STARS Program

Osage Ambulance District STARS (Special Needs Tracking & Awareness Response System) is a program designed for children with moderate to severe medical conditions who utilize special medical equipment and/or present with uncommon symptoms.

STARS provides EMS crews with important information about the patient and family prior to their arrival on the scene of an emergency call.

When a family opts to participate, our STARS Coordinator will work with them to obtain important medical information about the child. Data is uploaded into a secure, electronic database that is available to all ambulances crews in the county.

Seizure disorders, tracheostomies, cerebral shunts, severe developmental delay, and atypical diseases/syndromes would all be examples of conditions that would warrant participation in the program.