Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Emergency Medical Services - Operating Practices Subcommittee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
Thursday, May 13, 2021  
2:30 PM  
Virtual Zoom Meeting: See top of agenda for  
instructions on how to join the webinar or call in by  
phone.  
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 May 13th Operating Practices Subcommittee is being held virtually. The public can access the  
meeting 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  
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send them to: dcems@countyofdane.com  
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meeting.  
A. Call To Order  
The meeting was called to order at 2:30pm.  
8 -  
Present  
Absent  
SCOTT ALLAIN, CHRIS DENNIS, JEFF DOSTALEK, JENNY MINTER, JEN  
ROMAN, JIM WICK, GARY ZIEGLER, and ERIC LANG  
8 -  
SCOTT BAVERY, CHRIS CARBON, STEPHANIE LEHMANN, ERIK SEVERSON,  
STEVEN WUNSCH, CORY HROMOTKO, ROBERT SALOV, and BRANDON RYAN  
Guests: Brian Goff  
Staff Present: Carrie Meier, Eric Anderson, Courtney Wassertheurer  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
OPERATING PRACTICES SUBCOMMITTEE FEBRUARY 2021 MINUTES  
2020  
MIN-550  
Attachments: February Minutes  
The minutes were approved.  
C. Discussion Items  
MCI Kits  
DCEMS office has additional MCI kits requested by agencies ready to be distributed.  
They will be reaching out to those agencies to arrange pick up and sending invoices.  
Critical Incident Document Update  
Meier pulling together group of members from each association to work on reviewing the  
document and outlining a training plan going forward. Also looking at bringing training  
opportunities into the county, possibility for train the trainer.  
Committee Structure Update  
At the next EMS Commission meeting May 26th, Chair Plotkin will be proposing a new  
structure with one EMS Advisory Subcommittee underneath the EMS Commission. It's  
role will be to advise the DCEMS Office and EMS Commission on needs in various fields.  
Membership will be made up of hospital liaisons, Public Health, private ambulance  
services, and various EMS personnel at different levels of service and population served.  
Annual EMS Survey  
DCEMS office will be sending out annual survey for agencies to complete. Meier asks  
members for any suggested edits or additions. Lang suggests defining questions better.  
Roman asks about inclusion of education questions on the survey. Lang to send list to  
Meier of devices/products to include on the survey; will ask agencies what they own to  
get better idea of countywide needs.  
D. Presentations  
E. Reports to Committee  
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 2:54.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Courtney Wassertheurer.