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Super CE
Super CE
kicks off '10 in Buena Vista
10 hours of CE available on February 6
The
first installment of the Council's Super CE for 2010
will be held at the Buena Vista Rescue Squad on
February 6, 2010. Classes will start at 8:00
AM and finish at 5:00 PM. The February CE features
more great instructors, including C.J. Graves, RN
with UVA Healthcare Systems who will be teaching
Cardiac Arrest - Top 10 Do's and Don’ts When You Get
Them Back. Register on-line for the February
Super CE. And, as always, the classes are free!
The
Central Shenandoah EMS Council will offer both BLS
and ALS continuing education in the region in 2010
through the popular "Super CE" program as well as
other CE sessions. The Council has scheduled
68 hours of BLS CE and 55 hours of ALS CE in 2010.
Schedules can be found on the CE
classes page as well as the
calendar, which is presented in a new,
interactive format.
Skills drills will be conducted in February,
June and October. Dates for all training and
drills have been scheduled through June.
Registration is required for
all sessions.
Recognized for Outstanding Contribution to EMS for
Children
The
Safe Kids
Central Shenandoah Valley Coalition
was presented with the 2009 Governor’s Emergency
Medical Services Award for Outstanding Contribution
to EMS for Children on November 14, 2009 at the
Virginia EMS Symposium in Norfolk, VA.
Safe Kids Central
Shenandoah Valley Coalition helped to pass
legislation (which went into effect July 1, 2009)
prohibiting the sale of novelty lighters to
juveniles under the age of 18. Additionally, Safe
Kids Central Shenandoah partnered with Harrisonburg
Fire Department, WHSV-TV3 and Rockingham Memorial
Hospital to form the Child Safety Alliance to help
parents with child safety seat inspections.
More...
The
Staunton-Augusta Rescue Squad was presented with the
2009 Governor’s Emergency Medical Services Award for
Outstanding EMS Agency on November 14, 2009 at the
Virginia EMS Symposium in Norfolk, VA.
The
Staunton-Augusta Rescue Squad (SARS) is an agency
that provides outstanding professionalism and
quality of service through innovative training,
community awareness, preventative health programs,
public relations and active participation in the EMS
system. SARS stresses the importance of education by
regularly hosting training sessions and by having
eight EMT-Basic instructors teach classes
regionally.
More...
Message
concerning EMS registry from Office of EMS
I am sending this
message to provide another update regarding the EMS
Registry project. Although I continue to hear
concerns about training, implementation dates, lack
of assistance and information, the volume of these
concerns/complaints appear to have slowed down.
Nevertheless I want to give you some updates.
In November 2005,
OEMS sponsored the National EMSC Data Analysis
Resource Center (NEDARC) to come to Virginia and
perform a S.W.O.T analysis of our existing EMS data
collection system with OEMS staff and approximately
30 key stakeholders. This meeting began...
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Proposed EMS
regulations available for review/comment
The proposed EMS
Regulations can be viewed on the Virginia Town Hall
site. The public comment session for our geographic
area is in February, but all are open to the public.
Unless there are identified problems or concerns,
these proposed regulations will go into effect in
August or September. Please review them and submit
comments and concerns to
Michael Berg at the Office of EMS.
AirCare 5 L.I.V.E.
2010 has been designed to provide relevant
information about new and innovative advances in EMS
and to stimulate discussion on current and future
practices in the field and hospital environments.
Content includes lectures, hands-on skills and
interactive sessions. Our targeted audience includes
dispatchers, prehospital providers, nurses,
physicians, allied health care professionals and
other emergency responders in the Shenandoah Valley
and surrounding areas. The program will be
held April 10, 2010 at Blue Ridge Community College.
FDA issues
warning to King Systems for LTS-D airway
Recently,
the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning
letter to King Systems concerning the marketing of
the King LTS-D airway. This letter generated
concern the region about the use of the King airway.
Dr. Brand, the regional medical director has
reviewed the letter and advised agencies should
continue using the King airways.
The Council is
pleased to report that we are ready to implement the
induced hypothermia protocol. We have addressed the
Virginia Board of Pharmacy regulations that concern
stocking and exchanging normal saline with the area
hospitals. All hospitals in the region have been
generous enough to provide the initial stock of
normal saline to EMS agencies in the region. Below
are procedures for each hospital for acquisition of
the initial stock of normal saline and the exchange
procedures for used or expired bags of normal
saline. The Medical Control Review Committee
requests a review of all cases of induced
hypothermia in the region as part of our regional
performance improvement program. Please read the
memorandum below for guidelines on submitting this
information to the performance improvement
committee.
The
first installment of the Council's Super CE for 2010
will be held at the Buena Vista Rescue Squad on
February 6, 2010. Classes will start at 8:00
AM and finish at 5:00 PM. The February CE features
more great instructors, including C.J. Graves, RN
with UVA Healthcare Systems who will be teaching
Cardiac Arrest - Top 10 Do's and Don’ts When You Get
Them Back. Register on-line for the February
Super CE. And, as always, the classes are free!
The
Central Shenandoah EMS Council will offer both BLS
and ALS continuing education in the region in 2010
through the popular "Super CE" program as well as
other CE sessions. The Council has scheduled
68 hours of BLS CE and 55 hours of ALS CE in 2010.
Schedules can be found on the 
The
Staunton-Augusta Rescue Squad was presented with the
2009 Governor’s Emergency Medical Services Award for
Outstanding EMS Agency on November 14, 2009 at the
Virginia EMS Symposium in Norfolk, VA. 
AirCare 5 L.I.V.E.
2010 has been designed to provide relevant
information about new and innovative advances in EMS
and to stimulate discussion on current and future
practices in the field and hospital environments.
Content includes lectures, hands-on skills and
interactive sessions. Our targeted audience includes
dispatchers, prehospital providers, nurses,
physicians, allied health care professionals and
other emergency responders in the Shenandoah Valley
and surrounding areas. The program will be
held April 10, 2010 at Blue Ridge Community College.