{"id":5661,"date":"2020-11-18T13:13:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T18:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/?p=5661"},"modified":"2020-11-18T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T18:13:10","slug":"midstate-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/18\/midstate-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Midstate Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Region EMS<\/strong> <u style=\"font-weight: bold\">Phone System<\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The new (hospital notification) phone system has been completely integrated, all known \u00e2\u20ac\u0153bugs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d have been worked out.&nbsp; If you experience any issues with the system contact the Program Agency.<\/li><li>A quick reminder if you need medical control for orders or consultation; start your conversation with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I need medical control\u00e2\u20ac\u009d state your name and level and continue your report.<\/li><li>Interfacility transfers not going directly to the Emergency Dept. do not require a report to the emergency dept.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Education and Training<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Our classes are continuing to utilize virtual (on-line) didactic sessions, and small groups for skill training.&nbsp; Upcoming EMS programs are listed on the Midstate web site.<\/li><li>The Vital Signs Academy offers free daily continuing medical education (CME) opportunities. ALS an BLS core and non-core topics are provided virtually. One-hour CME certificates are presented after each session.&nbsp; The link <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vitalsignsacademy.com\/calendar\/\">www.vitalsignsacademy.com\/calendar\/<\/a> can be found at the top of the midstateems.dreamhosters.com web page.<\/li><li>On-Line Re-Certification classes for all levels are available for providers refreshing, remember paperwork must be into the state at least 45 days prior to expiration.&nbsp; Our on-line CME program provides all required core material.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Operations<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reminder ALS Providers, didactic and skill documentation are required for this year by December 31.<\/li><li>CME Managers please review and update any of your provider information, make sure all your providers are listed, expiration dates are correct and skills and didactic are complete.<\/li><li>The Bureau of EMS is not currently printing renewal certifications, expiration dates are available on the NYS Health Commerce System (HCS). Agency Managers have access.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Region EMS Phone System The new (hospital notification) phone system has been completely integrated, all known \u00e2\u20ac\u0153bugs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d have been worked out.&nbsp; If you experience any issues with the system contact the Program Agency. A quick reminder if you need medical control for orders or consultation; start your conversation with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I need medical control\u00e2\u20ac\u009d state your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5662,"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661\/revisions\/5662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midstateems.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}