App helps with autism aommunication
A year ago, a former law enforcement officer and mother of a child with autism started the Autism Law Enforcement Response Training (ALERT) program to help law enforcement and ther first responders learn how to respond to individuals on the autism spectrum during an emergency. Since then, the program has expanded to include fire and EMS, and it has trained personnel from 29 agencies in four states. To meet a need repeatedly brought up at these trainings, ALERT has developed an interactive communication app, Autism Talk.
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During the March 2017 TEMS Board of Director’s meeting, Eastern Virginia Healthcare Coalition’s (EVHC) program manager Glenn McBride presented an overview of the coalition and the emergency preparedness capabilities they will be addressing during the next five-year federal hospital preparedness program (HPP) grant cycle.
Recently the Tidewater EMS Council’s Stroke, STEMI and EMS Performance Improvement (PI) plans received facelifts and contents were upgraded to reflect a new structure and committee processes.
During their meeting on March 9, the Tidewater EMS Council Board of Directors approved a new 
