VTSV EMS MEETING MINUTES

EDELWEISS CONFERENCE ROOM

TAOS SKI VALLEY, NEW MEXICO

 

 

               I.      CALL TO ORDER

Public Safety Director, Dave Wallace, called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m., in the Edelweiss Lodge Conference Center.  EMS Members in attendance were Dave Wallace, Neal King, Kathy Bennett, Chris Stagg, Erika Gunter, Mary Mortimer, Birgit Dowell, Bryan Wallace, Bill Etchemendy, Dawn Boulware, Gene Mortimer, Maureen Sellars, Eddy Wisdom, Aline Robertson, Lincoln Landis, Kei Braun, Hanno Blake, Carl Gilmore, and Sammy Trujillo.  Dr. Quigley Peterson also attended the meeting.  Patrick Ludwig, coordinator for the 8/15 Music Festival, also attended the meeting.

 

             II.      Various Topics

Gene & Mary Mortimer said the EMS Conference in Albuquerque was awesome and really good.  Dave said the course completion certifications and CPR cards are in the mail; people are fully certified.  General announcements included the NIMS project.  Dave suggested a winter class for class 700 or 100 and then people can do the test on line.  If you are in process of doing this, keep going.  He said that on 9/29 and 10/3 there will be extrication training.

 

           III.      EMS Revised Schedule

Dave revised the EMS “on call” schedule.  The new schedule is as follows:

                Sunday                  Dave Wallace/Brian Wallace

                Monday                 Neal King/Dawn Boulware

                Tuesday                                Dave Wallace/Hanno Blake/Chris Stagg

                Wednesday          Mary Mortimer/Al Johnson

                Thursday               Erika Gunter/Aline Robertson/Lincoln Landis

                Friday                     Gene Mortimer/Mary Mortimer

                Saturday                                Neal King/Kathy Bennett

 

IV.           Taos Ski Valley Music Festival August 15th

Dave Wallace is drafting the Operations Plan for this event.  Dave is the Incident Commander; Neal King is the Planning Coordinator; he will be conducting a briefing before the event.  This event starts at 10:00 a.m.  Law Enforcement will be Ramey Stevens, and six other law enforcement officers from the State Police and Taos County.  The Communications post will be at the Guard Shack; the ambulance will be by the clinic.  Channels in use will be Mountain channel 1, and Fire channel and State Police channels.  Dave is hoping to get help from the Marshal in Red River. 

 

Patrick Ludwig reported on the EMS part of the festival.  He said there will be a MASH Test set-up with cots, tables, cops, etc.  He wants to keep it simple.  EMS volunteers will be 2 in the tent, 2 traveling, and 2 if needed for transport.  He said 6 people for 6 hour shifts.  Neal King got a list of volunteers for the event.  Patrick said he expects about 1,000 to 2,000 people at the event; 500 or less if there is rain.  Will stop selling tickets at 4,000 people.  200 tickets have sold so far.  A fundraiser opportunity was discussed.  Quigley suggested a “tip jar.”  A Polaris 6x6 was discussed if a patient is down; this could be a transport.  It was decided to order “support EMS” shirts; Mary Mortimer said she would do this.  There will be a meeting at the clinic after 3:30 to discuss equipment, etc. 

 

 

 

IV.           Run Reviews

Dr. Peterson reviewed several run reviews.  These consisted of lost hikers at Frazer; no real medical emergency here.  He also talked about a 14 y/o biker and a 65 y/o biker; a 69 y/o woman at the St Bernard concert, a car race accident, a seizure at the St. Bernard, and a 4 y/o girl who hit her head on the steps.  Refusal forms were discussed and C-collars were discussed for Law Enforcement vehicles.  Carl Gilmore said he has newer heartwells out there; we should consider this. 

 

V.            Announcement of date/time/place for the next meeting

The next meeting of the EMS Department is to be determined.