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, December 1, 2021  
5:30 PM  
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A. Call To Order  
Meeting was called to order at 5:31pm  
Attendees - Roman, Bixler, Kronenfeld (Commission member), Stedman, McMullen,  
Tatar, Lang  
Staff - Tubbs and Meier  
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Present  
ERIC BAUMAN, Supervisor MAUREEN McCARVILLE, MEGAN GUSSICK, BRIAN  
GOFF, STEPHANIE LEHMANN, STEPHANIE LEHMANN, ADAM PLOTKIN, Chair  
ADAM PLOTKIN, and Supervisor KRISTEN AUDET  
1 - GARY ZIEGLER  
Excused  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
This resolution was approved  
EMS COMMISSION JULY 2021 MINUTES  
2021  
MIN-397  
Attachments: July Minutes  
C. Action Items  
PulsePoint Verified Responder Expansion  
Dr. Kronenfeld briefed the Commission on the Verified Responder program. Meier added  
additonal data to assist with understanding the cardiac arrests that this expansion could  
assist. The Commission was supportive of moving forward with a joint letter of support  
from the Dane County EMS Association to The County Executive. Motion by Gussick,  
Seconded by McCarville, motion carried.  
This resolution was recommended for approval  
D. Presentations  
2022 Budget - Medical Advisors  
Meier detailed the plan for moving to three medical advisors in 2022 in place of one  
medical director. This was a decision made based on the needs of the EMS Community  
as they have evolved to having more clear medical direction locally and the lessons  
learned over the past few years. The RFP is currently open and the three will be decided  
prior to the end of the year.  
Madison Fire CARES Program - Update  
Chief Stedman from Madison Fire gave an update on the CARES program. Discussion  
and questions were answered.  
Protocol Update 2022-2024  
Dr. Kronenfeld briefed the Commission on the excellent progress of the Regional 2022  
protocol update. Hopeful to have them approved by the State and trained on for a March  
1st go live date.  
Active Shooter Incident Management (ASIM) Training Update  
Meier updated the Commission on the Public Private partnership with American Family to  
bring in a Train the Trainer course on Active Threat Incident Management for our Fire,  
EMS and Law Enforcement partners. We trained 120 providers in the basic course and  
now have 20 local instructors to assist with moving this training forward throughout Dane  
County.  
E. Reports to Committee  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
Special Thanks and Congratulations was giving to Captain Jen Roman with the Madison  
Fire Department and Instructor with Madison College who is retiring in January. Jen has  
been instrumental in teaching likely every EMT in Dane County at some point in her  
career and supporting collaboration countywide. Best wishes to Jen.  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
I. Adjourn  
This resolution was adjourned  
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