As a reminder, the 2021 WREMAC annual skills must be complete AND submitted via the UBMD EMS Portal no later than June 30, 2021.
Providers will need to log in an ensure all certifications/credentials are correct.
EMS officers will need to review the list for accuracy and ensure all applicable skills which have been completed are entered in the portal.
Reports are submitted by the agency no later than June 30. Those who are identified in the EMS Portal as an agency contact will find the “Submit Report to EMS Division” button at the bottom of the membership summary report page.
If you have any questions, contact the UBMD EMS Division at: ubmdems@buffalo.edu
Submission for EMS Week Award Nominations are NOW OPEN!
Download 2021 EMS Week Award Nomination Guidelines and Information
Thank You! That is what the New York State Bureau of Emergency Medical Services would like to say to all our EMS Providers during EMS Week 2021.
EMS Week is just a few weeks away and we would like your help again this year recognizing those EMS providers who have gone above and beyond.
Last year we had almost 100 EMS Week awards issued after review of all the nominations that were received.
The Bureau, for the second year, is offering EMS organizations the opportunity to directly nominate a team or provider to be recognized during EMS Week for their contributions to Emergency Medical Services.
Below is a submission form to make a nomination.
https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubpal/builder/survey/2021emsnominations
Safe Pediatric Ground Ambulance Transport Project
As part of a quality improvement initiative, the Trauma Department at the John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital (OCH) is placing a major focus on safe pediatric transport to the hospital. The overall goal of this initiative is to improve patient care by increasing the number of pediatric patients who are transported in the to the hospital in ground ambulances using child-appropriate restraints.
OCH is kindly requesting EMS providers to complete an anonymous survey to better understand the challenges that EMS professionals face when transporting pediatric patients to the hospital and the steps that could be taken to help address these challenges.
To learn more about this project and survey, please download the flyer below.
At 16:00 on Thursday, April 01, 2021, the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems is hosting an EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Provider Briefing to discuss topics submitted by EMS Agency 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, April 01, 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: 185 699 0459
Event password: LEADERS21
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!
Peter
Peter L. Brodie, BS, AEMT
Deputy Chief, Data and Informatics Unit
EMS Data Manager
Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems