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, January 9, 2023  
12:00 PM  
Attend in person at the Fitchburg Fire Station #1, 5791  
Lacy Rd, Fitchburg; attend virtually via 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 January 9, 2023 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 Fitchburg Fire Station, 5791 Lacy 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_H2SSYRgQRYeXuD4-6COQ2A  
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: 981 1012 8959  
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  
REGISTER VIA THE ZOOM LINK ABOVE EVEN IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING IN PERSON.  
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.  
15 - PAUL HICK, KACEY KRONENFELD, STEPHANIE LEHMANN, MIKE LOHMEIER,  
MIKE MANCERA, MEL PEARLMAN, LISA SCHIMELPFENIG, DAN WILLIAMS,  
MEGAN GUSSICK, ABIGAIL DAHLBERG, ERIC LANG, JEFF VANBENDAGOM,  
BRANDON RYAN, DANIEL SEFCIK, and MICHAEL MACKESEY  
Present  
5 - DREW DEAN, DR JOHN AGUILAR, GREG BAILEY, AURORA LYBEK, and  
JOSH ROSS  
Excused  
Absent  
5 - KRISTEN DRAGER, TERESA FIEDT, JEFF POTHOF, TINA STRANDLIE, and  
DAVID PENA  
Members in Attendance Virtually: Brandon Ryan, Mel Pearlman, Colton RItchie, Eric  
Lang, Lisa Schimelpfenig, Michael Mackesey, Paul Hick, Dan Williams, Abigail  
Dahlberg  
Additional Members Present: Tom Pasch (Virtual)  
Guests: Hope Smith, Mike Spigner, Brent Olson, Chris Carbon  
Staff: Carrie Meier, Courtney Morency, Eric Anderson  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
2022  
MEDICAL ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE NOVEMBER, 2022 MINUTES  
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Attachments:  
November Minutes  
The minutes were approved.  
C. Discussion Items  
East Madison Hospital Trauma Care Update - Smith  
East Madison Hospital is planning to upgrade to a level 4 trauma center this year. They  
will have a one-pager with field guidance for EMS personnel to quickly reference. They  
will track data to review the change and its effect on patient transports.  
Lucas Device Backboards  
The group discussed the possibility of having EMS receive a Lucas device backboard  
from the ED after transporting a cardiac arrest patient. This will allow EMS personnel to  
get back into service in cases where they have to wait to get their backboard returned.  
The worry is that not all agencies will want to have their backboard(s) in circulation. It  
was suggested that EDs make it common practice to offer one to the crew, but the crew  
can decide if they want to wait for their own. This topic will be brought to the next EMS  
Association meeting to discuss. Danny Sefcik created a workflow document for this  
process that can be sent out once approved.  
2022 Data Update - Anderson  
Eric Anderson gave an overview on Dane County's 2022 EMS data. A finalized  
publication will be released and posted on the DCEMS website. Chief Carbon thanks  
Anderson for all his hard work and suggested that a group of interested parties could  
meet through the DCEMS office to analyze the data and identify future initiatives for  
improvement.  
D. Presentations  
E. Reports to Committee  
Madison College is holding a primary EMR course at Goodman South for the spring  
semester.  
DCEMS office reports that the full-time Opiate Prevention Specialist position will be  
posted on Friday 1/13 and applications will be accepted for 2 weeks. The PulsePoint  
work group is working on outreach to community organizations and businesses to  
support hands-only CPR training for employees. The Cardiac Care Symposium will take  
place February 1st from 6-8pm.  
F. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
The next meeting will take place on 2/13  
G. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
H. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
Mancera - FitchRona has started using IV pumps; if anyone has questions or concerns  
they can be directed to Dr. Mancera or Chief Anderson.  
I. Adjourn  
The meeting was adjourned at 1:25pm.  
Minutes of the Medical Advisory Subcommittee respectfully submitted by Courtney Morency.