#GMVEMSC: FW: Quarterly Triage Day Oct 1-2 2019, PART 1

First, a reminder:  tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 8 PM, the Quarterly Triage Day Drill (QTD) starts.  Second, the most common question we’ve gotten has been how can we scan the barcode if all the Training Tags have the same number? 

 

It’s true that the BLUE Training Tags all have the same number; that’s why we use the GREEN Drill Tags for QTDs.  Each tag has a unique number, and a bar code to match.  So all you have to do is scan the GREEN Triage Tag bar code (no names for this exercise), then enter three other things: 1)  Gender; 2) Triage Level (Red, Yellow, etc.); and Current Location (meaning which hospital or ED).

 

All the rest of the information about the QTD is below.

 

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As discussed during multiple regional meetings, the region’s next Quarterly Triage Day (QTD) Drill will include some new procedures.  Our region has had numerous real-world events demonstrating how important it is that all EMS and hospital ED personnel have complete familiarity with MCI tools such as triage ribbons and tags, the RHNS, MCI radio talk groups, the Surgenet MCI page, and OHTrac.

·        OHTrac incident creation and the request for RHNS messages will be performed by selected personnel from around the region.  More about that in a separate email.

·        Because of the critical importance that OHTrac played in multiple incidents, the GDAHA West Central Ohio Regional Healthcare Coalition is strongly recommending that every emergency department patient be entered into OHTrac during this 24 hours. 

o   Only four items need entered:  1)  Triage Tag # (do NOT enter patient names for this exercise); 2)  Gender; 3) Triage Level (Red, Yellow, etc.); and Current Location (meaning which hospital or ED).

o   By far the easiest method of OHTrac entry is by scanning the Triage Tag bar code, either using the OHTrac smartphone app or by using a barcode scanner that will connect via computer directly to OHTrac.

o   Even when patients are entered by EMS, for this drill, the Location should be entered as the hospital or ED.

o   Because all patients will be entered in OHTrac during this QTD, it is crucial that EMS apply a ribbon and triage tag on EVERY PATIENT.

o   Wherever possible, EMS is requested to enter patients into OHTrac, and note that on the Triage Tag.

·        The QTD will begin at 8:00 PM (2000 Hours) on October 1^st, and continue until 8:00 PM (2000 Hours) the next day, October 2^nd.  Please share this email with all ED and EMS personnel.

·         Hospitals will monitor MCI radios from 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM (2000-2400) on the first day and from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM (0800-1200) the next day.  

·        EMS crews transporting patients to a hospital during these times should provide a brief, MCI-style report to the hospital over MCI radio talk groups.

 

During this exercise every patient should receive a triage ribbon and a GREEN triage tag.  Hospitals must update their GDAHA Surgenet MCI page at least once every 8 hours.

·        We encourage every EMS unit to look at the GDAHA Surgenet MCI page.  During an MCI, it’s a potentially invaluable tool to help your Transport Officer avoid overloading individual hospitals.  You can view it at https://gdaha.surgenet.org, the same website you use for Hospital Reroute information. 

·        If you don’t have a login (EMS agencies can use generic apparatus logins), or if your login doesn’t show the MCI section pictured on the attached QTD Flyer, just click the Request Access button.

 

There is more information in the attachments.  PLEASE POST THE FLYERS and help us get the word out to all line personnel, both in EMS and in EDs.

We updated the training materials in February.  If you haven’t seen them yet, go to http://gmvemsc.org/training-mcicomm.html, watch the video (the top video is for EMS, bottom video is for hospital personnel), then, regardless of which you watch, take the quiz at the bottom of the page to receive 1.5 Hours of Con Ed.

If you need additional GREEN triage tags or triage ribbons, contact GDAHA or Dayton MMRS. 

At the conclusion of your shift or the end of the drill, please take a couple of minutes to complete a feedback form at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QTDFeedback or by scanning this QR code with your phone:   

 

Thank you for participating in QTD drills to help our region be better prepared for mass casualty incidents of all types.  Two more short emails will follow.

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#GMVEMSC Training: FW: Quarterly Triage Day Oct 1-2 2019, PART 1

First, a reminder:  tomorrow (Tuesday) night at 8 PM, the Quarterly Triage Day Drill (QTD) starts.  Second, the most common question we’ve gotten has been how can we scan the barcode if all the Training Tags have the same number? 

