Purpose

The purpose of this foundation is to sustain and develop the state of Tennessee EMS-C initiative by initiating coalition building, advocating for public policy, and stimulating resource development and funding.

Mission

To reduce child and youth disability and death due to severe illness and injury.

We are a diverse group of citizens organized and dedicated to promoting the development and delivery of comprehensive family-centered pediatric emergency and critical care, rehabilitation and prevention services, and disaster preparedness that sustain the optimal health care for all the children of Tennessee under all political and environmental conditions.

The Tennessee EMSC Foundation is dedicated to ensuring public and professional education, provider training, research, and advocacy regarding injury prevention, disaster preparedness, and quality family-centered emergency and critical care services for Tennessee’s children, and thereby, promoting the development of all aspects of the EMS-C continuum in Tennessee. We envision a dynamic partnership among stake holders including health care providers, families, universities, state agencies, and grantors that ensures the conceptualized, facilitated, coordinated and sustained provision of those services.