04 September at 0900Ventilator Training
08 September at 1330Strong EMS Meeting
09 September at 1330Finger Lakes Regional Trauma Advisory Committee
10 September at 1900Analgesia, Sedation, and Ventilator Management in the RSI Patient
Welcome to the MLREMS Website.
The Monroe-Livingston Region (MLREMS) is one of the 18 regions in New York State that were created to oversee EMS for the NYS Department of Health. Each region consists of a Council that is responsible to report to the NYS DOH Bureau of EMS, coordinate EMS programs within its region, and make determinations of public need for additional EMS services in the region.
MLREMS also utilizes a Program Agency that is responsible for facilitating quality improvement of EMS care within its region, staffing the Regional Emergency Medicine Advisory Committee (REMAC), providing prehospital education programs and other activates to support and facilitate regional EMS systems. In this region the Program Agency is the Division of Prehospital Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center - Strong Hospital.
The Council is supported by REMAC. The REMAC develops policies, procedures and triage, treatment and transportation protocols to reflect the needs of the region, however all policies, procedures, and protocols are consistent with the standards of the SEMAC (State Emergency Medical Advisory Committee). The REMAC also approves physicians to provide on-line medical control, coordinate the regional medical control systems and participate in quality improvement activities.
Selective Spinal Immobilization Protocol Update
Over the past several months, there have been a number of quality assurance concerns regarding the utilization of the Selective Spinal Immobilization Protocol. As a result, the REMAC has requested that all providers in the Monroe-Livingston Region complete additional training on this protocol by August 31, 2010.
The following resources are available at mlrems.org:
-Selective Spinal Immobilization Online Course
-Protocol 2.33: Suspected Spinal Injuries
ALL EMT-B or higher providers in the region must complete the Selective Spinal Immobilization Protocol update training which is available on-line at mlrems.org by August 31, 2010. The update follows a self-study, web-based, video-on-demand format. After reviewing the video, providers are to complete the post-test (also available on-line) and submit it to their training officer. Passing is 8 or more out of 10 correct. Failure to pass will require reviewing the presentations and protocols again, and re-taking the test. Following satisfactory post-test completion, providers may receive 0.5 hrs of BLS CME.
It is the agency’s responsibility to track compliance with this requirement. Agencies should keep the post-test in the member’s agency training file. Agency training officers may request the answer key to the post test by contacting this office.
With questions, please contact the Regional Program Agency.