The South Dakota Department of Health’s Regional Services Designation Grant program has successfully funded EMS improvements, including education, equipment, and sustainability projects. This funding enhances the delivery of critical services statewide and strengthens the overall EMS infrastructure.
Round 1 Summary
- Services/Organizations: 39
- Total Amount Obligated: $1.6 million
| Organization | Community | Approved Components | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Methods | Rapid City | Online EMS Continuing Education for 230 individuals | $5,750.00 |
| Air Methods | Rapid City | Ascend training for EMS Personnel | $16,200.00 |
| Avera Health | Sioux Falls | Fund three high-fidelity simulators for regional trainings | $228,109.00 |
| Beresford Ambulance | Beresford | I am responding app and training for law enforcement (4) | $5,200.00 |
| Bowdle Healthcare Center | Bowdle | First Responder Bags | $2,100.00 |
| Brookings Ambulance | Brookings | Develop Quality Improvement/Quality Assurance Program | $45,300.00 |
| Crow Creek Sioux | Ft Thompson | Power Stair Chair | $15,431.42 |
| De Smet Ambulance | De Smet | Power Cot and Manikins | $67,417.90 |
| Deuel County Ambulance | Deuel Co | EMS Equipment and Training Supplies | $17,540.00 |
| Douglas County - Armour | Armour | EMT Class for 10 students | $10,000.00 |
| Eastern Pennington County Ambulance | Wall | Consultant services for long-term sustainability | $3,000.00 |
| Faulkton Area Medical Center | Faulkton | Consulting Services, NREMT Remediation Classroom, NREMT study book | $31,250.00 |
| Hand County Memorial Hospital | Miller | Continuing education and billing software | $21,500.00 |
| Hill City Ambulance | Hill City | Stair Chair | $15,431.42 |
| Hoven Ambulance | Hoven | AED Trainer and Manikins | $551.00 |
| Hudson Ambulance Association | Hudson | Power Cot and Power Stair Chair | $49,531.64 |
| Ipswich Ambulance | Ipswich | Power Cot, Stair Chair, Training Manikin, and Equipment | $48,744.41 |
| Jerauld County Ambulance | Wessington Springs | Power Cot and Power Stair Chair | $46,721.02 |
| Jones County Ambulance | Murdo | IV Training Arm and Airway Trainer | $4,243.68 |
| Keystone Ambulance | Keystone | Power Stair Chair | $15,431.42 |
| Kimball Ambulance | Kimball | EMS Clothing and 2 Stethoscopes | $7,460.00 |
| Lake Norden Ambulance | Lake Norden | EMS Education Classes and Materials | $23,180.00 |
| Lennox Ambulance | Lennox | Power Cot and Power Stair Chair | $45,096.18 |
| Marshall County Ambulance | Britton | Manikins and Books | $5,886.48 |
| McCook County EMS | Salem | Stair Chair | $15,431.42 |
| Missouri Valley Ambulance | Chamberlain | Train the Trainer Classes and Books | $34,530.00 |
| Mitchell Fire | Mitchell | Establish an EMS Training Equipment Hub | $94,982.70 |
| Mobridge Hospital | Mobridge | Implementation Leads and Travel Expenses | $2,100.00 |
| North Sioux City Fire Dept. | North Sioux City | Training Management Software, PPE, and Fit Testing Equipment | $38,536.50 |
| Rapid City Fire | Rapid City | Simulation and Specialty Manikins, Power Cot, Software | $203,772.85 |
| Sanford Canton-Inwood | Canton | Power Cot and Power Stair Chair | $45,096.18 |
| Sanford Health | Sioux Falls | EMS Education and Simulator Replacement | $211,655.00 |
| SD Association of Healthcare Organization | Sioux Falls | EMS Workforce Shortage, Coordination of Interfacility Transfers | $50,000.00 |
