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EMS PROGRAM AGENCIES and EMS COORDINATORS:   Please distribute throughout your respective jurisdictions.

Meeting Date:                   06 May 2020

Meeting Start:                   15:00

Guest Presenter:             Jason Haag (Finger Lakes REMSCO)

https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?MTID=e83f091f89884edf63ee5d5d4e2684325

NYS EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Providers are welcome to register using the link above.  You may register and sign in to the meeting at least 20 minutes in advance of the event and email Peter Brodie (peter.brodie@health.ny.gov) with any access issues.

To submit questions for the panel to review and respond during the meeting, please complete the form at https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubpal/builder/survey/nys-covid-19-response-ems-agency.

If you have not received this invitation directly, please sign up for future meetings at https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubpal/builder/survey/ems-agency-leadership-and-ems-pr

We want to share information obtained on a conference call with the Bureau of EMS.  The previously promulgated EMT reinstatement program was discontinued this past Friday.  The Bureau reports that anyone who was eligible for reinstatement has been issued a reinstatement letter.

The Wyoming-Erie Regional EMS Council will meet this Wednesday, May 6 at 6pm.

Meeting info is as follows:

The Wyoming-Erie Regional EMS Council will meet this Wednesday, May 6 at 6pm.

Meeting info is as follows:

https://zoom.us/j/98931965690?pwd=eEdPRy9jekgyRC80WTEwL1lkQjBVUT09

Meeting ID: 989 3196 5690
Password: 0PSx53

NYS EMS Agency Leadership Meeting: Wednesday, April 29th at 3pm

https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?MTID=e37f623234c1b4ddbd812ec1b7d26214d

NYS EMS Agency Leadership and EMS Providers are welcome to register using the link above. You may register and sign in to the meeting at least 20 minutes in advance of the event and email Peter Brodie (peter.brodie@health.ny.gov) with any access issues.

To submit questions for the panel to review and respond during the meeting, please complete the form at https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubpal/builder/survey/nys-covid-19-response-ems-agency.

If you have not received this invitation directly, please sign up for future meetings at https://apps.health.ny.gov/pubpal/builder/survey/ems-agency-leadership-and-ems-pr

Mercy Flight of WNY will be offering an on-line CME opportunity on April 28th at 7pm: Non-Accidental Trauma

It is necessary to register in advance to receive the access link: REGISTER

Download OnLine CME Opportunity Non-Accidental Trauma Flyer

TO: Regional Emergency Medical Service Councils Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee EMS Providers
FROM: Ryan P. Greenberg, Director Steven P. Dziura, Deputy Director
SUBJECT: Cardiac Arrest Standards of Care During the COVID19 Pandemic
DATE: April 23, 2020

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The guidance issued by the New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems on April 17, 2020 titled “COVID 19 Public Health EMS Cardiac Arrest Standards of Care” has been rescinded by DOH Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker.

The guidance proposed by physician leaders of the EMS Regional Medical Control Systems and the State Advisory Council – in accordance with American Heart Association guidance and based on standards recommended by the American College of Emergency Physicians and adopted in multiple other states – reflected nationally recognized minimum standards.

However, after further review, it has been determined that these standards are not necessary and for that reason DOH Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker has ordered them to be rescinded.

Effective immediately, all New York State EMS agencies and providers are directed to follow the New York State standard EMS Statewide Adult and Pediatric Treatment Protocols for the treatment of patients in cardiac arrest.

Download COVID-19 Cardiac Arrest Standards of Care Rescinded – Memo 04.23.20

To: Western New York EMS Providers & Medical Directors

From: Michael O’Brien, MD, FACEP, CCEMT-P Chair, Western Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee

Date: April 20, 2020

Re: URGENT – “The COVID-19 Public Health Emergencies EMS Cardiac Arrest Standard of Care”

We anticipate that the New York State guidance document entitled, “The COVID-19 Public Health Emergencies EMS Cardiac Arrest Standard of Care,” will be modified by the state shortly.

Agencies should notify their providers to delay implementation of this guidance until further notice.

This standard was built as a crisis guideline. As of the date of this memo, the EMS Medical Directors on the WREMAC do not feel our region meets a community crisis standard. The WREMAC will issue new guidance on cardiac arrest management in the near future.

Providers should continue managing cardiac arrest in accordance with existing NYS Collaborative Protocols and agency practices.

We have requested that the REMACs be granted the ability to activate this guidance document in the future, should the need arise.

Download URGENT WREMAC Advisory – Cardiac Arrest Protocol Update

TO:               Emergency Medical Service Providers
FROM:        Ryan P. Greenberg, Director and Steven P. Dziura, Deputy Director
SUBJECT:  Cardiac Arrest Standard of Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
DATE:         April 17, 2020

Effective immediately, all levels of the NYS Department of Health Certified Emergency Medical Services Providers (i.e., Certified First Responder through Paramedic level) must use the attached protocol. Please note that this protocol:

 Applies only to patients older than 18 years of age;

 Contains changes that are based on well-accepted, widely published evidence, and are widely agreed upon by the physician leaders of Emergency Medical Service Regional Medical Control Systems across New York State; and

 Reflects recommended revisions which pre-date the COVID-19 public health emergency and have been successfully used in many areas of the US, as well as other locations throughout the world.

Download NYS Protocol – Cardiac Arrest Standards of Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic