Ambulance Advisory Committee

AMBULANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES December 16, 2014 9:00 AM Meeting held at: Division of Public Health & Community Services 18 Mulberry Street Nashua, NH 03060 Meeting called to order at 9:05 a.m. by Kerran Vigroux, Director, DPHCS AAC Members Present: Kerran Vigroux, Bryan Marshall, Justin Kates, Mark Hastings AMR Representatives: Christopher Stawasz, Patty Stolarz, Members were given Minutes from the October 2014 meeting; the AMR Reports for October 2014 and November 2014, the December 2014 CQI report, and the Agenda for the December 2014 meeting. Bryan Marshall made the motion to accept the Minutes from the October 2014 meeting as amended. Mark Hastings seconded the Motion. All in favor – Unanimous Minutes Approved AMR Operations Manager’s Report Chris reviewed the monthly reports. Chris reported that heroin overdoses are continuing to rise at an alarming rate. For example, as of December 6, 2014, there had been 50 more heroin overdoses than had occurred for the entire month of December 2013. Narcan use is also on the rise. Patty reported on the Community Relations activities listed in the monthly reports, noting that AMR has reached 3,000 Compression-Only trainings in Nashua in the past two years. She is planning for the upcoming High School Challenge again for Valentine’s Day. AMR also assisted once again with the emergency shelter opening. Justin mentioned that the City was fortunate to have AMR there to handle the medical issues and complications that arose. Bryan added that they had an excellent response from AMR during a prolonged raid at Lillian’s Country Barn where an officer was injured. Mark asked the committee if AMR’s upcoming participation in SNHMS helipad exercise could fulfill their contract requirement with the city for an annual MCI exercise. The committee all agreed that it would. Kerran Vigroux requested a motion to adjourn. Bryan Marshall moved to adjourn the meeting. Mark Hastings seconded the motion to adjourn All in favor: Unanimous Meeting was adjourned at 9:57 a.m. The next AAC Meeting will be held on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., at the City of Nashua, Public Health and Community Services building, located at 18 Mulberry Street, Nashua.