Central Iowa EMS Directors Meeting
November 24, 2008
Ankeny FD
Attendees:
Deb Wilkinson Polk City FD
Dan Gubbins Polk City FD
Dan Keough Mercy
Ryan Young Altoona FD
Rex Heisdorffer Newton FD
Frank Prowant Ankeny FD
Chip Mathis Elkhart FD
Ryan Coburn Norwalk FD
Brian Helland Clive FD
Mike Cox Fraser Medical Service
Rob Light Urbandale FD
Steve Noland Polk County EMA
Robert Chiappano Ankeny FD
Meeting was called to order at 1837
Dan Keough welcomed everyone and thanked Ankeny FD for hosting the meeting.
Introductions were made. Frank offered tours of the new station.
Meeting Minutes Minutes from the September meeting were approved as written on a motion by Dan Gubbins, 2nd by Brian Helland.
Agenda – no additions or corrections
Treasurer's Report Checking $446.53 Savings $5357.08
Committee Reports
Education Committee – Frank Prowant
Minutes of the last meeting are posted at:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/CIEMSD/files/CIEMSD%20Training%20Committee/
Very pleased with the direction the training committee has gone
Operations Committee – Dan Gubbins
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CIEMSD/files/CIEMSD%20Operations%20Committee%20/Meeting%20Minutes%20111808.doc
· EMS Teams card – goal is to have all Polk Co. agencies completed by Jan. 1st. Have 10 done and 8 still to go.
· Polk County MCI plan is outdated. Working on updating. Dispatch centers are on board with this project
· The goal of the EMS teams cards is to have the dispatch center fill an alarm without any time delay
· Want to make recommendation to the Fire Chief’s group that dispatch centers follow EMS cards
· Polk Co dispatch is working on priority dispatching
· Quarterly publication
o Need to come up with name
o Include articles about protocols, new equipment, medication articles, CIEMSD meeting schedule and description of what the CIEMSD group is all about
o Goal is to have the 1st publication out in March.
o Have a company to do the layout and design – JM Impressions
o Will ask for sponsorship money from hospitals to pay for publication
o Discussion on cost of 1st publication. Gubbins said $1500. Discussion around CIEMSD group paying for 1st publication. Motion by Prowant, 2nd by Light to use $1500 from CIEMSD treasury funds to pay for 1st publication. Motion passed.
o Keough suggested maybe Mercy and Iowa Health pay for 3 publications and split the 4th. Will check with Broadlawns and maybe Mary Greeley to see if they are interested in participating.
· Steve Noland – still have $3000+ in EMS system development grant money. Can use grant money to offset NREMT Refresher speaker fees and use CIEMSD money for the publication.
Communication Center Reports
Mercy – no report
Polk County – no report
WestCom – no report
Des Moines – no report
Polk County Fire Chiefs Report –
No report
IEMSA –
Had over 1300 registrants at the conference in November
Website: www.iemsa.net
Metro Trauma Committee – Brian Helland/Dan Keough
· Sponsoring prevention awareness and mock crash events – drunk driving awareness. Last program was at Johnston HS in October. Have been getting so busy with this program that we have formed Iowa Trauma Education Foundation. The cost of each program is approximately $2000
o Feedback from Johnston school drill was great. Ankeny may be the next program. The group was invited to Indianola and Norwalk also.
· Pre-hospital reports are good. Still seeing some patients coming without oxygen or IV’s
· Asked for any concerns to take back to the Metro Trauma committee. Let Dan Keough know if you have concerns.
Metro ED – Dan Keough
· Discussion around taking an OB patient directly to the floor. Some will deliver OB patient directly to the floor but will take appropriate equipment with them. Will have hospital staff escort them.
· Discussion of DNR patient. What happens when we are transporting DNR patient and they die on the way to the hospital? ER has to enter patient into the computer and patient will get billed. Maybe have ambulance call medical examiner instead of taking them into ER.
· ER Directors agreed to bring deceased to hospital and will find somewhere to put them until family arrives. Will not charge patient.
· Made changes to DSM hospital bypass protocol
o Have 3 categories – trauma, adult ER, and pediatric ER
o Only one hospital can go on bypass at a time
o Will evaluate every 60 minutes.
IDPH – Kirk Schmitt
No Report
MMRS – Steve Noland
· Has been transferred to Emergency Management for disbursement of purchase such as safety vests.
NDMS – No report
Polk County Emergency Management: Steve Noland
· $3100 left in EMS system development grant.
· Have purchased a case of AirTrac trainers, another airway kit, and START Triage kits
· Recommended new kits be placed in Ankeny and Urbandale
Polk County Medical Examiner - no report
Hospital Reports
Mercy – Dan Keough –
· Comm center is now located on 2nd floor. Using Nextel to communicate between Comm center and charge nurse
· Have purchased the WAVE system
· Will be dispatch/comm center for Mercy West Lakes when it opens
· Will put a monitor in the garage at Mercy Capitol
· Comm center will decide if patient should go to Mercy Main or Mercy Capitol
· Have installed drop down plugs in the ambulance garage and spotlight to shine into the backs of ambulances in the bay
· Will take out sensor by the trauma doors so they don’t open and close all the time when people are putting new sheets on their cots
· Rex asked if there is wireless in the ER and is it connected to a printer
· Have set up fast track area for minor incidents. Have changed route into those rooms so you don’t have to take your patient through the waiting room
· Have hired 2 more dispatchers
· Mercy Ambulance will be 24 x 7 by January 1st
Methodist – no report
Lutheran – no report
Blank – no report
Broadlawns – no report
VA – no report
Other – no report
Member Counties:
Boone – no report
Dallas – Scott Gavin - no report
Jasper – Rex Heisdorffer – no report
Madison – no report
Marshall – no report
Marion – no report
Story – no report
Warren – Doug Richardson – no report
Polk County - no report
Old Business
· CIEMSD website – Scott Gavin – WWW.CIEMSD.COM. Dan Gubbins – can have the website professionally designed for $200. Motion by Frank Prowant, 2nd by Rob Chiappano to have them design it.
· The longer I/O needle is now shipping
New Business -
Frank Prowant started a discussion about – how do we get more people to attend these meetings. Group discussion.
Announcements
Iowa Health is hiring an EMS Coordinator
T. J. Carroll is the new EMS coordinator hired at DMACC
Upcoming Training Opportunities - none
2009 Meeting schedule
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Location: Altoona Fire Department
950 Venbury Drive
Dinner: 1800
Meeting Time: 1830-2030
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Location: Norwalk Fire Department
1100 Chatham Avenue
Dinner: 1800
Meeting Time: 1830-2030
Monday, May 18th, 2009 (one week early due to Memorial Day)
Location: Polk City Fire Department
309 West Van Dorn
Dinner: 1800
Meeting Time: 1830-2030
Monday, July 27th, 2009
Location: Clive Fire Department
8505 Harbach Blvd.
Dinner: 1800
Meeting Time: 1830-2030
Monday, September 28th, 2009
Location: Mercy Medical Center
1111 6th Ave, Des Moines
Dinner: 1800
Meeting Time: 1830-2030
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Location: Urbandale Fire Department
3927 121st St
Dinner: 1800
Meeting Time: 1830-2030
Next meeting – January 26th 1830 – 2030
The meeting will be held at Altoona Fire Station located at 950 Venbury Drive
Meeting adjourned at 2030
Respectfully Submitted,
Deb Wilkinson, Secretary/Treasurer