services provider rather than being an in-depth technical resource relating to system design and operation.

It provides emergency medical dispatch agencies with a guide to understanding New Mexico’s rules, regulations, and minimum standards to be met by those providing Emergency Medical services in the State of New Mexico to protect and promote the health and safety of the people. The standards in this guide include: agency certification, training, continuing education, licensure, re‐licensure, protocol use and compliance, medical direction and oversight, quality assurance, improvement, and management of emergency medical dispatch specific to this State.

This document will walk you through how to submit isolates to the New Mexico Department of Health Scientific Laboratory Division.

Indoor air pollutants are unwanted, sometimes harmful

This guideline is based on the recommendations from the NAEPP EPR-3 and is intended to assist the clinician in the diagnosis and management of asthma and should not be construed as a replacement for individualized evaluation and treatment based on clinical circumstances.

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is an acute infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Outbreaks of pertussis were first described in the 16th century, and the organism was first isolated in 1906. In the 20th century, pertussis was one of the most common childhood diseases and a major cause of childhood mortality in the United States.

It is our hope and expectation that school districts will use this manual as a guide to enlist the cooperation of all members of the school community. The sections on Asthma (3), the Student with Asthma (4), and the Asthma Friendly School (5) provide general information useful to all members of the community. The remaining sections (6-14) contain more specific information pertinent to individual members of the community. Finally section 15 lists a variety of helpful resources for everyone's use.

Whenever possible, local animal control officers should be involved when an animal bite or potential rabies exposure occurs. Animal control may be contacted to assist with head removal for rabies testing and to ensure the head is shipped for testing appropriately and in a timely manner.

These guidelines are for the shipping of average dog, cat, fox and skunk specimens. Because of the varying size of animals, specimens submitted for rabies testing may require the use of larger or different containers and bags.

Lead exposure during pregnancy and breastfeeding can result in lasting adverse health effects independent of lead exposure during other life stages. However, to date there has been limited guidance available for clinicians & the public health community regarding the screening and management of pregnant and lactating women exposed to high levels of lead.

This guide is a summary of various datasets regarding many health-related topics. Many of the datasets are compiled by the Department of Health, but also included are data compiled by other state and private agencies. This guide is intended as a resource directory and contains the most-frequently requested data.