At 16:00 on Thursday, January 21, 2021, the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems is hosting an EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Provider Briefing to discuss the Vaccination Plan for EMS Providers and any other topics requested by EMS Leaders and EMS Providers (see registration link below).
If you are planning to attend this EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Provider Briefing 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 Thursday, January 21, 2021 so your question will be ready.
If you don’t receive an invitation directly, please complete an online form to receive invitations automatically. That form is located at https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubpal/builder/survey/ems-agency-leadership-and-ems-pr.
Please remember to register for the meeting:
Event number: 178 945 2120
Event password: LEADERS2021
Program: EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Provider Briefing
Program address: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?PRID=56d1f534f1cd77a13b3e604308ec1279
Program registration password: LEADERS
Thank you for all that you do!
EMS STRONG!
Peter L. Brodie, BS, AEMT
Deputy Chief, Data and Informatics Unit
EMS Data Manager
Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems
New York State Department of Health
875 Central Avenue
Albany, New York 12206
Please see communication regarding Brooks-TLC Hospital Surge Diversion Notification.
Brooks-TLC Hospital Surge Diversion Notification 12(Update 01.19.21-1232)
Mercy Flight of WNY will offer “Waiting to Exhale”, a CME opportunity, at 7PM on February 2, 2021. Advanced registration is necessary to access this session.
For more details, including registration information, please visit: www.mercyflight.org
To Erie County’s Stakeholder Community:
Hello! As you know, Erie County is updating its Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP). The HMP will analyze the hazards faced by the county and its municipalities, residents, and businesses, and will identify a strategy for minimizing the vulnerability to these hazards. You may remember being invited to the Planning Partnership Kickoff webinars that were held on November 18 and 19, 2020. You can find out more about the HMP and the planning process here: https://www.eriecountynyhmp.com/.
I would like to invite you to provide more input into the planning process. We have developed a short survey about the county and the risks it faces. We would greatly appreciate it if you would complete the survey and otherwise participate in this important endeavor. The survey can be found here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ErieCountyStakeholder
We would appreciate it if you would complete the survey by January 29, 2021.
Please reach out if you have any questions. Thank you very much!
Have a great day!
Melissa Calhoun
Erie County Special Assistant to Emergency Services
The Finger Lakes region will be offering TWO Certified Instructor Update courses: January 26 and January 28. These will be free-of-charge and 100% virtual.
Download Flier for NYS Instructor Update Virtual Class on January 26 2021
Download Flier for NYS Instructor Update Virtual Class on January 28 2021
Dear EMS Community,
The UBMD Emergency Medicine EMS Division has been fielding numerous inquiries as to how providers are scheduled to receive their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination.
The method by which providers are scheduled for the second dose is site dependent. Some sites are scheduling at the time of the initial vaccine administration while other sites are reaching out to the individuals closer to the time when the second dose should be administered. Unfortunately, the UBMD EMS Division is not able to assist with this process other than information sharing.
During last night’s briefing with the Bureau of EMS and Trauma Systems, Director Ryan Greenberg mentioned the agency contact only (not individual providers) should email him if providers do not have scheduled appointments 3-4 days prior to when they should be receiving the second dose. For reference, those who received the Pfizer vaccine should receive the second dose 21 days after the first dose; those who received Moderna would be 28 days after the first dose.
Should you feel that you need to contact Director Greenberg and do not have his contact information, please reach out to the UBMD EMS Division (ubmdems@buffalo.edu) and we can provide the director’s email.
We hope this communication helps clarify some of the confusion.
At 17:30 today, the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems is hosting an EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Provider Briefing to discuss the Vaccination Plan for EMS Providers (see registration link below).
If you are planning to attend the EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Provider Briefing on the Vaccination Plan for EMS Providers TODAY at 17:30 and have a question, please complete the online form (https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubpal/builder/survey/nys-covid-19-response-ems-agency) before 15:00 today so your question will be ready.
Please remember to register for the meeting:
Event number: 178 139 8904
Event password: 2021RESPONSE
Program: COVID-19 EMS Agency Update
Program address: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?PRID=a4f8f0b98ae2c467c4f50714977b0c26
Program registration password: The program has no registration password
Thank you for all that you do!
EMS STRONG!
Peter L. Brodie, BS, AEMT
Deputy Chief, Data and Informatics Unit
EMS Data Manager
Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems
New York State Department of Health
875 Central Avenue
Albany, New York 12206