NIAGARA COUNTY Providers please see the Catholic Health EMS Recognition Dinner Nominations information and submission form.
The awards dinner, which will honor Niagara County first responders, will be held on Wednesday, May 21, at the Cambria Fire Hall, hosted by Catholic Health and Mount St. Marys Hospital. CHS is asking that submitters consider calls their fire company/department completed this past year and nominate individuals who deserve recognition for their efforts.
Submissions are due Monday, April 15 at 0800 hours. Please email them to Emily James at erowles@chsbuffalo.org
The Western New York Regional EMS Committee is presenting: BE FAST WNY: Accelerating Stroke Awareness for EMS course. The program will include a variety of topics, with dinner provided, and CME assigned!
Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Time: 7-9 PM
Location: Mercy Flight Buffalo Base (100 Amherst Villa Road)
Registration is required, please contact Emily James at erowles@chsbuffalo.org, or 716-812-4275
Erie County is hosting a CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) Training for EMS Providers. This 8-hour course is recommended and open to all emergency medicine personnel in Erie County. Presented in partnership between Crisis Services Emergency Mental Health Department and Erie County Emergency Services and Homeland Security, Niagara Frontier Transit Authority Fire Department, and UBMD Emergency Medicine EMS Division.
Emergency medicine plays a crucial role in assessing, treating, and transporting individuals who may be experiencing a mental health crisis, as well as patient care throughout transport and transfer of custody to the hospital. Instruction will include how to recognize emotional and mental distress, ensuring safety, the role of CIT officers and Mobile Outreach teams and how EMS can effectively partner with each, communication and de-escalation techniques, trauma-informed care, suicide and lethality assessments, diversion and community resources, and mental hygiene law.
Course Dates: Tuesday, February 18 or Saturday, February 22, 2025; 0800 – 1600
Location: NFTA Fire Station, 120 Amherst Villa Rd, Buffalo, NY 14225
Enrollment: Please email Mo Madden at cittrainingcoordinator@crisisservices.org and include the provider’s name, certification, email, and sending agency. Course Registration will close the day before each class!
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,
Attached is a flyer for a First Responder Wellness Symposium on Friday, March 14th, 2024. This will be an all day event and it will be hosted at the Beaver Hollow Conference Center in Java. If interested, please use the QR code on the flyer to register.
http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/First-Responder-Wellness-Symposium-final2025.pdf
