Western Mass Emergency Medical Services Committee, Inc.

Meeting: Trauma System Committee

Date: April 10, 2002

Place: Living Room, McCallum Building, CDH, Northampton

Presiding: Mary Cushman, Chairman

Called to Order: 8:50 am

Adjourned: 10:07 am

Attendance:

Present: Felicia Bycenski, Mary Cushman, Tracy Disilva, Timothy Emhoff, Linda Murphy, Richard Olsted, Kara Sawa and Ted White

Guests: Dawn Josefski

Conflict of Interest Statement: The chairperson opened the meeting with a review of the conflict of interest statement. No one present had any conflicts to divulge for any items on the agenda. Other members not in attendance will be asked to complete the form.

Minutes: Minutes were approved as written.

Welcome New Members:

Ms. Cushman welcomed Kara Sawa from Mercy Medical Center.

Update on State Trauma Committee and Subcommittees:

There will be a State Trauma committee meeting on April 12, 2002. The subcommittees have made their recommendations and a document of the State plan has been developed. The plan is only a “draft” until voted and approved by the appropriate State committees.

Action: Ms. Josefski will email the final draft to all Trauma members.

EMS Summit:

Ms. Cushman reported on the EMS Summit held on April 2, 2002.

Action: None

Committee Goals:

The remainder of the meeting was spent brainstorming strategies to achieve the goals. Ms. Cushman had created a worksheet to help identify the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for each goal. See attached sheet.

Action- Ms. Cushman to compile the information from this meeting.

Agenda for next meeting:

1. Continue to work on developing the strategic plan.

Next Meeting:

Wednesday June 12, 2002 at 8:45 am, Living Room, McCallum Building, Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Adjourn:

Motion made to adjourn at 10:07 a.m. Motion approved unanimously.

Dawn Josefski, Recorder