The Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems is pleased to announce the EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Provider Briefing schedule for March 2022:
Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 16:00 Event # 161 127 5699 Password: LEADERS2022
Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 16:00 Event # 161 793 1263 Password: LEADERS2022
Program Address: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?PRID=56d1f534f1cd77a13b3e604308ec1279
Program Password: LEADERS
Please take note of the following:
- If you are planning to attend either of these EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Provider Briefings 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 the day of the briefing so your question will be ready
- If you don’t receive an invitation directly, please complete an online form (https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubpal/builder/survey/ems-agency-leadership-and-ems-pr) to receive invitations automatically for future briefings.
We encourage all participants to sign into the meeting no later than 10 minutes in advance of the meeting
Thank you for all that you do!
Peter
Peter L. Brodie, BS, AEMT
Deputy Chief, Data and Informatics Unit
EMS Data Manager
Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems
Greetings Everyone,
The following is a message from the Bureau regarding the EMS Memorial:
As most of you are aware, the EMS Memorial is undergoing an expansion. We have just learned that the expansion will not be finished by our original date of the EMS Memorial Service of May 17th .
We have just confirmed with OGS for a new EMS Memorial Date of September 20. Please share this information with your colleagues and friends.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me
Valerie Ozga
Bureau of EMS and Trauma Systems
http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/016418_EMSMemorialFlyer79.pdf
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 3rd 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
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
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 8th 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