 

It’s true that the BLUE Training Tags all have the same number; that’s why we use the GREEN Drill Tags for QTDs.  Each tag has a unique number, and a bar code to match.  So all you have to do is scan the GREEN Triage Tag bar code (no names for this exercise), then enter three other things: 1)  Gender; 2) Triage Level (Red, Yellow, etc.); and Current Location (meaning which hospital or ED).

 

All the rest of the information about the QTD is below.

 

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As discussed during multiple regional meetings, the region’s next Quarterly Triage Day (QTD) Drill will include some new procedures.  Our region has had numerous real-world events demonstrating how important it is that all EMS and hospital ED personnel have complete familiarity with MCI tools such as triage ribbons and tags, the RHNS, MCI radio talk groups, the Surgenet MCI page, and OHTrac.

·        OHTrac incident creation and the request for RHNS messages will be performed by selected personnel from around the region.  More about that in a separate email.

·        Because of the critical importance that OHTrac played in multiple incidents, the GDAHA West Central Ohio Regional Healthcare Coalition is strongly recommending that every emergency department patient be entered into OHTrac during this 24 hours. 

o   Only four items need entered:  1)  Triage Tag # (do NOT enter patient names for this exercise); 2)  Gender; 3) Triage Level (Red, Yellow, etc.); and Current Location (meaning which hospital or ED).

o   By far the easiest method of OHTrac entry is by scanning the Triage Tag bar code, either using the OHTrac smartphone app or by using a barcode scanner that will connect via computer directly to OHTrac.

o   Even when patients are entered by EMS, for this drill, the Location should be entered as the hospital or ED.

o   Because all patients will be entered in OHTrac during this QTD, it is crucial that EMS apply a ribbon and triage tag on EVERY PATIENT.

o   Wherever possible, EMS is requested to enter patients into OHTrac, and note that on the Triage Tag.

·        The QTD will begin at 8:00 PM (2000 Hours) on October 1^st, and continue until 8:00 PM (2000 Hours) the next day, October 2^nd.  Please share this email with all ED and EMS personnel.

·         Hospitals will monitor MCI radios from 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM (2000-2400) on the first day and from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM (0800-1200) the next day.  

·        EMS crews transporting patients to a hospital during these times should provide a brief, MCI-style report to the hospital over MCI radio talk groups.

 

During this exercise every patient should receive a triage ribbon and a GREEN triage tag.  Hospitals must update their GDAHA Surgenet MCI page at least once every 8 hours.

·        We encourage every EMS unit to look at the GDAHA Surgenet MCI page.  During an MCI, it’s a potentially invaluable tool to help your Transport Officer avoid overloading individual hospitals.  You can view it at https://gdaha.surgenet.org, the same website you use for Hospital Reroute information. 

·        If you don’t have a login (EMS agencies can use generic apparatus logins), or if your login doesn’t show the MCI section pictured on the attached QTD Flyer, just click the Request Access button.

 

There is more information in the attachments.  PLEASE POST THE FLYERS and help us get the word out to all line personnel, both in EMS and in EDs.

We updated the training materials in February.  If you haven’t seen them yet, go to http://gmvemsc.org/training-mcicomm.html, watch the video (the top video is for EMS, bottom video is for hospital personnel), then, regardless of which you watch, take the quiz at the bottom of the page to receive 1.5 Hours of Con Ed.

If you need additional GREEN triage tags or triage ribbons, contact GDAHA or Dayton MMRS. 

At the conclusion of your shift or the end of the drill, please take a couple of minutes to complete a feedback form at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QTDFeedback or by scanning this QR code with your phone:   

 

Thank you for participating in QTD drills to help our region be better prepared for mass casualty incidents of all types.  Two more short emails will follow.

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#GMVEMSC: CQI Education Subcommittee

Good morning,

As a reminder, the next meeting of the GMVEMSC CQI Committee will be held at 12:00 Noon, Tuesday, October 1 at the GDAHA Offices, 241 Taylor St., Dayton. 

 

Please RSVP to gmvemsc@gdaha.org as lunch will be served.

 

 

Thanks!

