Rob McCartin

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

Please see attached

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Week-of-February-14-202161.pdf

Greetings Everyone

Here is the vital signs academy scheduled for next week.

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Week-of-February-7-202251.pdf

Greetings Everyone,

See below for dispatcher positions at Mercy Flight.

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Mercy-Flight-Dispatcher-Job.pdf

Greetings Everyone,

See below for an opening at Mercy Flight for a Communication Supervisor

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Mercy-Flight-Comm-Sup-Job.pdf