Ambulance Advisory Committee

AMBULANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES February 10th, 2011 9:00 AM Meeting called to order at 9:02 a.m. by Kerran Vigroux ACC Members Present: Kerran Vigroux, Director of Public Health and Community Services Lt. John Fisher, Divisional Supervisor, Nashua Police Department Christopher Stawasz, Executive Director of Rockingham Regional Ambulance David Fredette, City Treasurer Joe Freire, City of Nashua Fire Department Public Present: Mark Hastings, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center The Committee Members were given the copies of the following: 1. Ambulance Advisory Agenda for February 10, 2011 meeting; 2. Rockingham Regional Ambulance Monthly Reports for December 2010 and January 2011 were emailed to all members prior to the meeting and copies were distributed at the meeting; 3. Meeting Minutes for December 9, 2010 (also posted as ‘draft’ on the City of Nashua website) Going forward the notes will be saved in the lower version of Microsoft Word. Motion made by Kerran Vigroux to vote on accepting the Minutes from the December 9, 2010 meeting. Chris Stawasz: Motion to accept minutes John Fisher: Seconded the motion All in favor: Aye All opposed: None  1. Kerran Vigroux updated the Committee on the RFP process a. Hope to receive “green light” on Monday of the final draft b. Once released from Purchasing, there will be a bidders’ call for questions. We will respond within a week of that date. c. Questions and responses will be posted on line and then we’ll go forward from there. i. Everything depends on when Purchasing releases it. d. Kerran will let everyone know when that happens. i. Questions? ii. None 2. Chris Stawasz – Discussion of December and January Rockingham Ambulance Reports a. Chris gave Kerran an updated roster, and will forward a copy of the Liability Insurance to her as well. b. Question from Kerran: Last time we met we had a question raised about the line called “stand bys”. Chris stated that it was a category that is no longer used. Why does January’s report show the number 3 under “stand bys”. i. Chris said that he went back to his people and asked that they take a closer look and try to pick them out going forward. ii. Some will be in the “stand by” category and others will be under section “E” under number of “patient refusals”. c. AED Status i. All money has been raised by the Rotary Club ii. Only ten schools without AEDs iii. The Rotary will buy nine and Rockingham will buy one. 1. Hoping to get them into the schools during the March vacation 2. Will also get them all registered iv. Rockingham will be reaching out to the school nurses to offer training. d. Medicare i. The reimbursement issue passed Congress and there is a one year extension. The 2011 rates for Medicare went down .01% for reimbursement rather than 3%. 1. This will be addressed again this year. ii. This was done at the federal level. e. CPR Course will be coming up in April 2011 f. “Supersitter Babysitter” training will be happening in the spring; no exact date yet. g. Joe asked about the number of mutual aid requests in the December report, and if that was unusual? i. Chris stated that most requests came from Merrimack and Hudson. ii. Kerran asked if this was due to staff reductions in these departments. iii. Chris indicated that there was talk about it, but he wasn’t sure if it had come to fruition. Questions from the Committee? None The meeting was opened for Public Comments No comments End of Public Session Next Meeting will be April 14, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. Kerran Vigroux moved to adjourn the meeting John Fisher seconded the motion. All in favor: Aye Kerran acknowledged that Joe is retiring as of Thursday, February 24, 2011, and that his help with the contract has been indispensible. Meeting ended at 9:15 a.m. Respectfully Submitted, Barbara Scacco Administrative Assistant II City of Nashua