General

Of the nearly one in 10 New Mexicans who have asthma, more than a third of children and nearly half of adults have the disease under poor control, according to a new state Department of Health report. The chronic lung disease causes some 7,700 emergency room visits and 1,800 hospitalizations a year in New Mexico, ringing up an estimated $30 million a year in hospital charges, the report found.

This report presents EM resources ED status reporting percent by the Trauma Nurse Coordinator Forum for FY13-FY14.

The Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Advisory Committee is committed to the adoption of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Programs. Our goal is to facilitate the early identification, diagnosis, amplification and intervention of infants and children with hearing loss in order to maximize developmental outcomes.

This document provides examples of indicators for case review. Situations covered include death reviews, scene times greater than 10 minutes, length of stay in a facility for more than 2 hours prior to transfer to a tertiary care center, diversions, and emergency medical services run sheet availability on medical record within 24 hours of emergency room admission.

Letter from the trauma systems manager introducing the trauma performance improvement committee.

This is the current member list for the trauma advisory and system stakeholders committee.

This is a map of emergency medical services trauma centers in New Mexico.

This document describes the trauma advisory and system stakeholders committee including an overview of the organization, purpose, responsibilities, membership, quorum, appointment to membership, term of membership, ex-officio members, removal from the committee, officers, standing subcommittees, conduct, and scheduling of meetings.

This is an annual progress report for budget period July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013.

The New Mexico Newborn Hearing Screening Program is designed to oversee the newborn hearing screenings, diagnostic evaluations and referrals to the early intervention process through a tracking system. The program assists in identifying those newborns with hearing loss, as soon as possible, so the ability to develop communication and social skills is obtained at the earliest stage.

This document contains a complete listing of New Mexico Emerging Infections Program peer-reviewed articles, reports & updates, and conference abstracts.

Provides a comprehensive list of risk factors that are associated with permanent congenital, delayed onset or progressive hearing loss in childhood.

Describes the competencies and skills required by all newborn hearing screeners.

Letter from New Mexico Department of Health about Pertussis for childcare providers.

Letter from New Mexico Department of Health about Pertussis for foster parents.

Overview slide show of Pertussis in New Mexico.

These general guidelines were established for trauma system development funding use. However, the Trauma System Fund Authority delegated the application process and the review of all applications to the Trauma Advisory and System Stakeholders Committee who presents prioritized funding recommendations back to the Trauma System Fund Authority, which has final authority for funding allocations.

This proclamation was passed to set tuberculosis day as the 30th of March 2012.

Healthy Home initiatives are a response to scientific evidence that links substandard housing and poor health. Healthy Home interventions take a holistic approach to coordinated mitigation of housing related hazards, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time and this approach allows practitioners to address a wide array of health and safety issues.

Fact sheet about Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.