Info for EMS Crews 

Carilion Clinic Roanoke Memorial Hospital is into the second month of utilizing our EPIC computerized charting system. We have been diligently working on practice changes related to this new process. In order to provide better patient care for our patients, registration will ARRIVE your patient in the system using the patient name and DOB that you provide (similar to the field heart alert process). This process takes less than one (1) minute. When the SSN is also provided this allows the patient to be populated in the Expected tab from Medcom which is an even quicker process. Registration will also verify the information with your patient once you have arrived to the Emergency Department.

This process is required before the staff nurse can begin the clinical triage process in the electronic medical record. This process does not impede the patient from getting a bed assignment due to the registration information. Registration personnel are available at the desk at the ambulance entrance to assist you in this part of the process. Bed assignments are made by the CTL/charge nurse.

EMS crews needing SSN for billing purposes can obtain this information from registration personnel.

An International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) course will be held on Saturday and Sunday, September 6 & 7 in Rocky Mount, at the Franklin Center. The fee is $50 for affiliated EMS providers, and $150 for other healthcare professionals. Please visit www.vaems.org/itls for registration and more information.

Deborah Akers, Regional Education Coordinator for WVEMS, has been chosen to receive this year's prestigious "NAEMSE Hero" award from the National Association of EMS Educators. The NAEMSE Hero is an honor given to one individual, nominated by students and/or peers, who has gone above and beyond to contribute to the EMS Education community. Debbie will be honored in a ceremony at the 2008 NAEMSE Symposium in St. Louis in September. NAEMSE offers special thanks to Delmar Cengage, whose generous support each year makes this award possible.

Debbie Akers has worked tirelessly as a respected leader in EMS education in Virginia. On the national level, she has twice represented Virginia at the National Scope of Practice Stakeholders' Committee, and she sits on two national NAEMSE committees. Her students and colleagues alike praise her professionalism, compassion and ability as a true hero in EMS education. Congratulations, Debbie, for a job well done!

• EMT-B - Franklin County    Course Flyer
• EMT-C to EMT-I Transition Modules - Sept. 13 - Nov. 15, WVEMS Office, Roanoke  Course Flyer
• EMT-B - Roanoke EMS - Starts Sept. 10. For information or to enroll, call 540-354-3475 or 540-344-6256
• EMS Leadership Training - Franklin County.  FC Leadership Training Flyer
• EMT-B Upcoming in Henry County - Henry EMT-B 08-08
• EMT-B in Floyd County - Begins Sept, 2. Contact Jason Schumann at 392-1016 or 745-2800 for information.

Attention All EMS Providers in the Western Virginia EMS Region: Please be reminded that the Restocking Agreements that we now hold with all hospitals in this region allow for ONE-FOR-ONE Exchanges of only the items on the Regional Standard Supply Exchange Form. This includes linens.

Hospitals have reported some EMS providers taking more than the one-for-one exchange as provided in our agreements. This constitutes theft and the hospitals will deal with this accordingly. Abusing the exchange privilege jeopardizes this arrangement for the entire region, and hospitals could transition to a fair-market-value exchange where they will bill agencies for supplies.

Also please be aware that the supply exchange agreement applies ONLY to patients delivered as a result on an emergency (911) call, or a helicopter or community assist. The agreement DOES NOT provide for exchange of supplies for routine transports where the destination is not the emergency department, or for inter-facility transfers. A laminated placard outlining the basics of the restocking agreement will be postged here and mailed to every agency and hospital within the coming few weeks. Please feel free to address any questions to Debbie Akers or Rob Logan at  WVEMS. (800-972-4367)

A Critical Care Transport Course will be held at Welmost Bristol Regional Medical Center beginning September 26. For more information, contact Theresa D. Kingsley AAS/NREMT-P/CCEMT-P, Lead Field Coordinator, Southwest Virginia EMS Council:
1000 West Main Street Abingdon, Va 24210 276-628-4151 ext. 21 276-676-0800 fax www.southwest.vaems.org
tkingsley@vaems.org

Get the course flyer here: SWCCEMTP

EMS leaders are invited to attend training to take advantage of Virginia’s Keeping The Best! retention workbooks.  The sessions are designed for volunteer and career leaders who want to learn how to apply new principles and processes to enhance their workforce.