4.0 Goals and Objectives 
of the Work Performed

The primary goal of this work is to support and facilitate EMS outcomes research and evaluation to be conducted by the broad EMS community. In essence, a "blueprint" and a set of "tools" has been developed that EMS practitioners can use to evaluate the effectiveness of prehospital care. Objectives critical to the development of an EMS outcomes research plan included: 

1. Identify conditions that should take precedence in EMS outcomes research;
2. Determine the appropriate risk adjustment measures for the priority conditions identified; 
3. Determine the appropriate outcome measures for the priority conditions identified; 
4. Identify stakeholders and constituencies important for EMS outcomes research; 
5. Develop a research dissemination plan. 

An objective identified at the start of the project, "identify existing data sets and evaluation methods useful for EMS outcomes research," was removed because the steering committee determined that there were no data sets in existence that could be used to actually conduct EMS outcomes research.

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