October 26, 2006

Welcome & Overview

Meeting called to order at 1:00 PM by Jan Victorson, Chair.  The meeting was held at Cable Community Centre, Cable, WI.  Jan welcomed the group. She reviewed the past meeting and addressed today’s agenda.

Introductions

All of the participants introduced themselves.

Approval of Minutes

Meeting minutes from 8/24/06 were reviewed.  Motion made by Terri Kramolis and seconded by Rob Puls to approve the minutes. Motion carried. 

Treasurer Report

Quarterly Report for July - Sept 2006:

Fund # 2010 (2006) initial amount $41,670. Balance = $14,500.22.

Fund # 2006 (2007) initial amount $50,000. Balance = $12,500.00 start-up funds (still to receive $37,500).  Balance Sheets and Expenditure Reports passed around for membership to review.  Motion made by Brian Cody and seconded by Brad Keseluk to approve Treasurer Report.  Motion carried.

Website Update

Sarah and Tom Waby, website managers, request pictures and events that can be posted.  Email items to Merrilee at mcarlson@ashlandmmc.com and she will forward items to Sarah for posting on the website.  Also feel free to give suggestions and/or comments via Merrilee.  Please visit the website at www.lsrtac.com  

State Update

Refer to STAC Minutes from 10/11/06 (separate attachment).  Highlights are:

¨      EMS Update.  Funding decreased.  First Responder position eliminated.  Other positions may also be at risk.

¨      EMS Advisory Board Strategic Plan

      6 Priorities

         Funding

         Data Collection

         Disaster Management

         EMT Basic Refresher roll-out

         Legislative - combine HFS 110,111,112 and possible Trans 309

         EMS Leadership Program development

      4 Committees

         Education & Training

         EMS Administration & Management

         Disaster Management

         EMS System Development

¨      HRSA Update - Dennis Tomczyk (separate attachment)

¨      Trauma Registry Update - Debi Peters

          Data entry from the trauma facilities has been outstanding!

          Reports are next priority scheduled to be available at end of the year

¨      Staples Marketing Update for state trauma system.  Marketing campaign has run out of funding.  Part of the website is set up for secure access by site reviewers to sign up for review sites and dates. 

¨      Trauma Care System Working Subcommittee is working with the DHFS Legal Counsel on various items related to Site Designation and Review. 

¨      Performance Improvement template and process in final stages

¨      Discussion about Trauma Surgeons taking call at more than one trauma care facility

LSRTAC Project Coordinator Report

Dan Diamon gave a review of RTAC Coordinators group activities.  Please refer to RTAC Coordinators Minutes from 10/10/06 (separate attachment).  

¨      Triage Tuesday continues to be implemented and used.  Patient tracking through the system needs more education done.

¨      WARDS (Wisconsin Ambulance Run Data System) is operational now and instructional classes scheduled throughout the state.  Discussion on how area ambulances will implement this documentation.  Paper vs. computer report, tablets, etc.  Web-based is free.  Using a tablet requires software at an expense of about $1200.00.  Some services will do a paper report for timeliness and go back to their service and enter electronically.  There are pros and cons to this.  Lively discussion!

Communications Pilot Project

Communications Interoperability Pilot Project (OJA) still continues for Lake Superior RTAC.  The purpose is to establish standardized radio frequencies for specific purposes to enhance communications in a disaster.  The committee is working with Paul Wittkamp to establish guidelines.  It is intended to review their progress at the December LSRTAC meeting.

Helicopter Issues

General discussion regarding St. Luke's and St. Mary's Helicopter policies.  They work together to coordinate patient transport.  This may be due to weather conditions or availability.  Landing zones were also discussed.

Performance Improvement

The State is finalizing Performance Improvement Guidelines and asks that each RTAC begin forming their individual PI Committees and be ready to incorporate the guidelines into their PI Plan.

Education

¨      Stan Sadenwasser and Dan Diamon will look into developing information and documentation guidelines for head and sports injuries.  TBI Courses have been offered regionally but the free materials are no longer available. 

¨      PHTLS Course and TOPIC Course were discussed.

¨      Two workshops will be offered to TCFs for Site Review preparation on November 10 and December 7.  They will be posted on the website at www.lsrtac.com

¨      Two workshops will be offered for trauma registry training.  Dates to be announced.  This needs to be completed by June 2007.

¨      LSRTAC would like to offer some kind of inexpensive inservice for Emergency Medical Dispatch.  Brian Cody will look into this.

Future Meeting Dates

Next meeting will be:

     12/14/06      1-4 PM    Cable Community Centre      Cable, WI

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 3:45 PM.  Motion to adjourn made by Brian Cody and seconded by Rob Puls.  Motion carried.