Rob McCartin

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 3^rd 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

aswayampakula@upa.chob.edu

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

For week of February 28th, 2022

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Week-of-February-2860.pdf

From the ECMC Trauma Prevention Team

A Trauma Program in Billings, Montana offers free trauma CE’s for nurses (not NP) and EMS. This one hour virtual training happens monthly on the second Tuesday of the month at 0900 MST (11am our time). You have 48 hours to view the training for CE credit or view later without CE.

Sign up on this web page to receive monthly virtual trauma education offerings:

https://www.billingsclinic.com/services-specialties/emergency-services/trauma-ed/

March 8^th is Management of Brain and Spinal Trauma.

Beth A. Moses RN, BSN, TCRN, AEMT

Trauma Injury Prevention and Education Coordinator

Erie County Medical Center

716-898-5184

bmoses@ecmc.edu

Here is the schedule for this weeks Vital Signs Academy

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Week-of-February-21-202225.pdf

Greetings Everyone,

From the Bureau:

Its that time of year again.    Below is the information and links for the NYS EMS Council Awards for the 2022 Vital Signs Conference.  The conference will be held in Albany from October 27-30 at the Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY.

In addition, 3 years ago, we also created the NYS EMS Innovation Awards.  The description is below and the link to submit is also attached.

These award submissions for both he NYS EMS Council Awards and the Innovation Awards are due on July 1st.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Thank You!

NYS EMS Council Awards

https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/ems/emsawards.htm

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE NYS EMS COUNCIL AWARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO YOUR REGIONAL COUNCIL AND NOT THE BUREAU OF EMS.  THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL THEN SUBMIT THEIR SELECTIONS TO THE BUREAU.

New York State EMS Innovation Awards

Progressive ideas and forwarding thinking agencies have inspired change that has created system sustainability, recruitment, retention, alternative education models and so much more.  EMS Agencies, REMSCOs, REMACs, Program Agencies and Course Sponsors over the past year have been implementing innovation throughout New York State achieving positive results and advancing the field of Emergency Medical Services. If you are an agency or know an agency that has solved a problem/gap using innovation, consider self-nomination or nomination of an agency to be one of the EMS Innovation Award recipients.

Innovation Award Categories:

1. Organizational Change Innovations: Innovations in system designs, agency sustainability, and facilitating organizational change.
2. Clinical Delivery Innovations: Innovations in clinical practices that are leading to positive patient outcomes and/or positive patient experiences.
3. Recruitment and Retention Innovations: Innovations in recruitment, onboarding, longevity, staff experience and/or staff satisfaction leading to gaining and retaining staff.
4. Educational Innovations: Innovations in education delivery models, student experience and/or community involvement.

Please follow this link for the Innovation Awards:  https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubpal/builder/survey/vital-signs-ems-agency-innovatio

Eligibility: Must be a New York State EMS agency, that includes but is not limited to, an ambulance service, ALS-FR, BLS-FR, REMSCO, REMAC, Program Agency and/or Course Sponsor.  All innovation submissions must be in compliance with New York State Public Health Law Article 30 and Title 10 of the New York Code Rules and Regulations.  Any submission that does not meet this criteria will be ineligible.

Greetings Everyone,

My partners from REMO in the eastern part of the state are offering an Instructor update course virtually. If interested please download the flyer and follow the instructions to register. I have been informed that there are few seats remaining.

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/NYS-CIU-3-3-202260.pdf

Here is a CME opportunity in the Niagara Co region. For information please click the link

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/EMT-Basic-Flyer-March-202221.pdf