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Trumbull County EMS Announcements & Educational Opportunities |
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Secretary contact number: please call the secretary on his cell at: 330-219-5976. CLICK HERE FOR A CALENDAR OF KNOWN CE AVAILABLE UPDATE FOR HYPOTHERMIC POST ARREST PROTOCOL At the 11/30/11 board meeting a protocol for hypothermic treatment of the post cardiac arrest pt after ROSC was re-defined and approved for inclusion in our protocol. This page (click the blue link) WAS UPDATED AT THIS BOARD MEETING. Discard the page that was posted after the 9/28 or 10/26 meeting and replace it with this one after page IV-2 in the protocol. This includes a new cover page for the 2012 protocol. There is a new hyperlinked protocol for smart phones, pads, laptops, etc at the protocol page. All EMS continuing education in Trumbull County can be emailed to the secretary for inclusion on the calendar page for CE. Click here for the calendar of known EMS CE . Anyone who knows of any continuing ed may email the secretary at drmusc@aol.com. Patti Kostelnak was introduced from St. E’s at the 6/29/11 board meeting. She is in charge of Cardiovascular Community Health Care Education. She is willing to come out to any department and provide CE in the areas of Cardiovascular and Stroke concerns in the field. You can reach her at St. E’s (330) 746-7211, X-7648 or her pager at (330) 613-0101. |
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THE NEXT SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON February 29 at Abruzzi's 422. The January, 2012 Board Meeting for the Joint Committee of Emergency Medical Services in Trumbull County was held at 11:30 pm on 1/25/12 at Abruzzi’s 422. Voting Members present were as follows: 1) Chairman Dr. Spirtos 2) Co Chairman none 3) TMH Representative George Snyder 4) Education Representative none 5) Fire Chief Roger French 6) Private Service Holly Robinson 7) Fire Basic Dale Briggs 8) Fire Intermediate none 9) Fire Medic none 10) Private Basic none 11) Private Intermediate none 12) Private Medic Randy Pugh 13) First Responder none ALTERNATE MEMBERS PRESENT WERE: Sean Davis GUESTS PRESENT: Kim Orlovsky, Nicole Simms, Ben Melnykovich, Joe Robinson
A "Refusal of Treatment / Release" form has been adopted by the board. (Click on the blue link) All companies are urged to look at it and use for their own refusal / sign off form.
HB 128 contains revisions of the requirements for staffing ambulances. Some of those requirements have been relaxed. All are encouraged to read it for them selves to find out how it applies for your department at http://www.lsc.state.oh.us/analyses129/11-hb128-129.pdf The state scope of practice has had recent changes. Read it at http://www.publicsafety.ohio.gov/links/ems_scope_practice0608.pdf Ben Melnykovich, Trauma Services at St. Elizabeth Health Center shared at a JCEMS board meeting that he is willing to come out to any department for CE. The following is a listing what lectures he has available for presentation. He states, “If scheduled, I can come out to the departments and present to any number of participants. These are free of charge, and I can award CE for each one. Bomb Blast Injuries M. Ben Melnykovich, RN, BSAS 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. Northside Medical Center is looking towards recieving provisional approval for Level III trauma Center status in September. Trauma Call-In Sheets 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 the secretary here for inclusion. Be sure and date it to let the webmaster know how long you want to run the announcement. Ped CE click here for a brocure on bringing someone to your department for Ped CE 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.
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 2100 Greenville Rd in Bristolville. You can reach the secretary at his cell number 330-219-5976. JCEMS fax: 330-889-3710. You can email him at drmusc@aol.com as well. Application for DEA license 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. You can contact him at 330-219-5976 or at Bristol Fire: 330-889-2176. 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.
If continuing education is used for re-certification it must contain training in the following topics:
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