| SDEMSA District 1 | Carthage | Training Manikins, Equipment, and Moulage Kits | $27,491.65 |
| SDEMSA District 2 | Beresford | Education and Jump Kits | $59,687.00 |
| Selby Area School District | Selby | Program Startup Costs, Travel, and CTE Certification | $18,561.00 |
| Smoke Signal Solutions | Chamberlain | 2 EMT Classes in Rosebud and Fort Thompson | $38,597.00 |
| Sturgis Ambulance | Sturgis | Regional Inventory Distribution Center | $6,401.99 |
| Sturgis Ambulance | Sturgis | EMS Training | $5,115.26 |
| Sturgis Ambulance | Sturgis | One Power Cot | $31,289.60 |
| Sturgis Ambulance | Sturgis | One Stair Chair | $14,431.42 |
| Sturgis Ambulance | Sturgis | Promote EMS in the Community, Training, and QI Initiative | $2,987.97 |
| Wolsey Ambulance | Wolsey | Instructor Training and Recruiting, Power Cot | $27,800.00 |
| Yankton County EMS | Yankton | Training Manikin | $9,266.80 |
Round 1 Total: $1,668,809.91
Round 2 Summary
- Services/Organizations: 64
- Total Amount Obligated: $5.8 million
| Organization | Community | Approved Components | Total |
| 605 CPR LLC DBA 605EMS | Harrisburg | Quality Assurance/Improvement Project and EMS Personnel Training | $131,400.00 |
| Aberdeen Fire Rescue | Aberdeen | NEMSMA's EMS Field Training and Evaluation Program | $45,000.00 |
| Air Methods dba Ascend | Rapid City | Online EMS Training for Two Years | $149,000.00 |
| American Medical Response | Pierre | Computer-Aided Dispatch Software, Training Equipment, Power Cot, and EMT Classes | $65,207.20 |
| Bison - Perkins County Ambulance | Bison | Power Cot | $31,289.60 |
| Brookings Health System | Brookings | Power Cot | $31,289.60 |
| Butte County - Newell Ambulance | Newell | Basic First Aid, CPR, and Stop the Bleed Training for Local Fire and Deputies | $51,630.12 |
| Community Memorial Hospital | Redfield | Quality Improvement Coordinator, EMS Equipment, Training, and Manikins | $127,328.00 |
| Crow Creek Sioux Tribe | Ft Thompson | Assessment of Reservation Community and EMS Resources | $28,930.00 |
| Day County Ambulance | Webster | Power Cot and Scheduling Software | $36,307.55 |
| De Smet Emergency Medical Service | De Smet | Stop the Bleed Arm Manikin and AED Trainer | $1,710.00 |
| Deuel County Ambulance | Clear Lake | Scheduling and Payroll Software, Strategic Planning Consultants | $22,315.11 |
| Douglas County - Armour | Armour | EMT Class | $15,000.00 |
| Eastern Pennington County Ambulance | Wall | EMS Manikins for Training | $3,000.00 |
| Elk Point Community Ambulance | Elk Point | Auscultation Stethoscopes and EMT Class | $13,579.98 |
| Elkton Ambulance | Elkton | EMS Refresher Class and Power Cot | $47,289.60 |
| Highmore Ambulance | Highmore | Power Cot and CPR Manikins | $32,789.59 |
| Hot Springs Ambulance | Hot Springs | Power Cot | $31,289.60 |
| Hoven Ambulance | Hoven | Power Cot | $31,289.60 |
| Jerauld County Ambulance | Wessington Springs | Power Cot | $31,289.60 |
| Kadoka Ambulance | Kadoka | Advanced Life Support Manikin | $9,048.99 |
| Keystone Ambulance | Keystone | EMS Education | $3,200.00 |
| Lennox Ambulance | Lennox | Safety Lights, Handtevy System and Training, Strategic Planning | $25,252.20 |
| McCook County EMS | Salem | Power Cot | $31,289.60 |
| Minnehaha County Rural EMS | Garretson | EMS Assessment and Consulting | $204,400.00 |
| Missouri Valley Ambulance | Chamberlain | EMT Classes and Training Equipment | $127,159.52 |