 

Ryan Konkel, Chair, Continuing Quality Improvement Committee

Greater Miami Valley EMS Council

 

 

 

 

 

 

#GMVEMSC: SWO Regional Safety Summit Flyer

 

 

 

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#GMVEMSC Training: SWO Regional Safety Summit Flyer

 

 

 

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#GMVEMSC: Conference for Disaster Mental Health 7th Annual Conference - October 25th

Conference for Disaster Mental Health 7th Annual Conference

Suicide: Impact, Prevalence and Prevention

 

Friday October 25, 2019

8:30am-5:00pm

 

SIGN-IN & REGISTRATION:  

 8:00am-8:30am

      

LOCATION: 

Fairborn Senior Center

325 North 3rd Street

Fairborn, Ohio 45324

 

COST: 

$40 /person

$20 /person - Volunteers

            (ARC, MRC, CERT)

$20 /person -  Students 

  

*(Registration fee covers Breakfast / Lunch / Snacks / CE hours)

We CANNOT accept registrations and/or payment at the registration desk on the day of the symposium.

 

Internet Registration:    http://www.disastermentalhealth.org/conference-registration.html or see attached document for instructions

 

Tony Coder

Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation

 

Conference Learning Objectives:

1.  List three ways that individuals and communities are impacted by suicide.  

2.  Identify three response initiatives for suicide prevention that address the unique needs of each target population.          

3.  Describe the warning signs of suicide across the lifespan and strategies to provide support for the individual in crisis and for responder self-care.

 

**Successful conference completion is attending all sessions and completing the evaluation form

**There is no conflict of interest with planners, presenters, faculty, authors or

content reviewers with any commercial interest

               

 

 

    

 

 

 

#GMVEMSC Training: Conference for Disaster Mental Health 7th Annual Conference - October 25th

Conference for Disaster Mental Health 7th Annual Conference

Suicide: Impact, Prevalence and Prevention

 

Friday October 25, 2019

8:30am-5:00pm

 

SIGN-IN & REGISTRATION:  

 8:00am-8:30am

      

LOCATION: 

Fairborn Senior Center

325 North 3rd Street

Fairborn, Ohio 45324

 

COST: 

$40 /person

$20 /person - Volunteers

            (ARC, MRC, CERT)

$20 /person -  Students 

  

*(Registration fee covers Breakfast / Lunch / Snacks / CE hours)

We CANNOT accept registrations and/or payment at the registration desk on the day of the symposium.

 

Internet Registration:    http://www.disastermentalhealth.org/conference-registration.html or see attached document for instructions

 

Tony Coder

Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation

 

Conference Learning Objectives:

1.  List three ways that individuals and communities are impacted by suicide.  

2.  Identify three response initiatives for suicide prevention that address the unique needs of each target population.          

3.  Describe the warning signs of suicide across the lifespan and strategies to provide support for the individual in crisis and for responder self-care.

 

**Successful conference completion is attending all sessions and completing the evaluation form

**There is no conflict of interest with planners, presenters, faculty, authors or

content reviewers with any commercial interest

               

 

 

    

 

 

 

#GMVEMSC: FW: Road Closures

 

Main Street Bridge Closure and Highway Ramps Updates

According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, the following closure is planned:

• Main Street Bridge (SR 48 between Monument Avenue and Riverview Drive) - Bridge closed September 27-30.

Additionally, the following two highway ramp closures have been updated. They originally were scheduled through September 22, and now are scheduled through September 30:

• US 35 East ramp to I-75 North - Ramp restriction through September 30. One 12' lane will remain open on the ramp.

US 35 East ramp to I-75 South - Ramp closure through September 30. The official detour is US 35 East to Steve Whalen Boulevard exit to US 35 West.

 

 

 

#GMVEMSC Training: FW: Ohio EMS Medical Director Conf - Registration Open!

Registration is open for the Ohio EMS Medical Directors' Conference on November 14, 2019.

 

Please share this link to encourage people to register – thank you!

 

The link includes the agenda.

 

https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=%5bUNIQID%5d&u=7544eaeefbe8d0ba14d74257e&id=2a0fbe60db

 

 

 Should you have any questions please contact me.

