The August board meeting will take place on August 27, 2008, 11;30 am at Abruzzi's. There will be NO July board meeting unless a special one is called for.
The June, 2008 Board Meeting for the Joint Committee of Emergency Medical Services in Trumbull County was held at 11:30 on 6/25/2008 at Abruzzi’s 422 Restaurant.
Voting Members present were as follows:
1) Chairman – Dr. Spirtos
2) Co Chairman – none
3) TMH REPRESETATIVE – none
4) Education REPRESENTATIVE – none
5) FIRE CHIEF – Ken Schick
6) PRIVATE SERVICE – none
7) FIRE BASIC - Dale Briggs
8) FIRE INTERMEDIATE – none
9) FIRE MEDIC – Fred Stosik
10) PRIVATE BASIC – none
11) PRIVATE INTERMEDIATE – David Woodford
12) PRIVATE MEDIC – none
13) First Responder – none
ALTERNATE MEMBERS PRESENT WERE:
John Hickey
GUESTS PRESENT:
Lew Spirtos, Eric Crowl
A quorum was not present. Dr. Spirtos asked that we go through the meeting with anything needing voting upon to be reviewed and voted upon at the August board meeting.
There have been requests for information concerning having the hospitals fax a face sheet to your department. If you need one from St. Joes, they say verbal request is all you need. If you need one from TMH click (here TMH face sheet request) for a copy of the sheet needed to request the face sheet.
Trauma Call-In Sheets
This is a copy of the EMS trauma call-in sheet currently being utilized at the ED at TMH. We are distributing this sheet to all interested EMS agencies as a means of confirming with you the information that our nurses need from EMS when calling in a trauma.
The key information that EMS needs to provide includes the following:
AGE of patient
SEX of patient
CURRENT VITAL SIGNS of patient (HR, RR, SpO2, Systolic BP (at least))
GCS of patient (important to gauge patient status and improvement)
LOC during incident or transport, and if LOC is present HOW LONG the patient lost consciousness
(this is important to try to obtain; if unknown, EMS needs to advise the
staff that it was unknown or unobtainable on call-in.)
AIRWAY treatment in place (anything from a nasal canula, to a mask to ETT)
MECHANISM OF INJURY (crash, fall, ejection… whatever caused the injuries)
Other information on the sheet such as the name of the patient, are not required for EMS to report. Obviously, EMS will not have the names of the trauma surgeon and other such information; this will be for our staff to acquire. EMS needs to relay the information that is requested above.
In the future, we will be reducing this information into a pocket-card format so that it will be easier for EMS providers to utilize. Once again, this is for reference as to what information our staff will be requesting, and it is provided to you to familiarize yourself with it. Questions, please contact me at either (330) 841-9616, or GSnyder@forumhealth.org.
Each department and individual needs to know what constitutes "trauma" and where trauma victims need to go for treatment! Here's a great power point informational presentation from the state. It's a 1.2 MB download, but a great training tool. Just click TRAUMA. Each department should have their own QA for trauma to ascertain the over / under triaging that is being done for said trauma calls.
- If you or your department has an announcement you would like to make for the Trumbull County EMS system, please email tcems@tcemergency.com or directly to the secretary here for inclusion. Be sure and date it to let the webmaster know how long you want to run the announcement.
CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR RECERTIFICATION
ED Materials suitable for Basic, Intermediate, and Medics at the Woodiebrook Education Center. You can register at http://uhhsgeaugaems.org
. Any questions can be sent to kellyannmisterka@aol.com or 440-724-2556.
Here is an opportunity for all EMT's / Medics (and others) to ask questions of the board, offer suggestions via this web page. In the box below we will post your questions and suggestions with a response from the board. simply click on the mail link, offer your question / suggestion and it will be posted.
| email your submission to webmaster with "tcems question" in the subject heading
- Question?
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A copy of a "trauma pad" that some hospitals use when taking information from you concerning a trauma victim might help when delivering information to a nurse enroute. Click on Trauma Pad and make copies to keep in each squad.
The EMS office is at the Bristol Fire Dept. at 1864 Greenville Rd in Bristolville. The phone numbers are (330)240-8640, fax 889-3710. The secretary will usually be in the office on Thursday and Friday mornings. There is an answering machine if he is not in, or you can email him at drmusc@aol.com
ATTENTION
All Trumbull County EMS and field death reports are stored at the EMS office in the same building as Bristol Fire. The cost for each run report / death report is $.20 each. Please contact Dale ahead of time to arrange pickup of such. He is usually there (330-240-8640 or 889-2176) on Thurs and Fri, mornings and other times when he's on schedule for Bristol Fire.
OHIO CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTINUING ED
You can renew your state card by taking a refresher course every three years or by submitting the following CE hours with certificates to support those hours. The state only accepts authorized signed certificates for CE. Any lost CE certificates for Wed. PM hospital meetings, will require a $10 fee for replacement.
| First Responder |
15 hours |
| EMT - Basic |
40 hours |
| EMT - Intermediate |
60 hours |
| EMT - Paramedic |
80 hours & Current ACLS |
If continuing education is used for re-certification it must contain training in the following topics:
| TOPIC (HOURS) |
EMT - Basic |
EMT - Intermediate |
EMT - Paramedic |
| Pediatric |
6 hours |
8 hours |
12 hours |
| Geriatric |
2 hours |
4 hours |
4 hours |
| Trauma |
8 - (2 in destination) |
8 - (2 in destination) |
8 - (2 in destination) |
