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Minutes 10/22/1986 EMPLOYEE ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING October 22nd, 1986 MEMBERS PRESENT: Randy Carroll, Helen Ortega, Marty Ginter, Pat Hedrich, Frank Millot, Sue Lemay, Jorge Aguilera GUESTS PRESENT: Doug Greenfield, Doug Cameron, Diane Flagg, Jeff Page, Bill Griffin, Walter Kopka, Rich D'Orazio OLD BUSINESS The Training Officer position is still open as of this date. The Golden Gate Fire Department has agreed to fix the window and the hole in the wall when they do the rest of the building. ARA cannot get the type of oil we use in the easy pour spout. The radio in Truck 8 is still not working properly. EMS has ordered 5- 6 new radios that will be in around December. One of them will be earmarked for Truck 8. Hopefully, this will solve the problem. The Director of Hendry County EMS, Hendry County Correctional Officials and Bill Griffin met to discuss the ambulance problem. Hendry County Correctional Institute would like us to take over ambulance transports. Bill Griffin said no, but Hendry County EMS could take over Immokalee. They said no. We will not respond to their area unless we are requested by Hendry County EMS for mutual aid. Please make copies of your recertifications for Bill Griffin as soon as you receive them. Remember, this is your responsibility according to EMS SOP. Don Eckert was voted Paramedic Of The Year and Marty Ginter was voted EMT Of The Year. Congratulations to both. Randy is getting estimates on a larger plaque for the Phonex Award. Randy and Doug Greenfield will go to Trophy World to pick out the plaque. Helen Ortega and Randy Carroll are the new permanent Advisory Council Members. Frank Millot and Melitta Beakbane are alternates. Several people have expressed a desire to become nationally registered. Pat Maahs has all the information and will work with anyone interested on setting up a tentative date for the course. November 3, 1986 Page 2 Officer Paul Russo of the City PD will be giving lectures on legal testimony the end of November or the first of December. NEW BUSINESS November 7th, 8th and 9th will be the balloon races at the airport. This is a national event that Good Morning America will cover on their show the morning of the 7th. We are expecting to see an attendance of 50,000 people. We will have two ALS ground units and one medic for 506. Sign up with Bill Griffin if you would like to work this "very special" assignment. We expect our new disel truck around March 1987. If we like the way the disel performs, the chassis on trucks 1, 3 and 4 will be converted to disel in Fiscal Year 1987/88, as they are scheduled for new chassis anyway. Doug Greenfield stated dopplers are not practical for our short transport times. However, he said he will consider dopplers for both units in Immokalee and 506. Rattlesnake and 951 will be handled by 504 now instead of 507. 504 will handle 951 to Rattlesnake. The vendor of the 16 guage abbocaths that we use has quit making the 1/4" length. Sally will look into another brand since the majority likes the shorter abbocath. A pair of large scissors will be placed on each unit in a standarized cabinet. Please take care of them. 510 is tentatively scheduled for a two man unit starting December 1st. This will eliminate those long rides to Naples back to back by the same unfortunate crew. The crews would like the suspension looked into on Truck 5. The truck is a very rough ride. We have been having a real problem with hoses lately. The pressure builds up in the hoses causing the hoses to burst. Someone suggested a pop-off valve for the hoses. While in school or state certified, new paramedics may perform ALS procedures when with a "County Certified Medic." They cannot attend PALS or ALS patients. You may get this wonderfully smelling shampoo ( Kwell) at the ER. See Pat Hedrich or Marty Ginter at NCH. A recert class on the new ACLS standards will be offered in January or March. The EMT Refresher Course is scheduled for February 1987. November 3, 1986 Page 3 The BTLS is scheduled for April 1987. If you give a drug (nitro, lidocaine, etc. ) the charge is ALS even if you use the patient's. A IV line is an ALS procedure. Heparin locks are PALS. There is no charge for nitro. Trauma Score will be on the new trip tickets. Per Sally, when you receive your weekly supplies, make sure you date them and place them to the back of your cabinet. Bill Griffin and Randy Carroll will work together with Sally on updating the inventory sheets. They will be completed in two to three weeks. EMS will be initiating the phasing out of part-time employees sometime in the near future. EMS would like the full-time staff to be more available as there will be more overtime available. Certain employees have been abusing their sick days. Doug Greenfield and Bill Griffin will start zeroing in on those individuals and it will be a Class I violation in your file. Be responsible with use of sick time. Remember those survey sheets we filled out with our checks? They showed we are not living above our means, but most of EMS road personnel are working a second job to take up the slack. This concerns Doug Greenfield. He is hopeful that by letting part-timers go, full-time personnel will be getting more overtime. 505 station needs an outside bell ringer for the phones. You cannot hear the phone when outside in the bay. Also, they need lights over the three phones in the living room and bedroom to be able to distinguish which phone is ringing. Due to the rash of accidents that road personnel has been involved in, if you have an accident while driving a county vehicle, you may be required to attend the EVOC course as a refresher as soon as it is made available. There is a memo out explaining this matter. There is a question as to whether Dextrostix are really accurate. The heat and light breaks them down. Try and go by your patient's appearance. The current salary for entry level paramedics in is $19,178 annually including automatic overtime, meetings and holidays. The exact figures were not available for the EMTs. See Bill Griffin for that information. There are new insurance forms. They are the same ones that were attached to your pay check a couple of weeks ago. You may pick up additional forms at EMS Headquarter as needed. Meeting adjourned at 12:30 PM. 2 M E M O R A N D U M TO: All EMS Employees FROM: Pat Hedrich, Chairman DATE: October 15th, 1986 RE: Employee Advisory Council Listed below is the REVISED list of members of the Employee Advisory Council and under them are the employees they represent. Pat Hedrich (Chairman) Marty Ginter (Vice Chairman) Don Eckert Kim Lark Jay Bridenthal Bert Lark Bill Peplinski Terry Haskins George Burns Glen Alderfer Richard D'Orazio Homer Brooks Sue Lemay (Secretary) Helen Ortega Dave Joseph Barbara Brack Dave Kitchen Brian Mackenzie Doug Leff in Beverly Utley Rich Humberger Ann Hare Erin McDonald Terry Ortengren Jorge Aguilera Randy Carroll Mark Willis Debbie Lichliter Rachael Skoko Terry Halberg Pat Maahs Steve Donovan Mark Ziegenfuss Paul Wilson Tom Maguire Ricky Garcia Walter Kopka Alternates Part-Time Representative Frank Millot Terry Lichliter Melitta Beakbane