| Mitchell Fire | Mitchell | Training Hub - Manikins and Training Supplies | $189,666.26 |
| North Sioux City Fire Dept | North Sioux City | Power Cot and Weight System | $36,464.15 |
| Northeast SD Area AHEC | Aberdeen | Regional Consultants, Instructor Courses, EMS Supplies for Five Services | $227,080.00 |
| Onida Fire | Onida | Power Cot, Manikin, and EMS Equipment | $37,839.59 |
| Philip Ambulance | Philip | EMS Education | $69,322.00 |
| Plankinton Ambulance Assoc | Plankinton | Training Equipment and Stop the Bleed Kits | $3,275.00 |
| Rapid City Fire | Rapid City | EMS Recruitment and Classes | $117,338.00 |
| Rockerville Volunteer Fire | Rapid City | AEDs for 13 Fire Departments | $28,973.00 |
| Rosebud Sioux Tribe | Rosebud | Handtevy System, Software, and Sustainability Consultants | $216,118.90 |
| Sage Project Consultants | Sioux Falls | Improve Patient Care, Billing Systems, and Community Support | $500,000.00 |
| Sanford Health | Sioux Falls | PHTLS and Simulation in Motion Trainings | $206,400.00 |
| SD Foundation for Medical Care | Sioux Falls | EMS Stakeholder List and Improvement Coalitions | $492,986.00 |
| SD Ambulance Association | Spearfish | Privacy Officer Training, CADS Classes, and Consultants | $268,345.00 |
| SD Assoc of Healthcare Org | Sioux Falls | Interfacility Transfer Research and Development | $500,000.00 |
| SD EMS Association | Webster | Educational Software, Classes, and Equipment | $114,303.56 |
| SD EMSA District 2 |
Harrisburg | EMS Education and Manikins | $134,000.00 |
| SD EMSA District 5 |
Midland | EMS Refresher Course | $5,600.00 |
| SD EMS for Children | Sioux Falls | Pediatric Education and Manikins | $102,814.00 |
| Selby Area School District | Selby | High School EMS Classes, Manikins, and Equipment | $72,694.39 |
| Smoke Signal Solutions | Chamberlain | EMT Classes | $26,469.00 |
| SD EMSA Instructor Coordinator | Sioux Falls | National EMS Educators Instructor Courses | $36,850.00 |
| Spearfish Ambulance | Spearfish | Training Manikins | $41,526.19 |
| Springfield Ambulance | Springfield | Power Cot, Recruitment, and Stop the Bleed Kits | $44,089.50 |
| Standing Rock Sioux Tribe | McLaughlin | Power Stair Chair, Lift, Handtevy System, and Manikins | $46,308.31 |
| Strengthening EMS Resiliency | Mobridge | CHW Coordinator, CHW Classes, EMS Equipment, and Training | $156,509.39 |
| Strengthening EMS Resiliency | Selby | Stair Chair, Scheduling Software, and Manikins | $46,486.12 |
| Strengthening EMS Resiliency | Timber Lake | Stair Chair, Scheduling Software, and Manikins | $22,606.32 |
| Sturgis Ambulance | Sturgis | EMT Classes, Regional Inventory System, and One Weight System | $90,942.00 |
| Tea (City of) | Tea | EMS Study | $44,995.00 |
| Tripp City Ambulance | Tripp | Power Cot | $31,289.60 |
| Tripp County Ambulance | Winner | Stair Chair and Training Manikins | $39,995.24 |
| Turner County EMS | Parker | Power Cots for Five Ambulance Services | $156,488.00 |
| Wagner-Lake Andes Ambulance | Lake Andes | Power Cot and EMS Training | $31,689.60 |
| Watertown Fire | Watertown | Community Paramedic and Handtevy System | $45,847.27 |
| West McPherson EMS | Eureka | Initial EMS and Emergency Vehicle Operation Courses | $9,000.00 |
| Wolsey EMS | Wolsey | EMS Classes, Training Supplies, and Power Cots | $239,975.00 |
| Yankton County EMS | Yankton | Handtevy System | $11,872.75 |
Round 2 Total: $5,839,975.00