 

Thank you,

 

Valerie S. Koker

Administrative Assistant to Director House

EMFTS Board Secretary & EMS Stars Coordinator

Division of Emergency Medical Services

Ohio Department of Public Safety

1970 West Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio  43218

(614) 644-0616

(614) 466-9461 FAX

       

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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#GMVEMSC: FW: 4766-5 amended, rescinded, and new rules filed with JCARR; public hearing scheduled for October 16, 2019

 

OHIO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Melvin House, Executive Director www.ems.ohio.gov ANNOUNCEMENT Ohio law authorizes state agencies to adopt, amend, or rescind rules in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code (RC). The rules in Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) Chapter 4766-5 (air medical rules) were filed for five- year review with the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR) on September 13, 2019. A public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at 9:45 a.m. in Room 1106 at the Ohio Department of Public Safety, 1970 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio, 43223. Amendments include requiring that applications be complete, received by the license expiration date, and include service tax ID or EIN number and medical director contact information and license number, and fees are nonrefundable.  A temporary permit fee and process have been added, replacing the previous process for a temporary permit. An incorporated by reference rule has been added. DISCLAIMER:  THIS IS A SUMMARY OF KEY CHANGES ONLY. NOT ALL OF THE CHANGES ARE LISTED.  PLEASE REFER TO THE RESPECTIVE INDIVIDUAL RULE TO SEE THE COMPLETE CHANGES FOR EACH RULE.  Please review the “Emergency Medical Services” rules and information about the public hearing scheduled for October 16, 2019, at the Department of Public Safety (DPS) “Administrative Rules” Web page. The proposed rules and filing information can also be reviewed at the Register of Ohio. Contact the Division of EMS about the State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire and Transportation Services (EMFTS) or division administrative rules at ems.rules@dps.ohio.gov. Ohio Department of Public Safety www.publicsafety.ohio.gov Mike DeWine, Governor Thomas J. Stickrath, Director

 

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#GMVEMSC: Quarterly Triage Day Oct 1-2 Part 3: Sign Up for OhTrac/RHNS "Lottery"

 

During Quarterly Triage Day on October 1st and 2nd, we will emphasize use of all MCI Communications Tools.  In the past, GDAHA has created the OHTrac incident and the Regional Hospital Notification System message.  This time, we’re going to select some of you for those tasks. 

 

In each case (creating the OHTrac incident, and sending out the RHNS message), all it takes is a phone call.  We’ll provide you with the “script,” and the phone numbers.  You make the call!

 

We’ll select four or five people for this from anywhere in the region.  If you would like to be considered for this, just click the link below and fill out the short form. Again, if you’re selected, we’ll provide all the information you need.

 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SVWHH8S

 

 

 

#GMVEMSC Training: Quarterly Triage Day Oct 1-2 Part 3: Sign Up for OhTrac/RHNS "Lottery"

 

During Quarterly Triage Day on October 1st and 2nd, we will emphasize use of all MCI Communications Tools.  In the past, GDAHA has created the OHTrac incident and the Regional Hospital Notification System message.  This time, we’re going to select some of you for those tasks. 

 

In each case (creating the OHTrac incident, and sending out the RHNS message), all it takes is a phone call.  We’ll provide you with the “script,” and the phone numbers.  You make the call!

 

We’ll select four or five people for this from anywhere in the region.  If you would like to be considered for this, just click the link below and fill out the short form. Again, if you’re selected, we’ll provide all the information you need.

 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SVWHH8S

 

 

 

#GMVEMSC: Quarterly Triage Day Oct 1-2, Part 2: Additional Information on OHTrac & App

For those of you who haven’t yet used OHTrac, this email will let you know how to sign up for, and operate OHTrac during an MCI, whether real-world, or an exercise such as the QTD.  We hope to have as many people as possible use OHTrac during the Quarterly Triage Day, and enter EVERY ED patient for 24 hours.  Below is a link to a brief PowerPoint on OHTrac and how to use it. Here’s how to quickly sign up.

 

Getting an OHTrac Log-In:

• Talk with your agency/hospital to see if they have access and if they have added you as a user.  Facility Administrators can add new users to existing facilities.
• If your agency doesn’t have access yet, go tohttps://gdaha.surgenet.org and click on Request Access.  Each agency should have at least two “facility administrators” who then approve other personnel or apparatus access.  Once your Request for Access has been reviewed, you will be contacted by the Regional Hospital Coordinator who will add your agency to OHTrac and associate your user name with that agency.

