AGENDA For WACEMS Regular Meeting to be held at 10:00 am, July 9, 2015, at Pine Lake Fire Station 2, Pine Lake, Arizona CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval of minutes from regular meeting of May 14, 2015. REPORTS a. President s report. b. Executive Director s report. c. Treasurer s report. d. ADHS report. COMMITTEE REPORTS & ACTION ITEMS a. Education/Equipment Committee. b. EMS for Children. OLD BUSINESS a. NEW BUSINESS a. TEPI, PMD, PACES, Education/Equipment Committee vacancies. b. PHEP Funding Opportunity. c. 2015 State Plan to Zero Suicide. ANNOUNCEMENTS a. Announce next WACEMS Executive Board meeting, date, time and location. Currently scheduled for August 13, 2015 at 1:00 pm via phone conference. b. Announce next WACEMS regular meeting, date, time and location. Currently scheduled for November 12, 2015 at 10:00 am, Yuma. ADJOURNMENT
WACEMS Regular Meeting Minutes, May 14, 2015, Lake Havasu City, AZ PRESENT Bill Johnston President/KFD Mike Caswell Secretary/River Medical Sue Kern KRMC Rod Reed ED Joe Waterford Treasurer/Yuma Fire Department Enrique Lopez San Luis Fire Doug Crunk BEMSTS Bob Hayes BEMSTS Richard Schuster River Med Brad Shelton River Medical Joe Davis Lake Havasu Fire Heather Miller KRMC Tom O Donohue Golden Valley FD Robert Arnold Golden Valley FD David Harden BEMSTS Hector Gaxiola Yuma Fire Department Gary Bowes Peach Springs EMS Vickie Clark La Paz Regional Hosp Rich Schulenberg Lake Havasu Fire Julie Sasseen Havasu Regional Med Center Bonnie Walters La Paz Regional Hosp Jose Lizarraga La Paz Regional Hosp Chuck Waalkens River Medical Ted Martin Mohave Valley Fire Chris Dominguez Ehrenberg Fire Erick Felix Ehrenberg Fire MaryAnn Forrester Valley View Med John Sticka Pine Lake Fire CALL TO ORDER President Bill Johnston called the meeting to order at 1009. Bill welcomed those in attendance and asked everyone to introduce themselves and the agency they are representing. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes from regular meeting of January 8, 2015 were presented. Motion made by Sue Kern to accept the minutes as written, seconded by Joe Davis. Vote was unanimous to approve. REPORTS a. President s report. Bill Johnston gave the Presidents report. He thanked those in attendance and stressed the importance of being involved in EMS. Bill also mentioned that the next meeting, July 9 th in Pine Lake, would be Sue Kern s last meeting as she is retiring. b. Executive Director s report. Rod Reed reported on ED activities since last meeting. Rod reported that he attended the statutory meetings on January 21 st as the WACEMS representative. Agendas and minutes of those meetings are available on-line at the BEMSTS website. Draft agendas of the meetings were available for WACEMS representatives to look at and comment on. Also, the EMS Council will be meeting next week again, and members were encouraged to look at the agenda and get any comments to Rod. He also reported that he had been working with the state to get the WACEMS contract for the next fiscal year finalized, and that all funds have been requested for the current fiscal year. Lastly, Rod reported that he had 1
brought backboards for several different regional agencies, and requested that those present look through the boards and take theirs at the end of the meeting. c. Treasurer s report. Rod Reed presented and explained the WACEMS Profit and Loss, and Ledger reports for the period from July 1, 2014 through May 13, 2015. Copies were available. Sue Kern made a motion to accept the report as presented, Joe Davis seconded the motion. Vote was unanimous to approve. d. ADHS report: David Harden reported for the Bureau. David relayed that the governor has appointed a new AZDHS director, Dr. Cara Christ. He also mentioned the upcoming statutory meetings and trauma manager meeting. David then spoke about the community paramedicene survey results received by the bureau, and urged those interested to contact him. He then relayed information about the Traffic Incident Management train the trainer class coming up in Kingman, and strongly urged all present to become involved as EMS has not been well represented. Next, Doug Crunk relayed that the state training centers have been added to the database so they can post their classes and seek approval on-line. Doug next spoke regarding recent legislation that allows EMTB s and AZ Post officers to administer narcan in the field. He is currently working with several doctors to develop training and guidelines for those groups to administer the drug. Next, Bob Hayes reminded everyone to register on-line with the states recertification program. Also for EMS coordinators to register as well. COMMITTEE REPORTS & ACTION ITEMS a. Education/Equipment Committee. Sue Kern reported that the committee had received no requests. Jose Lizarraga with Quartzsite Fire reported they had brought a LP12 to the meeting that was purchased with state funds through WACEMS that they no longer need. Per Sue Kern Yucca Fire could use the LP12, so she took possession of it to deliver to Yucca. b. EMS for Children. Sue Kern reported that the most recent meeting was canceled, so no report was available. OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS a. AHA You re the Cure. Sue Kern spoke about the program, and encouraged WACEMS members to let us know what they are doing regarding AHA activities so they can be reflected on the AHA website. b. Elections. The Vice-President and Treasurer position terms are up. Sue Kern, member of the nomination committee, stated that she had received no nominations. Both the current VP, Javier Hernandez, and Treasurer Joe Waterford, had stated they would continue to serve if no one else was interested. Ted Martin made a motion to re-elect both positions by acclamation, seconded by John Sticka, vote was unanimous to approve. c. Awards. Brad Shelton gave an award to Vickie Clark, retiring CEO of La Paz Hospital, for her outstanding work in bringing La Paz Regional Hospital up to its current state of excellence and her recognition of the importance of EMS. 2
ANNOUNCEMENTS a. Announce next WACEMS Executive Board meeting, date, time and location. b. Announce next WACEMS regular meeting, date, time and location. c. Roundtable was held concerning upcoming events. ADJOURNMENT LUNCH Sponsored by River Medical and TriState CareFlight. 3