EMS FYI August 23, 2019
August 23, 2019
All information falls under the latest revision for the EMS Protocols: 11-15-2018
On Tuesday August 20th, Fire Chief Mark Schollmeyer, Assistant Chief Orlando Dominguez, and the Office of EMS met with Emergency Department representatives from Health First Hospitals, Steward Medical Group, & Parrish Medical Center. During the meeting, attendees discussed topics such as; Communication, New Equipment & Protocol, Community Paramedic, Resuscitation Academy, Patient Care Outcomes, TFD Transporting, SOP/Ordinances and more. These meetings are held quarterly, with the next one being scheduled in November. The Office of EMS is grateful for the partnerships we have with all of the hospitals! 
On Thursday August 22nd, Fabiola Mundo, Laurie Blaire and EMS Chief Dominguez attended the Medicaid Managed Care for Emergency Medical Services hosted by the Florida Fire Chiefs Association. The event took place at Valencia Community College. The Medicaid program consists of EMS transport agencies being able to recoup some EMS service expenses through reimbursements by Managed Care Organizations.
On Friday August 23rd, Chief Dominguez (pictured with JACHO Representative) participated in the Parrish Medical Center’s Stroke Accreditation conducted by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JACHO) site visit. Chief Dominguez presented: Protocols, Stroke Assessments (FAST and VAN), Blood Draws, Stroke training and Stroke transports.
We have a new member of our Finance Team, Jesus Padron. The lovely ladies in the Finance Office hosted a coffee bar on Wednesday and served up all kinds of caffeinated goodness! If you are up at FRC, stop in to say hello and welcome Jesus.
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RA Updates

From March 9, 2019 to present day (post RA/tone), there have been a total of 22 cardiac arrests in unincorporated Brevard.
“From the time of collapse, a cardiac arrest patient has only a 600 second window of survival.”
If you are interested in working either of the upcoming OT special events below please contact staffing to reserve your spot.

Event: WWE NXT Wrestling

Date: Friday, September 21, 2019

Event Location: Melbourne Auditorium 625 E Hibiscus Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901

Hours: 1730-2300 (Crew to pick up unit at 1730 and be in place at event by 1830)

Crew: 1 Paramedic/1 EMT (or PM) (Dedicated)
As a follow-up on the Hepatitis A post from a previous FYI, Brevard has been listed as a critically impacted county by the Florida Department of Health. Other listed counties critically impacted are: Citrus, Glades, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Liberty, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange, Pasco, Pinellas, Sumter, Taylor, and Volusia. Hepatitis A case counts for 2019 thus far have already surpassed those in 2018. From January 1, 2019 through July 27, 2019, 2,034 hepatitis A cases were reported, 91 of those being in Brevard.

http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2019/08/080219-state-of-florida-department-of-health-declaration-of-public-health-emergency.pr.html
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EMS Statistics
From 8/16/2019–8/22/2019, BCFREMS responded to:
Trauma Calls-259
Medical Calls-822
Motor Vehicle Crashes-134
Transports-966
ALS Transports-597
BLS Transports-369
Total Responses-1,446

911 Calls to Dispatch- 2,309

PulsePoint CPR Alerts- 2

Mobile Integrated Health Activities- 5
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