COTS Media
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COTS Preparedness |
https://www.cotshealth.org/s/CMAF-Newsletter-Fall-2015-5.pdf
Columbus Medical Association Foundation/Fall 2015 Newsletter
Preparing for the worst |
https://www.cotshealth.org/s/Medical-Guide_lrb.pdf
Columbus Monthly
12/2015
COTS Preparedness Coordination |
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/group-helps-columbus-hospitals-prepare-for-disaster/
NBC4 1/06/2020
A regional trauma organization as a coordinating body for a regional pandemic response: A brief report | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33428194/
Jodi Keller, RN, Sherri Kovach, MS, RN, Gregg M. Gascon, PhD, Robert E. Falcone, MD, Am J of Disaster Med
2020
Join the Franklin County and Columbus Medical Reserve Corps | https://www.cotshealth.org/medical-reserve-corps
Franklin County and Columbus Medical Reserve Corps
11/18/2020
Deployment of a shared alternative care site during the COVID-19 Pandemic | https://www.jems.com/best-practices/deployment-of-a-shared-alternative-care-site-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Sherri Kovach, MS, BSN, RN, EMT; Jackie Shaffer, MHA, BSN, RN; Gregg M. Gascon, PhD; Robert E. Falcone, MD, FACS, JEMS
8/20/2020
COVID- 19 |
https://www.cotshealth.org/press
Various sources March 2020 - January 2022
Surge Operations Call Center: managing capacity through innovation and collaboration | https://healthmanagement.org/c/healthmanagement/IssueArticle/surge-operations-call-center-managing-capacity-through-innovation-and-collaboration
Jodi Keller, Nancy Lehr, Melissa Rose, Debra A. Santarelli, Kimlyn N. Queen-Weis, Healthmanagement.org
2022
Ohio Department of Health press conference: Respiratory viruses in children |
Bruce Vanderhoff, MD, MBA, director, Ohio Department of Health; Rustin Morse, MD, chief medical officer, Nationwide Children’s Hospital; Patty Manning-Courtney, MD, chief of staff, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital; Claudia Hoyen, MD, director of infection control, University Hospitals (UH) and UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center holds mass casualty incident | https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/ohio-state-university-wexner-medical-center-mass-casualty-incident-training-columbus
ABC6 4/4/2023
Central Ohio hospitals take part in mass casualty training | https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/central-ohio-hospitals-take-part-in-mass-casualty-training/
NBC4 4/4/2023
Is Ohio prepared for a mass casualty incident? | https://www.prognosisohio.com/episodes/cots
Prognosis Ohio
4/24/2023
Ohio hospitals ready for the total solar eclipse | https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/ohio-hospitals-ready-for-the-total-solar-eclipse-central-columbus-april-2024
ABC6 4/5/2024
First Responders make safety plans ahead of Red, White, and Boom | https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/organizers-first-responders-make-safety-plans-ahead-of-red-white-and-boom-central-columbus-ohio-june-2024
ABC 6/6/2024
Healthcare Coalitions key to improving rural emergency preparedness|
https://www.cotshealth.org/s/EM-Leader-102024_Keller-interview.pdf
Jodi Keller, RN, The Joint Commission: Emergency Management Leader,
October 2024, Volume 1, Issue 5
OhioHealth care system faces funding threat from Trump bill | https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/central-ohio-healthcare-agencies-prepare-despite-funding-threat/530-5b9f8e11-b1e5-4728-9f35-54a8a9373a41?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLnGLRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHsosa3FX0Fy3ApMl-8ndliDd85LUT5Knu7MGdkmzF5GjX6LPsbCM_9Qi0E7J_aem_012iZARf0P6p0Tq3GHdCvw
10TV June 3, 2025
Trump targets disaster prep funds for COTS, Columbus Medical Affiliate | https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/healthcare/2025/06/03/trump-cuts-cots-columbus-medical-association-disaster-prep/84011088007/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwLnGTJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHikl29JjxRAMbuuRQva9_jSxX8441ZskAYqOkRYovQXpcM4bgXJJs0sQPG2__aem_EvMcCcelv99d1wZJQGV2Yg
The Columbus Dispatch June 5, 2025
https://www.cotshealth.org/s/Emergency-Management-102510172025.pdf
Jodi Keller, RN quoted in The Joint Commission: Emergency Management Leader, October 2025, Vol 2, Issue 5
Behind the scenes at the Arnold: first responders run emergency simulations | https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/behind-the-scenes-at-the-arnold-first-responders-run-emergency-simulations-ahead-of-busy
