Greetings Everyone,
Message from the State Division of EMS:
REMINDER of the EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Provider Briefing on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 16:00.
- Need a meeting invitation sent again ~ please complete this link!
- Have a question you want answered or a topic discussed during the briefing ~ please complete this link!
Thank you so much for all that you do to keep the EMS system operating and responding.
Peter
Peter L. Brodie, AEMT, BS
Branch Chief, Data and Informatics Unit
Division of State Emergency Medical Systems
Greetings Everyone,
Miller Hose in Niagara County is hosting a CME opportunity conducted by Dr John McNamara on March 13th, 2025. If you are interested please download the flyer and follow registration instructions. Refreshments will be provided.
http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/psych-and-behavioral-emergencies.pdf
Greetings Everyone,
Attached are the final 3 schedules for the AEMT-CC to Medic Bridge Program. If you are an EMT-CC and still want to bridge to Medic, please take a look at the schedules and decide which one works best for you. If you are planning on attending, please make sure that you have all the necessary documentation that is required prior to registering. Again, this is the final classes being taught prior to the official sunsetting of the EMT-CC level of care.
http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/EMT-CC-to-Medic-Bridge-Schedules.pdf
Greetings Everyone,
We have been informed by AMR that the attached flyer outlines the 2 Earn while you Learn courses being conducted this year. If anyone is interested or you know someone that is interested, please download the flyer. Thank you.
http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-class-flyer-AMR.pdf
Greetings Everyone,
We wanted to share a message that has been delivered by our partners to the south of us in the Southern Tier region. We realize this remains as an issue, so we wanted to remind everyone how they can report this. Please, we encourage you to use these pathways for reporting so we can continue to see the problem and where it exists. If we don’t know that it is broken, we cannot work to fix it.
We recognize that extended hospital wait times continue to be a challenge for EMS agencies in our region. To better document and address these delays, we strongly encourage providers to take the following steps when encountering excessive wait times:
- Complete the NYS Wait Time Survey – When an extended delay occurs, please report it using the EMS Agencies to Report Long Wait Times at Hospitals portal.
- Document Offload Time Accurately – Ensure that the offload time is correctly recorded in your PCR to provide a clear record of patient handoff delays.
- Report Egregious Delays – For particularly severe wait times, in addition to completing the wait time survey, agencies should consider filing a formal hospital complaint using the Complaints About New York State Hospitals form.
By consistently reporting these incidents, we can help advocate for system-wide improvements and better patient care. Thank you for your continued dedication to serving our communities.
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.
Greetings Everyone,
Erie County is hosting a Crisis Intervention Team Training session, February 18th or February 22nd. If interested please down load the flyer.
Also, Erie County still has many seats available for their EMS Speaker Series that is on going. Click the link to see what classes are available – https://www3.erie.gov/ems/ems-speaker-series
http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CIT-EMS-Feb-2025.pdf