Wednesday, 11 December 2019
The Virginia EMS Scholarship Program will officially launch on October 17, 2018 at 12:01 AM. Yesterday evening, we notified all students who were enrolled in an eligible Virginia approved initial certification program from July 1, 2018 through October 15, 2018 to make them aware of their potential eligibility for the new scholarship program.
The pharmacies of the TEMS region have STOPPED opening Red (Drug) Boxes to confirm the inventory with the providers at the window. This is an effort to standardize the closed.jpg)
box exchange across the system and to reduce the turnaround time for the field providers.
Each time the box is opened has to be re-checked and documentation of the medication has to be made in a log book and has to have a pharmacist to re-check and document before reclosing.
By removing this step in the process will allow for faster turnaround times for the crews that need to exchange out med boxes.
Isle of Wight Vol. Rescue Squad held their first class for "Tactical Emergency Casualty Care" at their training facility on August 11, 2018. IWVRS was recognized as a TECC 
training location early July by the Committee-TECC.
This class brought area EMS / Fire personnel and Law Enforcement together to learn how to deal with situations in which they are responding to hostile situations with casualties.
Read more: IWVRS training preps responders for hostile situations.
Dear Healthcare Community,
After a comprehensive search, we have found a new Executive Director to lead the Tidewater Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) Council Inc. I am happy to announce that we have chosen David Long to lead our organization through the remainder of 2018 and going forward.
A 2010 report by the National Commission on Children and Disasters identified a training gap for emergency responders, first receivers, and emergency management personnel that reduced the effectiveness in responding to pediatric patient’s and their unique needs/considerations. This course addresses pediatric emergency planning and response considerations through a combination of lectures, small group exercises, and a tabletop exercise. This is a planning not a clinical class. All students must register for a FEMA SID (student identification number). Students must bring a copy of their SID to class. Click on this link to register for your SID www.cdp.dhs.gov/femasid
This training course is provided free of charge and is presented by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (TEEX) www.teex.org/nerrtc
Read more: Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness MGT-439
| STEMI PI Meeting Thu Dec 12 @ 1:00PM - 02:00PM |
| Stroke PI Meeting Thu Dec 12 @ 2:30PM - 03:30PM |
| Board Of Directors Meeting Thu Dec 12 @ 6:00PM - 08:00PM |
| Education and Training Committee Meeting Wed Dec 18 @ 9:30AM - 11:30AM |
| TEMS Quarterly Drug/IV Box Inventory Wed Dec 18 @ 4:30PM - 04:31PM |
| Commercial EMS Agencies Committee Thu Dec 19 @10:00AM - 12:00PM |
| Office Closed - Christmas Tue Dec 24 @12:00AM |
| Office Closed - Christmas Wed Dec 25 @12:00AM |
| Office Closed - New Year's Day Wed Jan 01 @12:00AM |
| EMS Medical Operations Committee - TEMS Wed Feb 12 @12:00PM - 02:00PM |
| Consolidated Testing at Norfolk Fire-Rescue Training Center Wed Jan 22 @ 6:00PM - 10:00PM |
| NIMS ICS-300 TRAINING: WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS Tue Feb 25 @ 8:30AM - 05:30PM |
| NIMS ICS-300 TRAINING: WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS Wed Feb 26 @ 8:30AM - 05:30PM |
| NIMS ICS-300 TRAINING: WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS Thu Feb 27 @ 8:30AM - 05:30PM |
| Consolidated Testing at Norfolk Fire-Rescue Training Center Wed Mar 18 @ 6:00PM - 10:00PM |
| NIMS ICS 400 Wed Apr 29 @ 9:00AM - 05:00PM |
| NIMS ICS 400 Thu Apr 30 @ 9:00AM - 05:00PM |
| Consolidated Testing at Norfolk Fire-Rescue Training Center Wed May 20 @ 6:00PM - 10:00PM |