WSYX ABC 6, March 4, 2026
Several agencies leading safety preparations ahead of Arnold Sports Festival | https://www.10tv.com/video/news/local/several-agencies-leading-safety-preparations-ahead-of-arnold-sports-festival/530-e7ffb5d8-99fa-433e-ac1c-3ae0478d5ff4
WBNS 10TV, March 4, 2026
OhioHealth holds simulation training at Arnold Sports Festival ahead of high attendance weekend | https://www.wosu.org/2026-03-04/ohiohealth-holds-simulation-training-at-arnold-sports-festival-ahead-of-high-attendance-weekend?_amp=true
WOSU, March 4, 2026
As the Arnold arrives in Columbus, medical teams are ready for anything | https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2026/03/05/arnold-sports-festival-medical-teams-prepare-with-simulation/88980804007/
Columbus Dispatch, March 5, 2026
Hospitals participate in Emergency Preparedness exercise | https://barnesvillenews.org/2026/03/07/hospitals-participates-in-emergency-preparedness-exercise/
Barnesville Area News, March 7, 2026
Local Hospital joins many others in Emergency Response | https://www.logandaily.com/news/local-hospital-joins-many-others-in-emergency-exercise/article_e90c3320-2202-4987-b0d9-86d5d8b9f116.html
Jim Phillips Logan Daily News Editors, March 7, 2026
How OhioHealth teams kept athletes and visitors safe | https://newsroom.ohiohealth.com/how-ohiohealth-teams-kept-athletes-and-visitors-safe-at-2026-arnold-sports-festival/
March 9, 2026
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Collaboration: The key to a successful patient hand-off | https://www.jems.com/operations/the-key-to-a-successful-patient-care-hand-off/
Jamie Wilson, MBA-HCM, BSN, RN, Paramedic; Gregory Schano, DPN, MBA, RN, CCRN, CFRN, CNML, CMTE, EMTP; Ashish Panchal, MD, PhD; Sherri Kovach, MS, BSN, RN, EMT; Monica Treinish, MSN, RN; Laura Holden, MSN, RN, EMS CE-I; Vickie Graymire, MS, RN, CEN; Mark A. Huckaby, NRP, LP, Paramedic, JEMS
6/23/2020
Columbus ambulance diversion program activated as hospitals report ERs filled | https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/01/05/patients-get-taken-hospitals-rotating-basis-ease-overcrowding/6555268002/
Columbus Dispatch 1/5/2021
As Hospitals reach capacity, Central Ohio sees summer of citywide diverts | https://news.wosu.org/news/2021-09-07/as-hospitals-reach-capacity-central-ohio-sees-summer-of-citywide-diverts
WOSU 9/7/2021
Ambulance diversion program helps hospitals from being overrun with patients | https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/ambulance-diversion-program-helps-hospitals-from-being-overrun-with-patients/
NBC4 9/9/2021
Noggle explains Columbus hospital transport plan | https://www.circlevilleherald.com/news/noggle-explains-columbus-hospital-transport-plan/article_bba6ab40-a8d6-50c4-9a62-a768bdab386e.html
Circleville Herald 9/14/2021
Central Ohio Hospitals agree to a Diversion Plan | https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/emsworld/original-contribution/ohio-diversion-plan-keeps-emergency-patients-moving
Janine E. Curcio, DO, and Natalie Ferretti, MD, EMSWORLD
11/2021
Community partners essential to Ohio State's mission | https://news.osu.edu/community-partners-essential-to-ohio-states-mission-researchers-say/
Chris Bournea, Ohio State News 02/23/2026
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When a bullet meets a childs body: Interview with a pediatric trauma surgeon | https://www.nbc4i.com/news/when-a-bullet-meets-a-childs-body-interview-with-a-pediatric-trauma-surgeon/
NBC4i 2/2/2021
Mixed-methods study on how updates to advanced trauma life support training affect student performance | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34887086/
Gregg M Gascon, PhD, Steven Steinberg, MD, Sherri Kovach, MS, BSN, RN, EMT, Robert E Falcone, MD, FACS, Surgery
12/6/2021
A Wider Perspective on Data Validation: A Multiregion Collaborative | https://journals.lww.com/journaloftraumanursing/Abstract/2022/05000/A_Wider_Perspective_on_Data_Validation__A.12.aspx
Olivia C Houck, MPH, Kelly Harrison, BA, Roxanna Giambri, BS, Deanah Moore, AAS, Joyce Burt, CSTR, Kathy Cookman, BS, Vickie Graymire, MS, Journal of Trauma Nursing
May/June 2022
Survey of U.S Regional Trauma Organizations | https://www.jems.com/administration-and-leadership/survey-of-u-s-regional-trauma-organizations/
Steven M. Steinberg, MD; Sherri Kovach, MS, BSN, RN, EMT; Robert E Falcone, MD, FACS, Journal of EMS
6/7/2022