Wisconsin - Southeast Regional Trauma Advisory CouncilSERTAC Meeting Minutes

Minutes

April 24,, 2007

3:15-5:15
Wisconsin Athletic Center

 

SERTAC Chair

Steve Andrews M.D.

SERTAC Coordinator

Robert Ramerez

Minutes

Jessica Konen

Attendees

 Steve Andrews, Steve Bane, Dean Becker, Jill Becker, Annette Bertelson, Chris Binter, Todd Bluhm, Kathy Borst,  Rommel Bote’, Stacey Carlen, Mollie Collar, Chris Cook,  Al Davies, Tom Dietrich, Debi Dries, Pepie Du Devoire, James Feeney, Pamela Fischer, Leanne Fredrich, Frederick Hornby, Diane Huck, Robin Ihde, Karen Keys, Kyle Marohl, Suzanne Martens, Elaine Mason, Deb McCann, Karen McCuaig, Suann Mitchell, Maureen Morris, Lisa Hass-Peters, Jill Raffay, Robert Ramerez, Claire Rayford, Lynn Reynolds, John Schindler, Tony Scholten, Rebecca Schwuchow, Barbara Scott, Chris Sima, Cindy Smyers, Ann Sokop, Melanie Stratman, Chris Thome, Todd Van Langen, Tracy Warren,, Andrea Winthrop, Jay Wuerker

 

1. New Members:   Welcome and Introductions by SERTAC Chair Steve Andrews M.D.                                                                                         3:20-3:25

                                  Approvals of March Minutes-There were some corrections to be made, which Robert has already submitted.  

 

2. SERTAC Chair Updates:         Presented by Steve Andrews M.D                                                                                                                         3:25-3:30                                                                                                                                          

A.      There will be no financial update, Betsy Rambo the SERTAC Treasurer will be at the May meeting.  As of now the SERTAC budget

       is in good standing and we will wait for Betsy before we make any decisions to allocate any funds.

 

3. RTAC Coordinator Announcements:     Presented by Robert Ramerez                                                                                                                3:30-3:45

A)     Robert has announced that the SERTAC website will be routinely updated and has requested that the members make suggestions for any additions

       to the website. The website is a normal budget item and at the March Executive Council meeting, the Council agreed to allocate some extra funds

      for upkeep on the website. Todd Bluhm has requested to see if we could have a chat room added for members to post and address questions  

      throughout the SERTAC. Robert will check with the web designer into the cost of adding a program that would allow for messages.

              Robert did show the SERTAC members all of the additional links and injury prevention tab that has been added. Robert is also will be adding a

              separate tab for Trauma Coordinators.

 

        B) Power points- Robert has created two power points, the first being SERTAC designated Trauma Centers and the second is for the Trauma Registry.

            Robert has sent these power points to Marianne Peck and Debi Peters for approval and will have the power points put onto the SERTAC website.

            Robert is also working on a WARDS power point and once completed, the power point will be sent to Brian Litza for approval. Annette Bertleson is

            currently working on a PI power point that will give a basic description of the PI process.             

 

       C) PEPP- There is a new PEPP deadline of August 31, 2007. Robert has advised everyone to disregard any deadlines on the application and as long as a

           student has their Service / Medical Directors signature, has completed a PEPP course by August 31st, and submits the application to Robert by August

           31st, the student will be reimbursed. Currently there have only been 85 persons across the state that have completed the course. Robert has asked

           everyone involved with EMS to please remind other services in their counties that the PEPP course is available.

          

        D) The SERTAC newsletter is coming back and the newsletter will be sent out bi-monthly starting at the end of May. If members have any info that

             they would like to add to the newsletter or website, please contact Robert. Robert will also be formatting a e-mail that will be sent out with all of the

             info from the State Meetings that take place bi-monthly. Robert will be sending out that info in June.

 

4. State Updates:     Presented by Marianne Peck.                                                                                                                             

                 A.)EMS will be combining DHFS 110-113 Rules;  The rules are being opened in an attempt to combine the administrative sections.  It also allows

                      for other changes.  This will be a lengthy process. 

A.)    The 2008 Site Review list will be available soon, if any organization needs dates or has questions, please contact Marianne Peck

B.)     TNCC vs. TNS, (TNS is an extensive secondary course, more for L1-2 staff), both are great courses and it is up to each individual organization of pick what education their staff will have. Either course will work for a site review

C.)     STAC will be looking at injury prevention topics, such as falls and major trauma in the near future.                                                

 

5. Sub-committee break out secessions:                                                                                                                                                                  3:45-4:35

 

6. Sub-Committee Reports:                                                                                                                                                                                      4:40-5:00

 

7. Education Sub-Committee:     Presented by Todd Van Langen                                                                                                                              

A)     Contact info for organizations not attending SERTAC meetings:

The committee is requesting that SERTAC members that attend their local EMS meetings please get the word out on the SERTAC and any important information discussed at the meetings. The committee also feels having a list of EMS Coordinators on the SERTAC website will give services another option of knowing who they can contact in their area.

          

B)      List of Speakers

Pat Haines from Froedtert Hospital will be invited to the next meeting to discuss the list of speakers for various topics that Froedtert has to offer. Dr. Winthrop will get the same information from Children’s Hospital. Marianne Peck will send a list of all pediatric programs.   

 

C)      Introduction of SERTAC

Will be discussing with local Technical Schools to introduce the SERTAC website to students taking the EMT Refresher course, with hopes of having another avenue of reaching services that do not attend the meetings.

               

D)      EMS meeting

Starting in May, Robert will be attending EMS meetings in all of the counties in the Southeast.     

 

8. PI / Registry Sub-Committee:     Presented by Annette Bertelson.                                                                                                                              

A)      PI reports from the registry

       Marianne Peck was present at the meeting & stated at the upcoming Registry training meeting there will be a focus on running reports out of the

       registry.

 

B)       Length of stay in the ED indicator

       Discussion on use of this indicator as a regional PI starting point. Threshold of 3 hours was discussed & agreed upon. Each hospital is requested

       to submit their March aggregate data to Annette Bertelson by June 15th.  She will graph individual data for review at the June 26th

          SERTAC meeting. 

C)       Generic RTAC reports from the state

       Discussion on the time frame we can expect for receiving regional data back from the state. Marianne Peck stated this will be in the future. No

       time frame established yet.

D)       PI state indicators

       Marianne mentioned the agreed upon state PI indicators. Marianne will forward to Annette the document for circulation of all PI committee

      members review.

 

9. Medical Oversight Sub-Committee:     Presented by Suzanne Martens M.D.                                                                                                                             

A)     Field Triage & Transport

Time & Destination, current time cut off for trauma facility is 30 minutes. The committee’s decision is to keep the time at 30 minutes.                                     

 

B)      Inter-facility

Hospitals to be more familiar with inter-facility transport.  Hospitals and EMS services should share information, so they will know what their capabilities are.

 

10. Trauma Coordinators Sub-Committee Reports:    Presented by Cinda Werner                                                                                                                                                                                  

         A)  No report this month.   

 

11. Further discussion:  None                                                                                                                                                                                       5:00-5:15

Next Meeting:

May 22, 2007 3:15-5:15pm

Wisconsin Athletic Center

8700 Watertown Plank Rd.

Milwaukee, WI 53226

Conference Room 1