Emergency Resources At Your Fingertips
STEP AWARDS
Each year at the STEP Conference the following awards may be presented based on nominations from the first response agencies in the community. Nominations for any of the awards should be mailed by March 1st. (Please include a contact email or phone number for further information or to make a notification that the nominee has been chosen.) Send the information to:
STEP Conference Committee
c/o 23 Donna Marie Circle
Rochester, NY 14606
Alternatively, it can be emailed as an attachment to: info@emergencyservicesdirectory.org
Chloe Alexson Scholarship
The Dr. Chloe Alexson Scholarship Award is intended to award an outstanding emergency service person a full conference registration to attend the STEP Annual EMS Conference in the year nominated. Nominations can be made by the leadership of any emergency service agency on agency letterhead and should include supporting information based on any of the following criteria:
STEP looks forward to honoring the Dr Alexson, a valued long time member of STEP who died in 2014, by presenting this scholarship to a deserving recipient.
Joanna Award
The Joanna Award was established to honor an exemplary example of teamwork at an incident or in the care of a patient, where a tragic outcome was diverted because of the interaction of involved entities. It was established by a STEP member whose family members were involved in a terrible crash which took the efforts of several agencies to save their lives. Past awards have paid tribute to excellent interactions between EMS, fire agencies, law enforcement, community groups and citizens. A nomination for this award can be made by anyone in the health/public safety community by submitting a letter with the supporting information as noted above.
Lloyd Levy Award
Dr. Lloyd Leve, a Orthopedic surgeon, for many years was Vice President of STEP and a member of the Education Committee of MLREMSC in the early days of both of those groups. This award was established many years ago and is given for outstanding service to the EMS Community over the length of the nominee’s career. A nomination for this award can be made by anyone in the health/public safety community by submitting a letter with the supporting information as noted above.
NYS DOH has released the following new Hemmorhage Control protocol.
It will soon be available on the Department's Website at
http://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/ems/
The following changes to the NYS DOH ebola policies for EMS were released on 10/18/15.
Contact Dan Clayton or Rich Brandt at (518) 402-0996 with any questions or concerns.
Thank you to all of those who contributed to STEP during ROC the Day!! Your contribution will be put to good use in funding STEP's projects including the annual conference, the emergencyservicesdirectory.org website, and the history archives at the Rochester Academy of Medicine.
The Finger Lakes Regional Trauma Center (FLRTC) website (wrhepc.urmc.edu) hosts many training and preparedness resources for NYS Health Emergency Preparedness Coalitions. A major resource, especially in time of disaster, is the NYS Health Emergency Preparedness Coalition’s: Preparedness and Response Tools/Resources Page. Links on the page include:
96 Hour Sustainability
Active Shooter
Alternate (Crisis) Standards of Care
Disaster Mental Health
Disaster Triage
Ebola
eFINDS (Evacuation of Facilities in Disaster Systems)
Emergency Preparedness Apps for iPhone/Tablet (including Red Cross, FEMS, etc)
Faith Based
General Preparedness
Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
Hospital Command Center
IT/Cyber Security
National Incident Management System (NIMS/ICS)
OSHA/Hazmat/Decon
Pediatric
Personal Preparedness
Public Health
Recovery
Storm/Natural Disasters
The link to the Preparedness & Response Tools/Resource Page (and the other links contained within) has now been added in the lower portion of the ESD’s education page along with several other national, state and public safety resources. Additionally there is a link to regional disaster work plans from the FLTRC site. Check them out at http://emergencyservicesdirectory.org/EducationalLinks
The following information was received from Andrew G. Johnson, Deputy Director Bureau of Emergency Medical Services Education and Certification
Login info NYS Bureau of Emergency Medical Services 2015 BLS Protocol Update Training
This is now on the home page for the Bureau at: http://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/ems/
2015 Spinal Protocol Update
This update is required to be completed by all New York State certified EMS providers:
The 2015 BLS Protocol update on hemorrhage control and spinal injuries is approved for 3 hours of CME (Preparatory, Trauma, or Other). If you took your quiz through Webex you must have your email from Webex showing your passing quiz score as well as your completed skills sheets on-file with your agency. No additional certificates will be published through Webex.
The recorded training session can be found by clicking this link: Webinar. This link will not provide you with the required quiz.
If you have not completed your update and quiz, you will need to go to our training site at http://training.vitalsignsconference.com. Once your account is created and confirmed via email you can access the update course at the link, "2015 BLS Update". Once you complete the update, you will receive a certificate of completion.
If you have any questions/issues please email Robert.Valenty@health.ny.gov.
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