 

Downloading the OHTrac App:

• Go to the Google Play or App store and Download the free App
  •  or  
• Use the log-in provided by your hospital/agency to get access
• Once you are in the app, select the correct incident
• Click on the Bar Code or “Add Patients” button to begin adding patients using your mobile device

 

For more details please go to :  https://www.ems.ohio.gov/links/IntroductionOHTracApp.pptx.

 

 

 

#GMVEMSC Training: Quarterly Triage Day Oct 1-2, Part 2: Additional Information on OHTrac & App

For those of you who haven’t yet used OHTrac, this email will let you know how to sign up for, and operate OHTrac during an MCI, whether real-world, or an exercise such as the QTD.  We hope to have as many people as possible use OHTrac during the Quarterly Triage Day, and enter EVERY ED patient for 24 hours.  Below is a link to a brief PowerPoint on OHTrac and how to use it. Here’s how to quickly sign up.

 

Getting an OHTrac Log-In:

• Talk with your agency/hospital to see if they have access and if they have added you as a user.  Facility Administrators can add new users to existing facilities.
• If your agency doesn’t have access yet, go tohttps://gdaha.surgenet.org and click on Request Access.  Each agency should have at least two “facility administrators” who then approve other personnel or apparatus access.  Once your Request for Access has been reviewed, you will be contacted by the Regional Hospital Coordinator who will add your agency to OHTrac and associate your user name with that agency.

 

Downloading the OHTrac App:

• Go to the Google Play or App store and Download the free App
  •  or  
• Use the log-in provided by your hospital/agency to get access
• Once you are in the app, select the correct incident
• Click on the Bar Code or “Add Patients” button to begin adding patients using your mobile device

 

For more details please go to :  https://www.ems.ohio.gov/links/IntroductionOHTracApp.pptx.

 

 

 

#GMVEMSC: Quarterly Triage Day Oct 1-2 2019, PART 1

As discussed during multiple regional meetings, the region’s next Quarterly Triage Day (QTD) Drill will include some new procedures.  Our region has had numerous real-world events demonstrating how important it is that all EMS and hospital ED personnel have complete familiarity with MCI tools such as triage ribbons and tags, the RHNS, MCI radio talk groups, the Surgenet MCI page, and OHTrac.

• OHTrac incident creation and the request for RHNS messages will be performed by selected personnel from around the region.  More about that in a separate email.
• Because of the critical importance that OHTrac played in multiple incidents, the GDAHA West Central Ohio Regional Healthcare Coalition is strongly recommending that every emergency department patient be entered into OHTrac during this 24 hours. 
  • Only four items need entered:  1)  Triage Tag # (do NOT enter patient names for this exercise); 2)  Gender; 3) Triage Level (Red, Yellow, etc.); and Current Location (meaning which hospital or ED).
  • By far the easiest method of OHTrac entry is by scanning the Triage Tag bar code, either using the OHTrac smartphone app or by using a barcode scanner that will connect via computer directly to OHTrac.
  • Even when patients are entered by EMS, for this drill, the Location should be entered as the hospital or ED.
  • Because all patients will be entered in OHTrac during this QTD, it is crucial that EMS apply a ribbon and triage tag on EVERY PATIENT.
  • Wherever possible, EMS is requested to enter patients into OHTrac, and note that on the Triage Tag.
• The QTD will begin at 8:00 PM (2000 Hours) on October 1^st, and continue until 8:00 PM (2000 Hours) the next day, October 2^nd.  Please share this email with all ED and EMS personnel.

·         Hospitals will monitor MCI radios from 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM (2000-2400) on the first day and from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM (0800-1200) the next day.  

·        EMS crews transporting patients to a hospital during these times should provide a brief, MCI-style report to the hospital over MCI radio talk groups.

 

During this exercise every patient should receive a triage ribbon and a GREEN triage tag.  Hospitals must update their GDAHA Surgenet MCI page at least once every 8 hours.

·        We encourage every EMS unit to look at the GDAHA Surgenet MCI page.  During an MCI, it’s a potentially invaluable tool to help your Transport Officer avoid overloading individual hospitals.  You can view it at https://gdaha.surgenet.org, the same website you use for Hospital Reroute information. 

