Greetings Everyone,
The Western HEPC is conducting a survey that will be available until the end of the month (March 31st, 2022). I am aware that there is still the EMSC survey out there that I am sure some of you may still need to complete. While it is true that these surveys are voluntary, they do allow your voice to be heard. Attached is the information on this survey and the PDF showing the questions before hand is also attached. I encourage ALL EMS leadership to complete the survey. For those of you that are not leadership in your agency, please encourage the same from your leadership please. This is valuable information, even if you do not see any impact from the results immediately. Thanks –
Good Morning,
The link below is to the Western Region Health Emergency Preparedness Coalition (HEPC) Survey. This survey is designed to collect gaps we have in the region.
The survey is designed to be anonymous but we are looking for what sector you are in and if you are based in Western New York or the Finger Lakes or both.
We have attached a PDF of the survey for those that prefer to review the survey before completing it. Some of the survey features are lost on paper.
We will be closing this survey on March 31. Please let your voice be heard. This will be our guide for the next couple of years. The data will be shared with our partners at DHSES to coordinate training, meetings, speakers, and exercises. The results will be shared at our next meeting on June 7, 2022.
Feel free to share with link with anyone whose voice should be heard.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJ6DTFQ
Patrick Byrne, BSN RN MEP CHEC
Regional Representative, Finger Lakes
Office of Health Emergency Preparedness
New York State Department of Health
http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/HEPC-Status-Check86.pdf
The Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems is pleased to announce the EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Provider Briefing schedule for March 2022:
Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 16:00 Event # 161 127 5699 Password: LEADERS2022
Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 16:00 Event # 161 793 1263 Password: LEADERS2022
Program Address: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?PRID=56d1f534f1cd77a13b3e604308ec1279
Program Password: LEADERS
Please take note of the following:
- If you are planning to attend either of these EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Provider Briefings and have a question, please complete the online form (https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubpal/builder/survey/nys-covid-19-response-ems-agency) before 14:00 on the day of the briefing so your question will be ready
- If you don’t receive an invitation directly, please complete an online form (https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubpal/builder/survey/ems-agency-leadership-and-ems-pr) to receive invitations automatically for future briefings.
We encourage all participants to sign into the meeting no later than 10 minutes in advance of the meeting
Thank you for all that you do!
Peter
Peter L. Brodie, BS, AEMT
Deputy Chief, Data and Informatics Unit
EMS Data Manager
Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems
Greetings Everyone,
The following is a message from the Bureau regarding the EMS Memorial:
As most of you are aware, the EMS Memorial is undergoing an expansion. We have just learned that the expansion will not be finished by our original date of the EMS Memorial Service of May 17th .
We have just confirmed with OGS for a new EMS Memorial Date of September 20. Please share this information with your colleagues and friends.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me
Valerie Ozga
Bureau of EMS and Trauma Systems
http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/016418_EMSMemorialFlyer79.pdf
Greetings Everyone,
I wanted to take a moment and let everyone know that our portal developers this morning updated the recent changes to the EMT certification expiration dates and added the year as stated in BEMS policy 22-05. Some of you have indicated that this was a task that you had taken the initiative on and updated the providers with in your agency. When the developers applied the extension they were able to take into consideration those that had made recent changes to their expiration dates so we are hoping that no one received 2 extra years. We do ask that agency leaders to just go into the portal and verify the changes to ensure that things transitioned smoothly. Again if you have any questions please feel free to call myself or Karen
An educational opportunity from Oishei’s: Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS) course on May 21-22, 2022 at Oishei Children’s Hospital
Dear Colleagues:
We are glad to let you know that we are conducting our next session of Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS) training here at John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital on 05/21/2022 and 05/22/2022 (Saturday/Sunday).
PFCCS is a 2-day in-person course offered by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), developed to prepare non-intensivists to manage the care of critically ill pediatric patients until transfer or appropriate critical care consultation can be arranged. The 2-day course includes a series of presentations and skill stations from PICU/ED faculty/staff designed to provide knowledge, guidance for decision making, and limited practice in some clinical procedures and scenarios. Please see attached flyer for additional information.
The target audience include nursing staff including charge RNs, APNs, EMS/ED personnel, residents/fellows PGY-2 and above, chief residents, hospitalists, respiratory therapists and others who take care of pediatric patients. Both UB/non-UB personnel are welcome to register.
The participants obtain pediatric CME (15.5 AMA Category-1) for the 2-day attendance, as well as completion certificate for qualified candidates after post-test. 3rd edition of PFCCS textbook from SCCM with latest guidelines is available upon registration for the course. Breakfast, lunch, snacks for the 2-day duration is included in the course fee. This session is limited to 20 participants, first come first served basis. Please obtain SCCM 3rd edition textbook at the time of registration so you have enough time to review before the actual course.
For registration:
Please use the following link: https://forms.gle/X5MBH6qpDMT1P9Vx5
DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS TO: jkoper@upa.chob.edu or aswayampakula@upa.chob.edu
Sincerely,
Course Director:
Anil Kumar Swayampakula, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care
UBMD Pediatrics
1001 Main Street, 5th Floor
Buffalo, NY 14203
T: 716.323.0200 | F: 716.323.0294
UBMDPediatrics.com | ochbuffalo.org
http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PFCCS-Course.pdf
Greetings Everyone,
Attached is the policy pertaining to extending everyone’s certifications in accordance with the EO. Please refer to the policy. If there is a problem and you notice that you did not receive the additional year, please reach out to the Bureau for additional assistance.
http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/22-05.pdf