Members present:                                           
Marv Birnbaum                                          
Cheryl Glomp                                                
Dan Williams                                                
Gloria Murawsky                                          
Dick Collyard                                                
Mark DeGuire                    
Gloria Wall
Tim Bjelland
Karen Wesley
Don Hunjadi  

Bureau Staff:
Nan Turner    
Jon Morgan   

Others in Attendance:                            Representing:
Judy Jones                                                     Luther – Eau Claire
Dave Henning                                              Gold Cross Ambulance
Don Kimlicka                                                 Gunderson Lutheran – LaCrosse
Jim Keiken                                                     Madison FD
Kathy Crandall                                              EMS Coordinators
Lorie Utech                                                    Pro-Health Care Inc
Robert Haight                                                Marshfield Fire
Bill Snoke                                                       Gunderson Lutheran
Kathy Worden                                              Rib Mountain Fire
John Conner                                                  North Central Tech
Mike Fraley                                                    St. Joseph's - Marshfield
Joy Erb-Moser                                                 St. Joseph's - Marshfield
Nettie Jenkins                                               Fond du Lac
Ray Lemke                                                    North Central Tech
Paulette Hesch                                             Franciscan Skemp
Sherry Kirkpatrick                                         Mercy Hospital
Beth Natter                                                     Mercy Hospital  

Agenda item #1 Introductions

Dan Williams called the meeting to order at 10:00 at the Holiday Inn, Mosinee.  Everyone in attendance introduced himself or herself.

Agenda item #2 Approval of March Minutes

Motion by Tim Bjelland, second by Terri Richards to accept the March 2001 Board minutes.  Unanimous approval.

  Agenda item #3 Committee Updates

·        Policy & Practice

Dick Collyard reported on the committee meeting.  Most of the committee work was spent reviewing HFS 111, EMT-intermediate rule.   The document has been reviewed and forwarded to the EMS Section with recommendations for changes.  The rule will be submitted to DHFS to start the formal rule process.

  HFS 112 has been returned to DHFS to modify the paramedic staffing language and then return it to the legislature.

  The interfacility transfer document is being revised with input from various interest groups and should be ready for committee review in July.

  ·        Data and Research

Karen Richter reported on the committee meeting.   The committee looked at 3 issues: Progress on data issues in the State Plan, NHTSA data recommendations, and the CQI document.

  The 2000-2001 State Plan was reviewed and there was a general discussion about progress to date.  It was agreed that it was time to reevaluate WEMSIS before deciding the next steps.  One of the issues is a programming change to make for easier access for ad-hoc report queries.

  The NHTSA evaluation was reviewed for the related data/evaluation recommendations.  There was a discussion of the recommendations and agreement that all the data/evaluation recommendations need to be prioritized as part of the Board retreat.

  The CQI template was distributed for committee review and discussion at the next meeting.

·        Systems Management

Marv Birnbaum reported on the continued work of the Systems Committee. Major projects included:

1)                 Emergency Medical Communicator report – the report on Emergency Medical Communicators (EMC) has been revised and is in final draft format.  Marv Birnbaum gave a powerpoint presentation on the report.  Major findings from the surveys and recommendations were included in the report:

  Motion by Marv Birnbaum, second by Tim Bjelland, to accept the EMS Communicator report, approve the report, forward the report to DHFS, and have the Board identify sponsors for legislation.   All present - Aye.

  2)                 Committee data inquiries

The committee discussed possible data reports they would like to look at using the WEMSIS data.  Possible reports included fractile response times, transport times, demographics of chief complaints for rural/urban differences and time of onset of illness.

3)                 Finance piece – the result of 27 structured interviews is complete and the data collection is complete.  The goals & objectives will be included in the finance report with the first draft to be presented in July.

·        Education

Gloria Murawsky reported on several education issues.

1)                 Status of the new EMT-intermediate curriculum is that it's temporarily on hold pending a meeting with Bill Brown of the National Registry to see if the content of the course covers the National Registry test content.

2)                 The EMT-basic IV curriculum is done except for possible modifications to the pediatric portion.  Bill Perloff is reviewing the pediatric portion and will respond to the committee with any changes.

3)                 The committee reviewed several documents to evaluate education issues that have been identified in the NHTSA report, state EMS plan, Systems report, and past Board status reports.  Outstanding issues were identified for possible follow-up at the June Board retreat.

  ·        EMS-Children - no report

Agenda item #4 Medical Director Report

Dr. Barney was unable to attend.   Jon Morgan noted that the two major projects are completion of the MD course and the protocol templates.

Agenda item #5 Legislative & State Office Update

Jon Morgan & Nan Turner were congratulated for the background materials prepared for the NHTSA review.  Dan Williams gave an overview of the review process. The Board was asked to review the NHTSA document prior to the June Board retreat.  Board members were asked to send any requests to Jon Morgan by May 15, 2001 for background info needed for the retreat.

  HFS 112 – already reported.

  The Board requested a thank you note be sent to DOT for sponsoring the NHTSA site visit.

  The agenda for the retreat will be for the Board to review current activities, review stated project activities from 1998, review current projects on whether they should continue, and use the NHTSA report to identify & prioritize future activities.  Committee structure, charge, changes, etc. will also be evaluated.

  Agenda Item # 6 - STAC and Trauma Plan update

STAC Update – Joint Finance has returned the Statewide Trauma Care System Plan and asked DHFS to propose it as a separate bill.  There was a general discussion of what this meant for the proposal and next steps that should be taken.

Agenda Item #7 - Board & PAC members with terms about to expire

Dan Williams discussed committee members with expiring terms and stated the issue would be evaluated after the retreat when the Board has a better idea of its short and long term focus. 

  The PAC also has 3 members with terms that expire in July.  Interested individuals should send Nan Turner a short letter of interest and a CV.  Current members Drs. Berner, Robinson and Wesley are interested in serving another term.  The only new applicant so far is Dr. Suzanne Martens.

Agenda Item #8 - - Old/New Business

None

Motion by Terri Richards, second by Cheryl Glomp to adjourn. All present- Aye. Meeting adjourned at 11:20PM.

The next meeting is a Board retreat in Sturgeon Bay June 4 & 5.

The next regular meeting is July 10 & 11 in Madison.