[Temslist] TEMS August Meetings, Events and Training
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Tidewater EMS Council
August 2008 Courses, Events and Information
Keeping you up-to-date with regional and state EMS info, meetings and
training opportunities
Have you visited our newly designed website? www.tidewaterems.org
<http://www.tidewaterems.org/>
Dates to Remember:
August 1 Online registration opens for Virginia EMS
Symposium
August 3 VAVRS District 2 meeting, 7:00 pm, Oak Hall Rescue
Squad
August 5 CISM Team Dinner and Awards Meeting, 5:30 pm, TEMS
August 6 Protocol Workgroup, 9:00 am, TEMS
August 7 Pharmacy Exchange Workgroup, 1:00 pm, TEMS
August 8 Education Workgroup, 9:00 am, TEMS
August 8 State Recruitment and Retention Meeting, 11:30 am,
TEMS
August 8 Virginia EMS Advisory Board, 1:00 pm, Glen Allen
August 12 Nurse Managers 12:00 pm, TEMS
August 13 Medical Operations Committee, 12:00 pm TEMS
August 14 EMS PI Committee, 1:00 pm, TEMS
August 19 VA-1 DMAT team meeting, time and location TBA
August 25 MCI Workgroup, 10:00 am, York County Fire & Life
Safety
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Please verify course, location, dates/times, and registration
requirements with each course site
International Trauma Life Support Courses (ITLS, formerly known as BTLS)
Weber Simulation Center at the Tidewater EMS Council, Norfolk
August 16-17
October 18-19
Cost: $125 tuition and text or $75 no text
Register online: www.hrmmrs.org/responder_training.html
Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad, Station 1
September 13-14 (0800-1800)
Cost: VA EMS Providers $70.00, Non EMS Providers $150.00, Text $60.00
Call station 1 for more information (804) 693-2148
ICS and MCI Courses
All below courses begin at 9 am, Weber Simulation Center at the
Tidewater EMS Council and are offered at no cost to the responder and
medical community by the Hampton Roads MMRS program. To register:
www.hrmmrs.org/responder_training.html
ICS 300 Monday and Tuesday September 22-23
Tuesday and Wednesday November 4-5
ICS 400 Saturday and Sunday August 23-24
Tuesday and Wednesday October 28-29
Thursday and Friday December
18-19
MCI Module1 Saturday August 2
Saturday
November 1
MCI Module 2 Wednesday August 27
Friday
October 31
Friday
December 5
Public Safety Response to Terrorism Awareness Course
The course is designed to provide all public-sector emergency responders
with awareness-level information on terrorist incidents. This course
will define terrorism and the challenges facing emergency responders
today.
Thursday, October 23, Weber Simulation Center at the Tidewater EMS
Council, Norfolk
Register online: www.hrmmrs.org/responder_training.html or call (757)
963-0632
TEEX Emergency Medical Operations and Planning for Weapons of Mass
Destruction Course
Course dates: August 20-22, 2008 (0800-1700), Sentara OBICI Hospital,
Suffolk
This course trains emergency personnel of all disciplines to properly
perform patient triage, treatment, and transportation in the event of
exposure to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive
(CBRNE) weapons. It consists of lectures, small group exercises,
hands-on and task oriented practical applications using state-of-the-art
human patient simulators. These simulators will be available for
students using a variety of Public Health/CBRNE scenarios and
simulations. It will utilize a combination of adult and pediatric
simulators to support the multiple hands-on exercises
To register call Bob Ditch (757) 310-7977
Pediatric CE Series: Children with Special Health Care Needs
This course is designed to review the differential diagnosis in
pediatric patients presenting with various types/symptoms of special
health care issues, to recommend strategies for efficient evaluation and
management of the child with special care needs and provide literature
updates regarding the management of children with special care needs.
Wednesday August 13, 2008, Weber Simulation Center at the Tidewater EMS
Council, Norfolk
Register online at www.tidewaterems.org <http://www.tidewaterems.org/>
2008 Virginia EMS Symposium is November 12 - 16 in Norfolk
Online registration scheduled to begin August 1.
