Dane County

Minutes - Final Unless Amended by

Committee

Emergency Medical Services - Medical Advisory Subcommittee

Consider:

Who benefits? Who is burdened?

Who does not have a voice at the table?

How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?

Monday, June 10, 2024

12:00 PM

Hybrid Meeting - Attend in person at 2982 Kapec Rd.

Fitchburg, WI 53719 or by Zoom.

Interpreters must be requested in advance; please see the bottom of the agenda for more information.

Los intérpretes deben solicitarse con anticipación; consulte el final de la agenda para obtener más

información.

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The June 10th Medical Advisory Subcommittee meeting will be a hybrid meeting. Members of the public

can either attend in person or virtually via Zoom.

The public can attend in person at 2982 Kapec Rd. Fitchburg.

The public can access the meeting virtually with the Zoom application or by telephone.

To join the meeting in Zoom, click the following link (after you fill out the form, the meeting link and

access information will be emailed to you):

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KeFHeKsIQHmHlyRoHhKjCg

This link will be active until the end of the meeting.

To join the meeting by phone, dial-in using one of the following three toll-free phone numbers:

1-833-548-0276

1-833-548-0282

1-888-788-0099

When prompted, enter the following Webinar ID: 963 4008 8581

PROCESS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:

IN PERSON: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item

can register in person at the meeting using paper registration forms. IT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO

In person registrations to provide public comment will be accepted throughout the meeting.

VIRTUAL: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item

MUST REGISTER USING THE LINK ABOVE (even if you plan to attend using your phone). Virtual

registrations to provide public comment will be accepted until 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the

meeting.

In order to testify (provide public comment) virtually, you must be in attendance at the meeting via Zoom

or phone, you will then either be unmuted or promoted to a panelist and provided time to speak to the

body.

If you want to submit a written comment for this meeting, or send handouts for board members, please

send them to: morency.courtney@countyofdane.com

A. Call To Order

The meeting was called to order at 12:05pm.

14 -

Present

Absent

KACEY KRONENFELD, STEPHANIE LEHMANN, MIKE LOHMEIER, MEL

PEARLMAN, LISA SCHIMELPFENIG, TINA STRANDLIE, ERIC LANG, JEFF

VANBENDEGOM, DANIEL SEFCIK, FRANK LOYO, MIKE SPIGNER, STEVE

DIEBOLD, NICK WLEKLINSKI, and KEN VAN HORN

11 -

KRISTEN DRAGER, PAUL HICK, MIKE MANCERA, DAN WILLIAMS, MEGAN

GUSSICK, DAVID PENA, BRANDON RYAN, GREG BAILEY, MICHAEL

MACKESEY, TOM PASCH, and KELLY PEDERSON

Guests: Patrick Anderson, Kiriana Morse, Dr. Butterbaugh, Michael Kim, Tony DiSalvo,

Roberth Hughes, Aurora Lybeck, Chris Carbon, Chris Hammes, Holly Ellickson, Jerry

McMullen

Staff: Carrie Meier, Eric Anderson, Courtney Morency, Kailey Peterson

B. Consideration of Minutes

MEDICAL ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE MAY 2024 MINUTES

2024

MIN-085

Attachments: May Minutes

The minutes were approved.

C. Discussion Items

DCEMS Protocols

Medical Advisors and DCEMS office discussed Dane County Protocols and plan for the

future. Will get Medical Advisors and DCEMS office group together in about a week and

will update whole group once decision is made.

Danny Sefick will have someone from Meriter NICU come in and discuss infant warming

at the July MAS meeting. NICU team will talk about keeping infants warm during field

deliveries and endorse the “plastic bag” and how it’s used across the world and NICU’s.

Ask to have advice adjusted to practical applicability in-field. Purpose is to address

questions that were brought up at last meeting.

Heat Risk Study

A former EMT from Deforest Windsor Fire/EMS conducted a study in Los Angeles to

gauge the effect on EMS call volume during heat events. He reached out to Dr.

Kronenfeld with the request to replicate that study in Dane County. Request would be to

get data of total number of EMS calls per day to correlate with heat events. Dr. Spigner

supports this and thinks it should be easy to do. Inverse request to see how cold events

also affect EMS calls. Eric Anderson can provide update at next MAS meeting.

D. Presentations

E. Reports to Committee

DCEMS Updates: mentioned previously at MAS an initiative to get rhythm strips from

public access AEDs for use in hospital to determine treatment for the patient. There

have been a couple of really good use cases. Cardiac Arrest Survivor Celebration was

two Saturdays ago and was well attended and good event overall! General survey of what

agencies use for language lines: DGEMS, FREMS, and MFD have own accounts with

language lines and access codes available in the rigs for crews to use. Stoughton and

Cross Plains use Google translate. DGEMS have old intubation tablets set up to also be

able to use video for sign language. Is there an opportunity for county to look into getting

a centralized line for agencies to use. Add to annual survey to get sense of use in a year

and whether or not our office can budget for that.

Dr. Kim – there is a survey out trying to assess how agencies in the county take care of

pediatric patients. This is the first time a survey of it's kind has been sent out widely. Dr.

Kim urges all agencies to complete this survey. Will benefit state as a whole and

individual agencies as well. Survey closes at end of July.

SCRTAC – meeting this Wednesday 6/10 at Verona Fire Station, topic is pelvic trauma.

All services in attendance will get a pelvic binder.

F. Future Meeting Items and Dates

Future meeting July 8th. Future items: DCEMS Protocols, Weather Effect on EMS

Study, Infant Warming

G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda

H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law

I. Adjourn

The meeting was adjourned at 12:32pm.