Western Mass Emergency Medical Services Committee, Inc.

Meeting: Trauma System Committee

Date: July 10, 2002

Place: Living Room, McCallum Building, CDH, Northampton

Presiding: Mary Cushman, Chairman

Called to Order: 8:50 am

Adjourned: 9:45 am

Attendance:

Present: Felicia Bycenski, Mary Cushman, Clark Fenn, Chris Hopewell, Dawn Josefski, Linda Murphy, Dave Tauber and Ted White

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

Minutes: Minutes were reviewed and approved as written.

Welcome New Members:

Ms. Cushman welcomed Dave Tauber from AMR Springfield who was sitting in for Lori-Beth Sterling.

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. Ms. Cushman requested that everyone please review the enclosed work sheet, look for what is missing and bring ideas to the September meeting.

Agenda for next meeting:

1. Continue to work on developing the strategic plan.

Next Meeting:

Wednesday September 11, 2002 at 8:45 am, Living Room, McCallum Building, Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Adjourn:

Motion made to adjourn at 9:45 a.m. Motion approved unanimously.

Dawn Josefski, Recorder