Meeting Minutes of the Ashtabula County EMS Council May 6, 2010 Chairman Vincent Gildone called the regular meeting of the Ashtabula County EMS Council to order @ 1300 with the following members present; Kathleen Alexander  Wayne Fleck  Warren Anderson  Shaun Buehner  Don Koziol  Jodi Calaway  Ashley Fertig  Norm Jepson  Gary Nahrstedt  Tim Howson  Bob Miller  Jim Brueggeman  Joe DeFazio  Jim Baehr  Anne Discher  Vince Gildone  Ben Melnkovich Minutes of the previous meeting were amended prior to the meeting. Minutes approved as amended. Motion by Bob Miller - 2nd by Anne Discher. Approved by Council. Treasurers Report March 2010 - May 2010 Starting Balance $ 3824.19 Deposits $ 0.00 Total $ 3824.19 Debits $ 0.00 Available Funds $ 3824.19 Guests Guest Ben Melnykovich - Trauma Outreach Coordinator from St. E's Youngstown attended the meeting to make better ties with Ashtabula County. He also wanted to inform our group about the education series St. E's is offering. He offered handouts and info about the SimLab. Ben also informed the council that St. E's Youngstown IS a Level I Trauma Center 24 hours a day - 7 days a week. It is also a pediatric receiving center and has a re-implantation specialist. Ashley Fertig - Asst. Nurse Manager at ACMC will now be attending meetings. Warren Anderson will also be attending for Medevac. Old Business The "One-Call" phones are up and running. New Business No New Business at this time. Committee Reports No reports at this time from Protocol, QA, Bylaw, MCI, Education, Public Health, or Award committees. 911 - Strategic planning meetings are taking place and everything is moving forward. The lack of funds is holding up the process. Hospital Reports - Andover - Kathy Alexander announced that the keypad is now in at the ER entrance. The code is 911. The buzzer is there if you can't get in and video cameras are being put in. They are working with St. Joe's-Warren on transferring patients for scans. ACMC - Jodi Calaway brought to the council's attention that ACMC will be cooking out for EMS Week again. The dates are May 18th, 19th & 20th. UH - It was announced that the Paramedic Program is winding down and that AMLS Class is this weekend May 8 & 9. May 22nd is National Registry Practical day and the class final the following week. There are 16 students still in the program and the Paramedic Program is no longer on probation watch. UH is offering a 3 month Paramedic program. The students will go to class Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. Discussion was held on this topic. Discussion was also held regarding the drop program. An opinion of the group thinks there will be a lot of paramedic openings in the fire service because of this. Coroner's Office - Jim Baehr stated that the CO Office is running out of money. They are trying to save money and now using Ducro transport service for body transports. Dr. Malinowski's last day will be September 30th. Dr. Pam will be the interim coroner after the 30th. EMA - Tim Howson brought to the council's attention that there will be a seminar on June 1st regarding Managing the Media. Cost is free and the hours are 8-1230. Please contact Kent State - Ashtabula to register. Discussion was held about the bundling issue. Hopefully the new bill will change because now Nursing Homes are waiting till the patient is extremely sick before they call 911. They are doing this because they aren't receiving enough money to pay bills. If you are looking for more information about this issue contact Julie Rose. Medevac - Wayne Fleck announced that they are working with departments during the I-90 construction project to re-designate areas. Contact Wayne or Warren.   Good of the Order Group discussion was held about the different protocols in the area. Region 10 is establishing a unified protocol for orders. The next meeting will be held July 1, 2010 at 1300 hours in the EMA room. A motion was made by Joe DeFazio to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 1352. Submitted by Ashley Estabrook.