Mayo Clinic

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012

Signed

Oct 16, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$40,965,018

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Education and training - see schedule o: gold cross has been designated by the american heart association (aha) as a community training center (ctc) for the aha which has established gold cross as a provider of emergency cardiac care training at various professional levels for the aha. Gold cross provides customized educational and training programs to the public, mayo clinic, mayo foundation for medical education and research, other allied health care agencies, and public safety agencies covering topics such as basic emergency care, medical-legal issues, osha requirements, environmental emergencies and other courses specific to customer needs. Throughout 2012, over 30,000 people were trained through the ctc operated by gold cross.gold cross donates training time to a variety of cities, counties, fire departments, emergency medical service agencies, as well as the general public. Gold cross has demonstrated this commitment by supporting various associations including the southeast regional ems program board, the mn ems regulatory board, the mn ems regulatory board data collection subcommittee, the mn ems regulatory board prehospital education advisory committee, the mn ems regulatory board mental health transfer task force, the rochester/olmsted county integrated emergency management system disaster exercise subcommittee, the american heart association, the minnesota ambulance association, and the southeast regional ems prehospital advisory committee. Approximately 7,800 hours of employee time was provided for a variety of safety-related programs to various communities, businesses, and schools. In addition, gold cross ambulance service employees participated in a large number of community events, school career fairs, student tours, brownie troops, cub scouts, boy scouts, various parades, head start events and health fairs, among others. The estimated dollar value of these efforts and other donated services exceeded $390,000.many local communities cannot upgrade their ambulance service from basic (bls) to advanced (als) because volunteers do not have accessible training. Inspired by this fact, gold cross has worked with community partners in st. Peter, moose lake and pine county (all in minnesota), to develop innovative training solutions. Similarly, volunteer community groups specializing in first response or disaster response often lack finances to make initial purchases of equipment or to upgrade equipment. Gold cross donates used equipment to such organizations regularly. The total value of donated equipment, including vehicles in 2012 was approximately $32,000. Gold cross further supports various communities by contracting with them to provide management support services for their services.over the years, gold cross has developed cooperative approaches in meeting medical center staffing needs as well as increasing training for gold cross paramedics. By collaborating with hospitals in various cities in which we provide service, gold cross paramedics provide advanced level patient care in the emergency room environment in communities that benefit from that staffing. Through this collaborative effort, gold cross paramedics receive training and experience to further enhance their skills and the hospital and medical center benefit from the availability of paramedics to assist during periods of time when they experience shortages in staffing.gold cross is a founding member of the north central ems cooperative (ncemsc). The ncemsc is open to membership from ems agencies in minnesota, iowa, north dakota, south dakota, wisconsin and other parts of the country, and provides group purchasing of ambulances, medical supplies and devices and other services in an effort to reduce costs of various infrastructures for ambulance services facing financial hardship. In addition, gold cross participates in the work of the north central ems institute (ncemsi) for the purposes of advancing benchmarking and public policy research related to the e

Activity 3

Research - see schedule o:in rochester, mn, gold cross is proud to have attained the nation's highest survival rate for out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest victims. Gold cross' research demonstrated the value of, and has resulted in nationwide efforts to place automatic defibrillators in police and other first response vehicles. At the end of 2012, gold cross had 13 research projects underway, which will help shape care provided to patients in the out of hospital setting in the future. These research projects include projects related to cardiac patients, stroke patients, airway management tools and techniques, driver safety, crew configuration as related to patient care, and other critical treatments for patients served by gold cross and all of ems across the nation. Research projects are established and coordinated through the mayo clinic medical transport research committee and comply with the standards of mayo clinic in all aspects. The information published is the result of collaborative efforts between gold cross and regional hospitals. Gold cross has requested and received "institutional review board" (irb) approval from the regional hospitals demonstrating the quality of research being conducted by gold cross. Other research projects underway, directly related to patient care, include a retrospective review of spinal immobilization efficacy, a community cardiac arrest study, trauma review studies, and a retrospective 12-lead ecg study related to st elevation in myocardial infarction patients. All research projects are well integrated with other medical institutions, including irb approvals where appropriate. These are in addition to internal quality assurance and improvement studies done within gold cross to continually improve patient care. Results of internal studies are shared in various venues to promote a higher level of care for patients served by the ems industry nationwide.

Filer

EIN

41-1917516