1. Order
  2. Welcome
  3. Additions
  4. Minutes
  5. Treasurers report:
  6. Checking: $13,972.06
  7. Saving: $11,774.13
  8. Training
  9. NREMT Conference went well and have received positive feedback.
  10. Planning has begun for next year’s conference.
  11. Difficult Airway Training Center – Would like to propose establishing a contract to become an approved training center. The cost to establish this contract would be $ 5000.00.
  12. Motion to approve up to $5000.00 (1st McAndrew , 2nd Light)
  13. STEMI:
  14. Health system data collecting is now including 1st medical contact to balloon (started Oct 2016). Please make sure to obtain times from clinic when transporting patients from those sites. Encourage each agency to work closely with clinics within your respective districts
  15. All data is available at the CIEMSD website
  16. Next meeting Thursday, April 20th @ 0800
  17. Operations
  18. Pulsara project – Working with hospitals and pulsar to get a quote moving forward; still waiting for the quote.
  19. Synergy: will look at continuing the publication only in an electronic format.
  20. Hospital Data:
  21. Data that is being submitted, through ImageTrend, to the state may not be 100% accurate. Would encourage everyone log into verify the data is accurate.
  22. Communications Center: nothing reported
  23. Chiefs:
  24. Nothing relative to this group.
  25. IEMSA
  26. Working with the Legislature to establish an EMS bill in the near future.
  27. Texting and Driving is on the docket.
  28. Concussions in high school sports: HF17 identifies EMS providers to complete concussion protocol assessment
  29. Behavioral transport : no longer on the docket
  30. Use of safety helmets: no longer on the docket
  31. EMS memorial May 20th; please submit nominations by April 5th, 2017.
  32. Polk County EMA
  33. Active threat working group meeting on April 20th, 2017 @ 1000 at the Polk County EMA. This will be the initial planning meeting for the role of public safety departments, so that all parties are on the same page.
  34. DLAN: critical incident template
  35. Polk County ME
  36. Will be hiring a new full-time position and replacement of one full time employee that will be leaving this summer.
  37. Noted increase in heroin related fatalities.Carfentanyl has now made the metro and have had at least one case.
  38. Hospital
  39. Unity Point: Blank ED is open, the older ED is being renovated for endoscopy.
  40. Mercy:
  41. Broadlawns:
  42. VA:
  43. County reports:
  44. Warren: Courthouse is still full of mold. Jail and dispatch is still within the courthouse. Tentative move of dispatch facility, may have to find permeant location.
  45. Dallas: no report
  46. Announcement:
  47. Training:
  48. Hiring
  49. Des Moines:
  50. Johnston: hiring 3, closing March 31st
  51. Clive: Part-time hiring process
  52. Fund raising:
  53. Delaware: Pancake breakfast
  54. Saylor Township: Pancake breakfast April 1st 0700-1100
  55. Illness:
  56. Motion to adjorn @ 1929 (1st Light, 2ndProwant)