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Executive Summary – Board of Directors Meeting – July 29-31, 2013
The Board of Directors met in Zurich Switzerland at Rega Headquarters July 29-31, 2013.
Board members present included: Mr. Hickman, Dr. Conn, Dr. Stuhlmiller, Mr.
Tangerose, Dr. Brunko, Dr. Holleran, Ms. Treadwell, Dr. Graf, Mr. Becker, Mr. Gryniuk,
Mr. Sittig, Mr. A. Smith, Dr. Orr, Mr. Brisbois, Mr. Ragsdale, Dr. Wedel
Staff present: Ms. Frazer and Mr. D. Smith
Dr. Orr presided and thanked Mr. Stefan Becker for hosting the meeting at Rega
headquarters and for the opportunity to tour the facility, aircraft and communications
center.
Executive Directors’ Report
Ms Frazer provided a report and discussion followed on each topic below:
Ms Frazer along with Mr. Becker spoke at the 1 st Civilian Air Medical Transport
conference in Bangkok prior to this meeting. Ms Frazer presented topics on
CAMTS and Just Culture and also provided a 4 hour workshop on Just Culture.
The Bangkok Hospital’s transport service is preparing for CAMTS accreditation.
They are currently accredited by EURAMI. There were several Asian air medical
services attending who expressed interest in CAMTS accreditation.
Two items to be considered for capital budget 2014 were introduced – a fatigue
study with Alertness Solutions and a Database overhaul with the goal to receive
future applications and PIFs on-line through a secure system. More details to
follow at the October meeting.
Mr. D. Smith summarized the Baldridge seminar he attended. The board agreed that we
should pursue achieving the prestigious Malcom Baldridge Award.
Mr. Ragsdale informed the board that this would be his last meeting representing
AMOA. He will introduce the new AMOA representative at the October meeting.
Discussion followed regarding AMOA’s concerns that they would like to be more
involved in the standards setting process. Ms Frazer discussed the Aviation
Advisory Committee that had been part of our activities years ago but was
dropped because of poor participation. Mr. Ragsdale volunteered to chair that
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committee and be responsible for inviting attendees to an October 2013 meeting
during AMTC.
Policy Changes:
Ms Frazer discussed the need to change our term “On Hold” in Policy 04.01.00
meaning a program is under review due to major changes or a fatal accident to
“Under Review”. The connotation of “On Hold” was leading the press to assume
it meant accreditation was suspended during the last flurry of helicopter
accidents. The board voted unanimously to change the term in our policy and on
the website.
Dr. Wedel discussed her idea to review the same 5 medical protocols from each
PIF and develop critical elements for each protocol that the pre-reviewers would
verify when reviewing that attachment from a PIF prior to a site visit. Several
board members volunteered to help develop critical elements.
The travel policy for site surveyors was discussed and it was suggested that we
require business class for site surveyors for any flight longer than 6 hours. A
recent flight to South Africa was in excess of 15 hours and site surveyors needed
more than a day to recover after traveling in Coach.
Education and Marketing Committees
Dr. Holleran discussed the poor quality of some recent videos she reviewed for
simulation approval . The board discussed that we need specific criteria for
instructors and scenarios – Education Committee will have a conference call
before the next board meeting.
The Marketing Committee, headed by Ms Palmer, will start tweeting the
workshops for October. We placed a 2 month ad on News and Views and have
updated our website with access to registration forms. Mr. Smith will conduct a
new workshop entitled “Quality and Utilization Management: Doing Things Right
and Doing the Right Things”. We will also present Intro to Just Culture, Advanced
Just Culture and Preparing for Accreditation – all in 4 hour blocks on Sunday,
October 20, prior to AMTC. CEs are approved and will be provided for the Just
Culture workshops and we are applying for CEs for the other 2 workshops.
Details and registration forms can be accessed through the CAMTS website.
Executive Session - there were 24 accreditation decisions: 20 Full accreditations, 2
Probational accreditations, 1 Deferred, and 1 Preliminary Denial.
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Congratulations to the following services who achieved accreditation for the first time!
Aviation One Medical Transport Services (ME) Apopka, FL
Meducare Air (RW) Charleston, SC
St. Vincent Newborn & Pediatric Transport – (G) Indianapolis, IN
UVA Medical Transport Network (RW/G) Charlottesville, VA
Congratulations to the following services that were reaccredited!
AeroMed Spectrum Health (RW) Grand Rapids, MI
AeroCare Medical Transport (FW/ME) Tulsa, OK
AirLink Critical Care Transport (RW/FW/GCC) Bend, OR
AirLink at Regional West (RW) Scottsbluff, NE
AirMed International (FW/ME) Birmingham, AL
AirRescue Africa (FW) Gauteng, South Africa
Air St Luke’s (RW/FW/GCC and GALS/BLS) Boise, ID
Arizona LifeLine (RW) Tucson, AZ
Boston Medflight (RW/FW/CCG) Boston, MA
Cox Air Care (RW) Springfield, MO
East Texas Medical Center Air One (RW) Tyler, TX
MSVMC Life Flight (RW/GCC) Toledo, OH
Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance (RW) Norfolk, VA
Phoenix Air Group Inc.(FW) Cartersville, GA
Rico Aviation, LLC (FW) Amarillo, TX
St Mary’s CareFlight (RW/FW/GCC) Grand Junction, CO
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Tulsa Life Flight (RW) Tulsa, OK
West Michigan Air Care (RW) Kalamazoo, MI
The next Board meeting will be in Virginia Beach on October 17-19, 2013.
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