Ambulance Advisory Committee

AMBULANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES August 12, 2010 9:00 AM Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Kerran Vigroux ACC Members Present: Kerran Vigroux, Director of Public Health and Community Services Joseph Freire, Nashua Fire Department Christopher Stawasz, Executive Director of Rockingham Regional Ambulance David Fredette, City Treasurer Public Present: Scott Cote, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center Mark Hastings, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center The Committee Members were given the copies of the following: 1. Ambulance Advisory Agenda for August 12th meeting; 2. Rockingham Regional Ambulance Monthly Report for June and July; and. 3. Meeting Minutes for June 2010 meeting (also posted on the City of Nashua website) Motion made by Kerran Vigroux to vote on accepting the Minutes from the June 10th meeting. David Fredette: Motion to accept minutes Joseph Freire: Seconded the motion All in favor: Aye All opposed: None 1. Chris Stawasz – Discussion of June and July report o New President to the Rockingham Ambulance Board, David Ross o The President of St. Joseph’s, Peter Davis, has retired effective the end of July. o EMS Bureau Chief will be resigning in September, Sue Prentiss. She will be taking a position outside of State government. o Participated in 4th of July activities as well as other community activities o No significant spikes in calls due to heat and humidity this summer. o Will be covering Community Service Events in the fall; Bishop Guertin and Nashua High Schools’ football, as well as upcoming winter events; i.e., the Winter Stroll o Waiting for funding dollars for AEDs for schools; total of eight. It has been approved, but waiting for check o Kerran brought up a recent incident that involved an exposure issue to some Fire and Southern NH Medical Center staff members.  Bobbie Bagley, Chief Public Heath Nurse, and Heidi Peek, Environmental Health Officer/Manager and Kerran met with Chris Stawasz of Rockingham Ambulance to discuss a timeline of this incident. They would like a protocol put in place for people to follow to make certain Public Health is notified.  There will be a follow-up meeting to discuss a protocol  Mark Hastings has gone through the case review and will put together the results of their findings. 2. Questions for Chris o Kerran would like to have a copy of the survey questionnaire to see what it looks like.  Per Chris, the surveys are mailed out to the customers  He gave Kerran a copy o Kerran contacted the Division of Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services regarding AEDs for Public Health: A group purchase rate is available, and we will be purchasing one for the Outreach Van and one for the Public Health & Community Services Building.  o David Fredette mentioned that the AED in the Rotunda area of City Hall is quite old.  Per Chris, AEDs should have preventative maintenance once a year. o Kerran requested new updates for our binders, which Chris will provide. o David Fredette requested information regarding first responders to an incident; i.e., arrival times of NFR and RA  Per Chris, most of the time they arrive within minutes of each other, depending on location  Joseph Freire stated that once a call is coded, a fire truck may or may not be dispatched, based on standard protocols. o Discussion was held regarding staff members who need ICS 400 Training.  Classes are being held in September and people are encouraged to attend 3. Public Comments o Mark Hastings requested information on Page #1, Item i, of the June and July Ambulance Reports, which references Mutual Aid.  Chris stated that this number represents the number of times that they are asked to go outside of Nashua to other towns. 4. Kerran asked Chris about having Ashley Conley, Public Health Epidemiologist, sit down and discuss her doing trending and graphs with information from his reports. Chris indicated that he might be able to add her as a provider to have access to TEMSIS. o Kerran will arrange a meeting. End of Public Comments Session Next Meeting will be October 14th at 10 a.m. David Fredette moved to adjourn meeting Kerran Vigroux seconded the motion. Meeting ended at 9:30 a.m. Respectfully Submitted, Barbara Scacco Administrative Assistant II City of Nashua