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  2. Emergency medical responder levels by U.S. state - Wikipedia

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    Any provider between the levels of Emergency medical technician and Paramedic is either a form of EMT-Intermediate or an Advanced EMT. The use of the terms "EMT-Intermediate/85" and "EMT-Intermediate/99" denotes use of the NHTSA EMT-Intermediate 1985 curriculum and the EMT-Intermediate 1999 curriculum respectively.

  3. Iowa Department of Public Health - Wikipedia

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    Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) is a state agency of Iowa focusing on public health. It is headquartered in the Lucas State Office Building in Des Moines.

  4. State health agency - Wikipedia

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    A state health agency ( SHA ), or state department of health, is a department or agency of the state governments of the United States focused on public health. The state secretary of health is a constitutional or at times a statutory official in several states of the United States. The position is the chief executive official for the state's ...

  5. Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment - Wikipedia

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    POLST ( Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is an approach to improving end-of-life care in the United States, encouraging providers to speak with the severely ill and create specific medical orders to be honored by health care workers during a medical crisis. [1] POLST began in Oregon in 1991 and currently exists in 46 states ...

  6. Illinois Department of Public Health - Wikipedia

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    Department executive. Ngozi O. Ezike, MD [1], Director of Public Health. Website. dph .illinois .gov. The Illinois Department of Public Health ( IDPH) is the code department [2] [3] of the Illinois state government that prevents and controls disease and injury, regulates medical practitioners, and promotes sanitation. [4]

  7. Iowa Department of Human Services - Wikipedia

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    The Iowa Board of Social Welfare was founded in 1937 by the Iowa General Assembly. In 1967, it was merged with the Iowa Board of Control and Iowa Board of Parole to form the Iowa Department of Social Services. It was renamed the Iowa Department of Human Services in 1987. [1] In 2022, as part of Governor Reynold's State Agency Alignment ...

  8. COVID-19 pandemic in Iowa - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the U.S. state of Iowa in March 2020. The first known cases were three individuals who had traveled on a cruise in Egypt before returning home to Johnson County on March 3. Initially, case clusters were focused at meatpacking plants and congregate care facilities.

  9. Illinois health officials sound alarm on cases similar to ...

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    April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM. CHICAGO - Illinois officials are warning health care facilities and emergency rooms around the state to be on heightened alert for patients demonstrating symptoms similar ...