[Temslist] Tidewater EMS Council Monthly Dates, Events and Information

Fri Aug 31 12:00:55 EDT 2007

Tidewater EMS Council

Monthly Dates, Events and Information

September 3         TEMS office closed, holiday

September 3         RSVP for September 9 Annual EMS family picnic and
awards program, 757 388-2500

September 9         Annual EMS Family Picnic and Awards Program,
Chesapeake City Park, 12 noon - 4 pm

September 12       TEMS OMD Committee, 12:00 p.m., TEMS

September 13       EMS PI Committee, 1:00 pm, TEMS

September 14       Education Workgroup, 9:00 a.m., TEMS

September 14       Recruitment, Retention and Recognition Workgroup,
TEMS 1:00pm

September 15       1st Anniversary Community Open House, Sentara
Princess Anne in Virginia Beach 10 am - 1 pm

September 17       RSAF Grant Application Deadline  - Online application
required 

                             www.vdh.virginia.gov/OEMS/Grants/index.htm

September 18       VA-1 DMAT team meeting, 1:00 pm, Sentara Williamsburg
(leadership 10:00 am)

September 18       EMS Day at Bon Secours Harbour View Medical Center in
Suffolk. Tours, refreshments.

September 18-19  CISM Peer Support and Individual Crisis Intervention
Course, TEMS 

www.tidewaterems.org/web/CISMClasses/ICISF07.htm

September 19       Drug & IV Box Inventory 4:30 pm

September 19-20  9/11 Exhibit, Norfolk

www.norfolk.gov/News/Press/prdetails.asp?PressID=1003

September 20       Trauma Triage Committee, 3:00 p.m., TEMS.

September 24       MCI Workgroup, 10:00 am, TEMS

September 27       Pharmacy Exchange Workgroup 1:00 p.m., TEMS

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15th Annual Tidewater EMS Family Picnic and Awards Program, September 9.
Chesapeake City Park.  12 noon - 4 pm. Awards presented at 1:30 pm.
Please call 388-2500 by September 3 to RSVP.  Amusements for the kids,
food, drinks, games, equipment displays, music, door prizes.  See you
there!

TCLS Administrative Support Specialist full time position open. This
position and more jobs posted: www.tidewaterems.org/recruit.html

First Response: When an Infant Dies at Home. October 5, Virginia Beach
Main Library. An educational workshop designed to provide first
responders with the tools necessary in dealing with bereaved families
experiencing an infant death.  www.tidewaterems.org/web/SIDS.htm

October 6,  Field exercise, Norfolk International Airport. Contact Judy
Shuck <mailto:jshuck at vaems.org>  at TEMS if interested in participating
as responder or victim. Great opportunity for hands-on MCI training.

Keeping the Best! EMS Workforce Retention Toolkit Training, October
12-13 in Roanoke. More info and registration: 
http://vaems.org/aemer/aemer_regis_reten.htm

EMS Provider Survey from the Virginia EMSC program: 
www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey.zgi?p=U27GR6ELGYQ5  The purpose of
the survey is to determine what EMS providers understand about their
current responsibilities, and their general attitudes related to
reporting suspected cases of child abuse and neglect. In addition, the
survey contains questions concerning reporting requirements for EMS
personnel related to suspected cases of elder abuse and neglect. 

Norfolk to host national 9/11 exhibit -- The World Trade Center Memorial
Foundation has chosen the city of Norfolk to host the "9/11 Memorial
Exhibit" Sept. 19-20. The exhibit lets visitors examine the events of
September 11 and hear stories from first responders at the scene through
a timeline of the events, photographs, artifacts and a short film. The
exhibit also includes two massive steel beams that will be used in the
construction of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum; visitors
will be permitted to sign them. Norfolk is the second stop on the
exhibit's tour of 14 cities across the country and the only stop it will
make in Virginia. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Read more
on Norfolk's Web site: 
www.norfolk.gov/News/Press/prdetails.asp?PressID=1003.

Virginia EMS Symposium in Norfolk, November 7 - 11. Registration now
open. www.vdh.virginia.gov/OEMS/Symposium/index.htm

Details and lessons-learned from the April 16 Virginia Tech shootings.
Read the EMS and hospital section of the report: 
http://www.vtreviewpanel.org/report/report/16_CHAPTER_IX.pdf

Online CEUs available from the Virginia Office of EMS beginning in
September. The initial offerings will include EMSAT programming. Learn
more: www.vdh.virginia.gov/OEMS/Training/TRAINVirginia.htm 

Ready.gov releases new videos -- The Department of Homeland Security's
Ready Campaign has released three new demonstration videos designed to
highlight the specific steps older citizens, individuals with
disabilities and pet owners should take to prepare for emergencies. DHS
worked with AARP, National Organization on Disability and The Humane
Society of the United States to develop messages for each group about
the three basic steps to emergency preparedness: get a kit, make a plan
and stay informed. The videos are available online at 
www.ready.gov/america/about/instructional.html.

Bound Tree Medical Scholarship Award, the Legacy Scholarship Program,
will award $50,000 in scholarships to children of EMTs and Firefighters
interested in becoming EMTs, or furthering their certification by
becoming Paramedics. The scholarship awards will be available nationwide
for those who fit the eligibility criteria and are interested in
pursuing a state approved certification program. The next deadline for
submission is November 2. www.boundtree.com/training/scholarships/

Please encourage other EMS providers and those interested in the
regional EMS system to sign up for this listserv, the official
electronic maillist of the Tidewater EMS Council. To add subscriptions,
change your subscription options, or to see archive postings, visit: 
http://vaems.org/mailman/listinfo/temslist_vaems.org.  A link is also
available at the bottom of the TEMS website home page: 
www.tidewaterems.org.

In the future, you'll see this monthly Dates, Events and Information
email named "eResponse" as a companion to our printed newsletter.

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Coming in the September/October Response newsletter:

* Chespeake Takes Delivery of new HazMat/Command vehicle

* MMRS Progress Report, Strike Team Deployable

* and much more...watch your mailbox in early September.

MMST Deploys Decon Tent at RADEX drill in Virginia Beach

Response also posted online at 
www.tidewaterems.org/ResponseNewsletter.htm

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Tidewater EMS Council, Inc.
6353 Center Drive Ste 101
Norfolk, VA  23502
tel 757 963-0632
fax 757 963-2325
www.tidewaterems.org <http://www.tidewaterems.org/> 

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