Surplus
O2-RESQ CPAP kits and regulators available for
purchase
On
April 28, 2010, regional EMS agencies were notified
that the O2-RESQ CPAP grant was funded and were
provided instructions to claim agency allotments.
The deadline to claim and implement use of the CPAP
devices was July 31, 2010. Presently, we have a
limited surplus of CPAP kits and oxygen regulators
with the DISS valve. These extra units are available
to be purchased at the 80% discounted rate provided
by the grant by any regional EMS agency.
Please
refer
to the memo for instructions to purchase
additional devices.
Effective immediately,
the dose for administration of aspirin for chest
pain suggestive of an acute myocardial infarction
has changed. The new protocol is: Give four (4)
81 mg chewable tablets (324 mg total dose) PO as
soon as possible after the onset of chest pain.
The full protocol document has been modified as
outlined in the Change in Aspirin Dose by Protocol
memo.
This change affects three
pages of the field guide. The field guide update
file contains the three pages of the field guide
that changed. Users can print the updated pages on
cardstock and update the protocol field guide.
The
multi-jurisdictional grant for the O2-RESQ CPAP
devices for the region was funded through the Rescue
Squad Assistance Fund at an 80/20 level. The Council
is presently receiving the stock of the devices and
is ready to distribute the devices to the
participating agencies.
Train-the-trainer sessions
on the devices will be conducted in May by Bound
Tree Medical, the distributor of the CPAP units, in
cooperation with the CSEMS Council. We are asking
your agency send up to three representatives to this
training. The Council will also be preparing an
on-line Edu-Net
training presentation on the O2-RESQ system. This
will allow your providers to take the training on
Edu-Net and have agency trainers capable of
conducting a hands-on component.
Plans for saline
stocking and call review announced
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.
On
April 28, 2010, regional EMS agencies were notified
that the O2-RESQ CPAP grant was funded and were
provided instructions to claim agency allotments.
The deadline to claim and implement use of the CPAP
devices was July 31, 2010. Presently, we have a
limited surplus of CPAP kits and oxygen regulators
with the DISS valve. These extra units are available
to be purchased at the 80% discounted rate provided
by the grant by any regional EMS agency.
Please
