CENTRAL REGION EMS AND TRAUMA COUNCIL
AGENDA for July 9, 2014 2:00pm
Bellevue City Hall
Room 1E-108
2:00
Call to Order and Introductions
2:05
Review & Approval of Minutes
2:08
Report of the Chair
Introduction: Ken Callahan, King County Fire Commissioner
Financial Report
2:10
2:15
Local and State Committee Updates –
Psychiatric Patient Care Task Force Update – Celeste Etherington
King County EMS –Byron Byrne
EMAC – Byron Byrne
DOH –Eva Rooks
Rehabilitation TAC-Laura Crooks
2:30
Open Public Meetings Act Training: Eva Rooks
3:00
Fall Prevention Workgroup Proposal
3:10
Hospital Diversion Update
3:20
Goal 3, Objective 4 : Develop plan to address identified issues
Objective 4: By July 2014, the Regional Council will review responses from the EMSC prehospital survey and
HRSA Program Performance Measures 71, 72, 73, and 78 to identify prehospital pediatric emergency care
issues and develop plans to address the identified issues.
Strategy 1: By March 2014, the Regional Council will review responses to the September 2013 prehospital
pediatric needs survey and data from HRSA Program Performance Measures 71, 72, 73, and 78 to identify
prehospital pediatric patient care needs in the Region.
Completed 3-14: The workgroup reviewed HRSA Program Performance Measures 71, 72, 73, and 78 from
the prehospital survey. There were too few responses to determine needs. Online and offline
medical control for pediatric trauma is available to ALS. BLS online control is being trialed in NE
King County. The focus is on whether or not to transfer or not and is is adult focused. There is
access to robust online trainng and hand on training for BLS. ALS providers need more diverse
training.
3:35
Peds Workgroup
Our plan is to work with Sam Arbabi to incorporate pediatric trauma data review into the QA
committee activities at least annually. Work with the Northwest Healthcare Response Network to
promote an annual hospital pediatric care conference. The pediatric care workgroup continues to
meet at the Regional Council meetings to develop strategies to improve both hospital and prehospital pediatric care.
. The Workgroup recommended that the Council consider financing high quality content and train
the trainer classes. The Workgroup will discuss the training issue at the next meeting. Pediatric
equipment on EMS units need to be verified by the Council before proceeding with plan
development to address any equipment deficiencies (Lila O’Mahoney, John Herbert)
4:00
Good of the Order& Adjourn
Central Region EMS Council Newsletter
WSHA Report (www.wsha.org):
Newsletter page of the WSHA website wsha.org/newsletters/cfm.
State DOH Meeting Dates
CSC
 7-16-14; 9:30-2:00pm Centerpoint Conference Room, Kent
Cost TAC
None scheduled
Hospital TAC/Trauma Medical Directors
 7-16; 8 am - 9:30 am DOHKent Room 307
Injury Prevention and Violence Prevention Teleconference
 7-28-14 10am
Pediatric TAC
Cancelled for July
Prehospital& Wemsis
 Wemsis 8-20-14 8:00am-10:00am DOH-Tumwater Rm 158
 Prehospital 8-29-14 10:00am-2:oopm DOH Tumwater Rm 158
Regional Advisory Committee –
 7-15-14; 11:00am-3:00pm DOH Kent Room 307
Trauma Nurse/Registrar Network
Trauma Medical Directors: See Hospital TAC
WASHINGTON STATE COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC CONFERENCE
November 4&5 SeaTac. www.washingtonfirechiefs.org
NORTHWEST HEALTHCARE RESPONSE NETWORK (NWHRN.ORG)
PLANNING & TRAININGS:
 2014 Pediatric Disaster Readiness Workshop-September 19 Renton