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Message from Catholic Health

Good afternoon –

This evening starting at 10:30pm and ending at 11:30pm Mercy Hospital of Buffalo will undergo an extensive phone and computer upgrade. During this time the phone lines, computers, and CT machine will be down.

Below are phone numbers where you crews can reach the ED staff during this downtime.

• (716) 698 – 9476
• (716) 341 – 4288

Could you please distribute these numbers to your crews and advise them that during the downtime patients exhibiting signs and symptoms of a stroke should be diverted to another facility due to CT being unavailable?

EMS Liaison, Scott Then, will be on campus throughout the downtime and can be reached at (716) 868 – 3673 should you have any questions or need any assistance.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me, thank you.

Emily James (Rowles) MBA, EMT – P, NYS CIC
Cell: (716) 812 – 4275
System Manager of Emergency and Acute Neuro Services, Catholic Health

BIG LAKES REGION (Niagara, Orleans, Genesee Counties)

REMINDER 

All submissions for awards must be sent by 3/31/23 to:

Michael Shaw, Associate EMS Director

mshaw5@buffalo.edu

Link to our flyer: Awards-Dinner.pdf (ubmdems.com)

link to the New York State Site for the General Application: Bureau of EMS Annual Awards (ny.gov)

Greetings!

Please see the Vital Signs Training for the week of March 13, 2023

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Greetings and Happy March!

Please see the link below for the Vital Signs Academy Training week of March 6, 2023!

Stay Safe!

Week-of-March-6-2023.pdf (ubmdems.com)

Greetings Everyone,

Please take note that the WEREMSCO is seeking nominations for the up and coming EMS awards dinner later this year. These nominations are not only eligible to receive recognition from the local council, but they are also submitted to NYS for consideration at Vital Signs as well. Please, if you know of someone/agency that is eligible for an award, please submit to me (rmccarti@buffalo.edu) so I can forward it to the council for consideration. Remember, submit something you think fits the criteria and let the council make the tough decision on who should be recognized. We can’t do this without your support. For more information please refer to the attached flyer.

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WEREMS-Awards-Flyer.pdf

Greetings Everyone,

At the direction of the Wyoming/Erie REMSCO, I am sending out this information related to the iGel program. We have had a lot of questions related to the program so we wanted to take a moment to share some of information with you. There are a few things that must occur to participate in the iGel program. First, this is only available to ALSFR’s or Ambulance companies, not BLSFRs. Second, you must be participating in ALL BLS adjuncts. This is all the items listed on the Medical Director Verification form – DOH 4362. With that said, for EPI you only need to be doing either EPI syringe or EPI pen, not both. You must have a device capable of performing end tidal capnography. If you do not have all the BLS adjuncts, then you must obtain approval from the WREMAC before you can begin the program. If you fit the criteria, and are interested, please fill out the application attached. In addition to that, the 2 templates attached must be placed on letterhead, signed, and submitted with your application as well. Once submitted, I will forward this to the next REMSCO meeting for approval.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please dont hesitate to reach out to the office and we can help.

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/iGel-Policies.docx

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Medical-Director-Boiler-Plate-WEREMSCO.docx

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/iGel-policy_application.pdf

Greetings Everyone,

A message from Catholic Health:

This evening starting at 11:00pm Kenmore Mercy will undergo an extensive phone and computer upgrade.  During this time the phone lines, computers, and CT machine will be down.

Below are phone numbers where you crews can reach the ED staff during this downtime.

• (716) 213 – 7678
• (716) 574 – 3046
• (716) 574 – 3729

Could you please distribute these numbers to your crews and advise them that during the downtime patients exhibiting signs and symptoms of a stroke should be diverted to another facility due to CT being unavailable?

EMS Liaison, Scott Then, will be on campus throughout the downtime and can be reached at (716) 868 – 3673 should you have any questions or need any assistance.

Once the upgrade is complete, the phones, computers, and CT are back up and running I will let everyone know.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me, thank you

Emily James (Rowles) MBA, EMT – P, NYS CIC

Cell: (716) 812 – 4275

System Manager of Emergency and Acute Neuro Services, Catholic Health

Reminder to the Big Lakes Region EMS Agencies:  Please submit EMS awards nominations by 3/31/2023 to mshaw5@buffalo.edu

link to the flyer with the application site: http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Awards-Dinner.pdf

Greetings Everyone,

There is a scheduled Wyoming/Erie REMSCO meeting tomorrow night at 1800hrs located at the South Wales Fire company. All REMSCO meetings are open to the public and we invite you to attend. This is the chance to have your voice heard. Please feel free to join us if you are available.

To the Big Lakes Region Agencies

Big Lakes is in the process of going live with the EMS Portal.  Agency leadership please contact Michael Shaw at mshaw5@buffalo.edu or please contact him by phone at 716-829-3519 with contact information.

Thank you!

The UBMD EMS Division Team