www.vdh.state.va.us/OEMS/Symposium/index.htm. View a video of some 2007
EMS Symposium highlights:
www.vdh.state.va.us/OEMS/SymposiumHighlights/Index.htm
EMT-Basic, Intermediate and Paramedic courses at TCC:
www.tcc.edu/academics/divisions/healthprofessions/ems
<https://orf.vaems.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.tcc.edu/acad
emics/divisions/healthprofessions/ems>
EMT Basic, Intermediate and CEU courses at the Center for EMS Training
in Portsmouth: www.center4ems.org/ <http://www.center4ems.org/>
Locate an EMS training course approved by the state Office of EMS:
https://vdhems.vdh.virginia.gov/pls/DED/courseap.startup
<https://orf.vaems.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://vdhems.vdh.virg
inia.gov/pls/DED/courseap.startup>
EMS, Fire Texts and more available through the Virginia DFP/EMS Online
Bookstore
www.vafire.com/bookstore/place_order.htm
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REGIONAL AND STATE EMS NEWS
Tidewater EMS 2008 Award Winners
We are pleased to announce the 2008 recipients of the Tidewater EMS
Council Recognition Awards, announced on July 27 during the regional EMS
Family picnic at Chesapeake City Park:
* R. C. Dailey Award for Excellence in EMS - David C. Long
(Chesapeake Fire and Hampton Roads MMRS)
* Outstanding Prehospital Provider - Jeffrey P. Elmore
(Nansemond-Suffolk VRS)
* Frank M. Yeiser, Jr, Award for Outstanding EMS Physician -
Donald V. Byars (Portsmouth Fire and Weber Simulation Center)
* James M. Wagenbach Award for Outstanding Prehospital
Instructor - Thomas F. Watson (Chesapeake Fire and Hampton Roads MMRS)
* Bruce W. Edwards Award for Outstanding EMS Administrator -
George W. Willman, IV (Nansemond-Suffolk VRS)
* Outstanding Emergency Nurse - Catherine C. Fox (Sentara
Virginia Beach General)
* Outstanding EMS Agency - Nansemond-Suffolk Vol Rescue Squad
* Outstanding EMS Call - "Plane in a Tree", Carrsville Vol Fire
Department and Franklin Fire and Rescue (and other assisting response
agencies)
* Outstanding Contribution to EMS - Navy Port Operations,
Regional Electronic Maintenance Division
* Outstanding Contribution to EMS for Children - Plaza Vol Fire
and Rescue, Operation Safe Haven (Virginia Beach)
* Outstanding Public Safety Communications Officer - Anthony
"Zip" Edwards (Norfolk)
* $1000.00 Scholarship for High School Senior with Outstanding
Contribution to EMS - Kevin P. Moore (Courtland VRS)
With the exception of the "Call of the Year" category, which is a
regional-only category, the regional winners have been nominated for the
same category at the state level. State winners will be announced
November 15 in Norfolk during the annual Virginia EMS Symposium Awards
Banquet. Thank you to all who submitted nominations, and congratulations
to all the nominees (34 total) and our 2008 regional winners!
Tidewater EMS Council Seeks Full and Part time WMD Instructors
The Tidewater EMS Council is currently advertising full and part time
position openings to fulfill various needs related to the Hampton Roads
MMRS program strike team training, exercise support, WMD and disaster
curriculum development. Visit www.tidewaterems.org
<http://www.tidewaterems.org/> for more information of these positions
and others throughout the region. Click Recruitment on the left side
menu.
OMD Endorsements Extended for One Year
The Virginia Office of EMS has issued a one year extension for all OMDs
who were originally "grandfathered" into EMS physician status when the
current regulations governing EMS physicians went into effect. The new
expiration is August 31, 2009. During the period of endorsement an OMD
must complete an OMD workshop and, if not board certified in emergency
medicine, ATLS, ACLS and PALS courses. The next local OMD workshop is
November 13 in Norfolk during the Virginia EMS Symposium.
Hampton Roads Disaster Volunteer Day
August 16, 2008, 0830-1500, Liberty Baptist Church, Hampton
Disaster Volunteer Day is a great training opportunity for disaster
volunteers across Hampton Roads to learn about Emergency planning and
volunteer response, gain new volunteer skills, and test their personal
preparedness.
Call (757) 594-8045 for more information
Hospital Projects Hearing Rescheduled
A public hearing on hospital projects by Bon Secours Hampton Roads -
including the downsizing of DePaul Medical Center in Norfolk - and
Sentara Healthcare has been rescheduled for 10 am August 18. The hearing
is being organized by the Eastern Virginia Health Systems Agency and
will be held at the Lifestyle Center at Chesapeake Regional Medical
Center in Chesapeake.
The Center for EMS Training to relocate
The Center for EMS Training in Portsmouth, a private non-profit EMS
education provider, announces an upcoming move to a larger and more
modern training facility located at 3619 High Street, Suite A across the
street from Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth. The
Center is scheduled to open in early October. This new high tech
facility will feature plasma screen televisions with electronic
interface to all types of electronic media. Students will experience
true multimedia and interactive learning. Realistic training lab or
"code room" features the ultra-high tech Sim-Man and Sim-Baby manikins
and the Sim IV arm too!
State EMS Grant Application Deadline is September 15
The Financial Assistance for Emergency Medical Services Grants Program,
known as the Rescue Squad Assistance Fund (RSAF) Grant Program is a
multi-million dollar grant program for Virginia non-profit EMS agencies
and organizations. Items eligible for funding include EMS equipment and
vehicles, computers, EMS management programs, courses/classes and
projects benefiting the recruitment and retention of EMS members. All
grant applications must be submitted electronically under the general
fund, however the original affirmation page must be received by
September 15, 2008 with the original signatures of the (1) authorized
agent, (2) fiscal officer and (3) operational medical director. If not
received by September 15, 2008 your grant will be disqualified! Faxed
and emailed affirmations will not be accepted! More information:
www.vdh.state.va.us/OEMS/Grants/index.htm
Download your Virginia EMS Summer Bulletin
www.vdh.state.va.us/OEMS/news_page/SummerBulletin2008.pdf
Virginia ALS Coordinators Establish Website
At the recent ALS-Coordinator Meeting in Roanoke on July 18th it was
suggested that a web page specifically for ALS-Coordinators be formed to
allow Virginia endorsed ALS-Coordinator's an opportunity to communicate,
network and share information with other ALS-Coordinators in Virginia.
Julie Chase of National College took on the challenge and invites you to
sign up for this exciting opportunity. Here's the main link:
http://groups.google.com/group/virginia-als-coordinators. Once you are
on this page, you can choose to join by clicking on the link on the
right side of the page entitled "apply for group membership." It should
walk you through the set-up process including sending Julie a
notification of your request to join.
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