Ambulance Advisory Committee

AMBULANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES - DRAFT December 20, 2012 9:00 AM Meeting held at: Division of Public Health & Community Services 18 Mulberry Street Nashua, NH 03060 Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Kerran Vigroux, DPHCS Director AAC Members Present: Kerran Vigroux, Director of Public Health & Community Services Richard Conway, Captain-Nashua Fire Department Jeff Connors, Officer-Nashua Police Department Mark Hastings, Southern NH Medical Center Justin Kates, City of Nashua, Emergency Management Director AMR Representatives: Christopher Stawasz, AMR Operations Manager Mary Ellen Gourdeau, AMR Public Attendees: Cecilia de La Rose - Svendbye Members were given Minutes from the October 18, 2012 meeting, the AMR Reports for October and November 2012, the City of Nashua CQI Report for Q4 2012, and the Agenda for the December 20, 2012 meeting. Motion made to accept the amended Minutes from the October 18, 2012 meeting. Mark Hastings accepted the motion to approve Minutes as amended Kerran Vigroux seconded the motion All in Favor – Unanimous Minutes Approved Chris Stawasz  Chris introduced Mary Ellen Gourdeau, Shift Commander for Nashua AMR o She has 20+ years experience: paramedic, management, COI  AMR October 2012 and November 2012 Reports o November showed 13% below average at ambulance as well as both hospitals.  Did not activate trauma team at SNHMC – usually activates. o Annual Report submitted to Kerran  Kerran will check to see if it has been posted on line o Staffed Shelter/EOC – no outages at the station o Local Customer Service Office is opening in Manchester in January  Will be operating Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.  All NE operations will be moving to Natick  Mary Ellen will be working with Manchester Staff to assist with individual customer service needs. o Participated in the Active Shooter Drill o Q1 4th Quarter through December 4th. March 31st end date.  MCI o Planned November 3rd, but had to cancel due to Hurricane Sandy o National Guard was highly probably they were going to be deployed – 125 pp o SNHMC recommended that they delay.  Discussion o Hospital drill qualifies as Contract requirement  Kerran opened the meeting to Public questions and comments. o Public comments made by: Cecilia De La Rosa – Svendbye of Nashua, NH  Her written comments are included with this report. Kerran Vigroux requested a motion to adjourn. Mark Hastings moved to adjourn the meeting. Jeff Connors seconded the motion. All in favor: Aye Meeting ended at 9:55 a.m. The next AAC Meeting will be held on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 9:00 a.m., at the City of Nashua, Public Health and Community Services building, located at 18 Mulberry Street, Nashua. Respectfully Submitted, Barbara Scacco Administrative Assistant II City of Nashua