Midstate’s 2016 Excellence in Quality and Safety Recipient Matthew Yelton

This year we regognize providers and agencies for the day-to-day care they provide. This year’s Excellence in Quality and Safety award recipient is no exception.

We all strive to provide quality care and this year we are recognizing an EMS provider that truly lives to improve the quality of what we all do.

From his very first EMT class, he has never be satisfied knowing just the basics. He is always questioning, wanting to know the cause And effect of diseases and what his treatments are doing for his patients. It is not uncommon for him to constantly research and seek out new information. And he is always sharing what he’s learned with everyone from firefighters, police officers, other EMT’s, nurses and an occasional doctor.

Starting out as a volunteer fire fighter in a small town, he then became an EMT and found what would be his true calling. He has since moved on to be a critical care tech and eventually a paramedic. Today he is also a paramedic preceptor and is very likely to be seen discussing, debating, teaching and explaining ems practices to EMT students of all levels, or to anyone else who wants to know the “whys and what’s” of EMS.

His agencies all recognize his commitment to quality and are proud to call him of their own. So, please join us in thanking Matthew Yelton for his commitment to EMS Quality.

Midstate’s 2016 Behind the Scene’s Award Winner Karen Paige

Each year we present awards to our regional agencies, providers and educators. To make a system like Midstate work it requires coordination, cooperation and an unbelievable amount of behind the scenes detail work.

Our regional EMS Program Agency is under the direction and support of the Mohawk Valley Health System and we are fortunate to be working in a system that recognizes both the importance of EMS and technology.

Years ago Leslie Myers suggested to us that a recertification option should be provided on-line. She convinced Tony Salce that it would be a good idea and she started out on her mission. Leslie worked with the state to make this option a reality. Thanks in part to this program, Midstate is enjoying a higher than state average of retained providers. We are one of only 2 programs in NYS that have been approved to do a complete on-line recertification program.

We are constantly adding material and expanding the use of our Net Learning system. Net Learning is a sophisticated, secure and complex computer system that allows us to participate in the state recertification.

While Leslie is good at the system and is responsible for it, this year we would like to thank the real brain power behind the system. Frankly, this person has allowed for hundreds of Midstate EMS providers to rectify in the comfort of their own homes, on their own schedule.

Maintaining the system is an arduous task requiring a lot of technical expertise, dedication and time. Without the watchful eye and technical support provided by our Midstate 2016 Behind the Scene’s award winner, Midstate would NOT be able to provide this program.

On behalf of all the EMS providers that have used the on-line program, and the agencies they work with, please congratulate this years winner, Karen Paige.

Dr. Mankad, Midstate’s 2016 Physician of Excellence

This year’s Physician of Excellence is no stranger to our local providers. He has worked in several of our hospitals and could have possibly been medical control for most of the providers in the region at one time or another.

A quiet man that “knows” medicine. He earned his medical degree in the early 1970’s, he has been a stable influence on EMS in our area for nearly 4 decades.

He is always available to any EMS Provider who wants to discus a case or the “whys and how’s” of medicine. Always able to bring calm and order to a chaotic situation. He is comfortable in a community hospital emergency room as he is in our Trauma Center and now our Stroke Center.

Please join us in congratulating this year’s Physician of Excellence, Dr. Dhimantkumar Mankad, MD.