·        If you don’t have a login (EMS agencies can use generic apparatus logins), or if your login doesn’t show the MCI section pictured on the attached QTD Flyer, just click the Request Access button.

 

There is more information in the attachments.  PLEASE POST THE FLYERS and help us get the word out to all line personnel, both in EMS and in EDs.

We updated the training materials in February.  If you haven’t seen them yet, go to http://gmvemsc.org/training-mcicomm.html, watch the video (the top video is for EMS, bottom video is for hospital personnel), then, regardless of which you watch, take the quiz at the bottom of the page to receive 1.5 Hours of Con Ed.

If you need additional GREEN triage tags or triage ribbons, contact GDAHA or Dayton MMRS. 

At the conclusion of your shift or the end of the drill, please take a couple of minutes to complete a feedback form at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QTDFeedback or by scanning this QR code with your phone:   

 

Thank you for participating in QTD drills to help our region be better prepared for mass casualty incidents of all types.  Two more short emails will follow.

 

 

#GMVEMSC Training: Quarterly Triage Day Oct 1-2 2019, PART 1

As discussed during multiple regional meetings, the region’s next Quarterly Triage Day (QTD) Drill will include some new procedures.  Our region has had numerous real-world events demonstrating how important it is that all EMS and hospital ED personnel have complete familiarity with MCI tools such as triage ribbons and tags, the RHNS, MCI radio talk groups, the Surgenet MCI page, and OHTrac.

• OHTrac incident creation and the request for RHNS messages will be performed by selected personnel from around the region.  More about that in a separate email.
• Because of the critical importance that OHTrac played in multiple incidents, the GDAHA West Central Ohio Regional Healthcare Coalition is strongly recommending that every emergency department patient be entered into OHTrac during this 24 hours. 
  • Only four items need entered:  1)  Triage Tag # (do NOT enter patient names for this exercise); 2)  Gender; 3) Triage Level (Red, Yellow, etc.); and Current Location (meaning which hospital or ED).
  • By far the easiest method of OHTrac entry is by scanning the Triage Tag bar code, either using the OHTrac smartphone app or by using a barcode scanner that will connect via computer directly to OHTrac.
  • Even when patients are entered by EMS, for this drill, the Location should be entered as the hospital or ED.
  • Because all patients will be entered in OHTrac during this QTD, it is crucial that EMS apply a ribbon and triage tag on EVERY PATIENT.
  • Wherever possible, EMS is requested to enter patients into OHTrac, and note that on the Triage Tag.
• The QTD will begin at 8:00 PM (2000 Hours) on October 1^st, and continue until 8:00 PM (2000 Hours) the next day, October 2^nd.  Please share this email with all ED and EMS personnel.

·         Hospitals will monitor MCI radios from 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM (2000-2400) on the first day and from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM (0800-1200) the next day.  

·        EMS crews transporting patients to a hospital during these times should provide a brief, MCI-style report to the hospital over MCI radio talk groups.

 

During this exercise every patient should receive a triage ribbon and a GREEN triage tag.  Hospitals must update their GDAHA Surgenet MCI page at least once every 8 hours.

·        We encourage every EMS unit to look at the GDAHA Surgenet MCI page.  During an MCI, it’s a potentially invaluable tool to help your Transport Officer avoid overloading individual hospitals.  You can view it at https://gdaha.surgenet.org, the same website you use for Hospital Reroute information. 

·        If you don’t have a login (EMS agencies can use generic apparatus logins), or if your login doesn’t show the MCI section pictured on the attached QTD Flyer, just click the Request Access button.

 

There is more information in the attachments.  PLEASE POST THE FLYERS and help us get the word out to all line personnel, both in EMS and in EDs.

We updated the training materials in February.  If you haven’t seen them yet, go to http://gmvemsc.org/training-mcicomm.html, watch the video (the top video is for EMS, bottom video is for hospital personnel), then, regardless of which you watch, take the quiz at the bottom of the page to receive 1.5 Hours of Con Ed.

If you need additional GREEN triage tags or triage ribbons, contact GDAHA or Dayton MMRS. 

At the conclusion of your shift or the end of the drill, please take a couple of minutes to complete a feedback form at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QTDFeedback or by scanning this QR code with your phone:   

 

Thank you for participating in QTD drills to help our region be better prepared for mass casualty incidents of all types.  Two more short emails will follow.