Executive Summary – Board of Directors Meeting – April 4 ... - CAMTS

Executive Summary – Board of Directors Meeting – April 4-6, 2013
The Board of Directors met in Austin Texas on April 4-6, 2013. Board members present
included: Mr. Hickman, Dr. Conn, Ms. Palmer, Dr. Stuhlmiller, Mr. Tangerose, Dr.
Brunko, Dr. Holleran, Ms. Treadwell, Dr. Graf, Mr. Becker, Ms. Holtschneider, Dr. Price-
Douglas, Mr. Gryniuk, Mr. Sittig, Mr. A. Smith, Mr. Brown, Dr. Orr, Dr. Rogers
Mr. Williams, Mr. Brisbois, Mr. Ragsdale
Staff present: Ms. Frazer and Mr. D. Smith
Dr. Ralph Rogers presided and introduced our new Board representative from AAMS –
Ms. Denise Treadwell who was formerly a CAMTS Site Surveyor. Mr. Greg Brown, the
State of Arkansas EMS Director, was also introduced as the new representative from
NASEMSO. Prior to his position with the State, Mr. Brown had been a flight paramedic
for 20 years. The Board welcomed our new and very experienced members.
Executive Directors’ Report
Ms Frazer provided a report and discussion followed on each topic below:
Site Surveyor Class of 2013 – A list of new site surveyors was distributed along with a
summary of the class held March 22-24 th in Fort Worth at the Bell Center.
We will be scheduling the new site surveyors with a senior site surveyor for the
May-June visits currently being scheduled. We are very fortunate to have a
group of new site surveyors who have a wealth of transport experience in more
than one modality and all have management experience at different types of
business models - list follows:
Maria Fernandez, RN, Charlene Malecki-RN, Jay Jones-Pilot, Jennifer Hahn-RN,
Becky Werth-RN, Webra Price Douglas PhD (retiring from the Board), Roger
Coleman-Pilot, Harry Sibold-MD, Rick Washart-EMT-P, K.C. Jones-EMT-P, James
Houser-RN, Daniel Lutman-MD (from a London based accredited service), Joe
LeBrecque-Pilot, Julia Spring-RN and Bret Henyon-EMT-P, Rick Ruff-Pilot,
Heinz Segessenmann-Pilot (from Swiss Air Rescue)
Policy Changes: New policies were presented that will be fine-tuned by our attorney
firm and posted on the website. We will also send individual letters out to the
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accredited programs and programs applying for accreditation to alert them to
these policy changes.
Essentially the policy changes will reflect that if a program files a legal claim
against CAMTS, the program will be placed on hold and there will be no further
action on the program’s accreditation status until the case is resolved and legal
fees have been paid. If the program’s accreditation expires during this time
frame, CAMTS will not accept another application for accreditation until there is
legal resolution.
Mr. Smith discussed the airway committee meeting headed by Dr. Stuhlmiller. The
committee is meeting to discuss guidelines for alternative airways and how we
should be reviewing education and outcomes for effective airway management.
The committee will be developing guidelines that will be published shortly.
Mr. Smith also discussed the Education/Marketing Committee who met during
the Board meeting. The Committee is planning for workshops in the Fall prior to
AMTC. He also discussed the current approval process for simulation being used
by programs instead of ongoing clinical experiences. Dr. Holleran and Ms
Holtschneider will be working on approval criteria submitted according to our 4
step process so that others on the committee can assist with requests for
approval.
Marketing – there are plans to exhibit at HAI’s HeliExpo again next year as we
were surprised at the good turnout at the CAMTS Booth this past month. Other
plans are to visit with Assist companies and Travel Insurance companies over the
next few months to educate managers on the standards and the reasons they
should select a program that is CAMTS accredited over a company that has not
gone through a rigorous audit such as CAMTS provides.
The Marketing Committee, headed by Ms Palmer, will also begin distributing
Press Releases to major journals and websites after each meeting listing the
medical transport services that achieved accreditation.
Executive Session - there were 26 accreditation decisions: 22 full accreditations, 2
Provisional Actions, 1 Withhold and 1 Preliminary Denial.
Congratulations to the following services who achieved accreditation for the first time!
Aeromed – a rotorwing service operating in Tampa, FL providing critical care since
1989. Air Methods Corporation operates and maintains the aircraft at 4
satellite bases
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HALL CCT – a rotorwing and critical care ground service providing critical care in the
Bakersfield, CA area since 2001 for rotorwing and since 2009 for ground
critical care. Air Methods Corporation operates and maintains the
aircraft.
Lehigh Valley Health Network – MedEvac – a rotorwing service providing critical care
in the Allentown, PA area since 1981. Air Methods
Corporation operates and maintains the aircraft at 4
satellite bases
PHI Air Medical dba Halo Flight - a rotorwing service providing ALS and affiliated as
a public service since 2007 in the Phoenix, AZ area.
The aircraft is operated by PHI Air Medical LLC.
San Juan Island EMS/Island Air Ambulance – a fixed wing and Ground ALS/BLS
service providing ALS since 2007 for the FW and
since 1977 for ALS/BLS ground, on the islands off
the coast of Washington. The aircraft are operated
by Island Air, Inc.
Congratulations to the following services that were reaccredited!
Akron Childrens – Akron Ohio RW/GCC Accredited since 2007
Boston Children’s – Boston, MA RW/FW/GCC Accredited since 1995
Carilion Clinic Patient Transportation Services – Roanoke, VA RW/GCC-ALS/BLS
Accredited since 2007
Children’s Mercy Critical Care Transport - Kansas City, MO RW/FW/G
Accredited since 2001
LifeFlight Eagle Kansas City, MO RW Accredited since 2000
Life Link III – Minneapolis, MN RW/FW/GCC Accredited since 2006
LifeNet of the Heartland Lenexa, KS RW Accredited since 1997
LIFESTAR Amarillo, TX RW Accredited since 2007
MedCenter Air Charlotte, NC RW/FW/G/ME Accredited since 2004
MedLink AIR La Crosse, WI RW Accredited since 2001
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Native Air Ambulance Tucson, AZ RW/FW Accredited since 2003
REACH Air Medical Services Santa Rosa, CA RW/FW Accredited since 1998
San Juan Regional AirCare Farmington, NM RW/FW Accredited since 1995
STARS Calgary, Alberta Canada RW Accredited since 1997
STAR Flight Austin, TX RW Accredited since 2001
UMass Memorial LifeFlight Worcester, MA RW Accredited since 2006
UNC Carolina Air Care Chapel Hill, NC
RW/FW/GCC-ALS/BLS
Accredited since 2002
The next Board meeting will be July 29-31, 2013 in Zurich, Switzerland.
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