Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Emergency Medical Services Commission  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Wednesday, June 30, 2021  
5:30 PM  
Virtual Zoom Meeting: See top of agenda for  
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The June 30th EMS Commission is being held virtually. The public can access the meeting with the Zoom  
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A. Call To Order  
The meeting was called to order at 5:34pm.  
7 -  
Present  
Absent  
ERIC BAUMAN, BRIAN GOFF, STEPHANIE LEHMANN, STEPHANIE LEHMANN,  
ADAM PLOTKIN, Chair ADAM PLOTKIN, and GARY ZIEGLER  
3 -  
Supervisor MAUREEN McCARVILLE, MEGAN GUSSICK, and Supervisor KRISTEN  
AUDET  
Additional Members Present: Kacey Kronenfeld  
Guests: Luis Bixler, Mike Lohmeier, Bob Salov, Justin Wicik, and Lisa Schimelpfenig  
Staff: Carrie Meier, Eric Anderson, Courtney Morency  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
EMS COMMISSION MAY 2021 MINUTES  
2021  
MIN-135  
Attachments: May Minutes  
The minutes were approved.  
C. Action Items  
Annual Report  
Commission members had positive feedback only. Kronenfeld moves to approve, Ziegler  
seconds, no nays. The push will be to get it in front of county board members; Plotkin to  
work with DCEMS office to distribute like before. Meier reports first meeting with County  
Board office on 2021 budget. County Exec’s instruction was no increases in budget;  
capital budget leans in the climate change direction with a hybrid vehicle coming. Triband  
radios and mechanical CPR devices were approved in capital budget as well. No changes  
to operational budget lines. Working on how to maintain vending machines at capacity it  
is. 13 agencies currently using them, over 400 personnel active in the system. Annual  
report highlights some of those things such as vending machine and mechanical CPR  
devices.  
PulsePoint Verified Responder  
Meier asks if Commission members had any thoughts or concerns in regards to moving  
forward with the PulsePoint Verified Community Responder program. Meier unable to  
recall if presentation was sent out giving an introduction to the Verified Responder  
program. Will send out presentation to members before next meeting to discuss at July  
meeting before proposing to County Exec’s office. Lohmeier says that he fully supports  
the expansion of the Verified Responder program. Madison Fire has system set up where  
personnel had laminated IDs and shirts bundled up with their AED that was provided to  
them. Lohmeier asks if identification can be provided. Kronenfeld says that the app has  
virtual ID that can be shown on phones. This program is slightly different from the  
Verified First Responder and is instead the Verified Community Responder. The plan for  
this would be similar to other areas of the country where it’s community verified but would  
be limited in our county to only public safety providers. They would be responding only as  
good Samaritans rather than official public safety responders. WICAMs IDs would also  
be a good option for identification for these responders. Goff asks if there is an outline of  
what the operational part of the program would look like. Goff supports the concept, but  
would like more information. Kronenfeld suggests having a one-sheeter with a high level  
overview of the program; DCEMS office to provide this prior to July meeting.  
CARES Data - Anderson  
The Annual Report covers cardiac arrest data. The Past Successes section  
acknowledges that even though there was a lower volume of patients with initial cardiac  
rhythm that could be defibrillated, the survival stayed steady in Dane County. The same  
increase in these types of cardiac arrests happened nationwide, but the national data  
shows a sharp decrease in survival. Despite the global pandemic, people were still  
responding as bystanders which helped the survival rate. Anderson shares other data  
points from the CARES report  
D. Presentations  
E. Reports to Committee  
DCEMS Office - The Cardiac Arrest Survivor breakfast is scheduled for October 16th for  
2019 and 2020 survivors at the Monona Terrace. Meier invites commission members and  
shares plan to have Dr. Lohmeier and Dr. Kacey as speakers since they were medical  
directors in the two years. A couple keynote speakers will also be present. The new R30  
will be coming eventually.  
Public Safety Communications Center - Also working on the budget; trying to get more  
positions, with emphasis on including Spanish bilingual candidates. This would reduce  
response times in medical emergencies for those with language barriers.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
I. Adjourn  
The meeting was adjourned at 6:01pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Courtney Morency.