Ambulance Advisory Committee

Draft AMBULANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES April 14th, 2011 10:00 AM Meeting called to order at 10:00 a.m. by John Fisher AAC Members Present: Lt. John Fisher, Divisional Supervisor, Nashua Police Department Christopher Stawasz, Executive Director of Rockingham Regional Ambulance Dan Cronin, City of Nashua Fire Department Two Regrets of being unable to attend: Kerran Vigroux David Fredette Public Present: Mark Hastings, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center The Committee Members were given the copies of the following: 1. Ambulance Advisory Agenda for April 14, 2011 meeting; 2. Rockingham Regional Ambulance Monthly Reports for February 2011 and March 2011 were emailed to all members prior to the meeting and copies were distributed at the meeting; 3. Meeting Minutes for February 10, 2011 meeting. Motion made by John Fisher to vote on accepting the Minutes from the February 10, 2011 meeting. Dan Cronin: Motion to accept minutes Chris Stawasz: Seconded the motion All in favor: Aye  All opposed: None 1. John Fisher updated the Committee on the RFP process a. Kerran hopes to have the proposal back at some point next week; although, that timeframe is not firm. b. Members of the committee should have received the proposed contract language. It was sent to them more as an FYI. c. John noted that it is where it is at, and we will wait to hear from City Hall so it can be sent out. d. Following their acceptance, there will be a mandatory pre-bid proposal piece before the actual bid. John Fisher called on Chris Stawasz to present the February and March 2011 reports. 2. Chris Stawasz – Discussion of February and March 2011 Rockingham Ambulance Reports a. Chris provided an updated staff list to John Fisher. i. John asked Barbara to give the updated list to Kerran. b. AED Status i. AED donations are complete. ii. Total of twelve AEDs were distributed to the Nashua School System: ten were given to schools that did not previously have AEDs, and two through a special grant from The Frank Teas Foundation to Nashua High South and Bishop Guertin High School, where Frank went to school. 1. Working with Stacy Hynes of the Nashua School District to update the AED 911 registry with the AED physical locations. iii. The contributors were Nashua Rotary West Club, Nashua Rotary, St. Joseph Hospital and The Frank Teas Foundation. iv. Held a press conference about a month ago and received great thank you cards from school nurses, and it was also mentioned in the newspaper. c. NIMS 800 i. In the process of completing NIMS 800 for the staff; approximately 99% will complete this course. d. Upgrading to EKG equipment and adding ETC02, POX, NIBP and digital modems. i. Some are required by the state e. Upgrade of child car seats in the ambulances f. Recently completed the “Supersitter Babysitter” education classes. i. This is our most popular class. 3. John: Any questions or comments at this time on the Ambulance Activity Report 4. John: Thank you, Chris, for the 12 AEDs and for this phenomenal effort. Questions from the Committee? None The meeting was opened for Public Comments 1. Mark Hastings of SNHMC a. Question: Will the EMS Core members of both hospitals get to review the RFP before it is posted. b. John Fisher: I spoke with Kerran about that specifically, and there is not the methodology in place for other people to weigh in on this. The contract is more for us to  see ahead of time. I read it and others on this committee have read it, and at this time, my understanding is that they are not entertaining other thoughts on that. It will be sent out, but I’m not sure what the methodology will be for tweaking the language. It is also my understanding that Public Health had a weigh-in on the writing of it, and it needed to clear Finance and City Legal. This process has been used in the past. The committee is charged with reviewing how the progress is made once the contract is signed, however, it is not our spot to weigh in on this. c. John: Dan, do you have anything to add to that? d. Dan: It would be inappropriate for the RFP to be reviewed by anyone other than the committee prior to being posted. e. John: Mark, does that answer your question? f. Mark: Yes End of Public Session John Fisher moved to adjourn the meeting Dan Cronin seconded the motion. All in favor: Aye Meeting ended at 10:15 a.m. Respectfully Submitted, Barbara Scacco Administrative Assistant II City of Nashua