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TOPIC

DISCUSSION

RECOMMENDATION

ACTION

FOLLOW-UP

1.    

TNCC Instructor Update

A TNCC Instructor Course will be held August 25^th and there are 10 people registered.

An ENPC Instructor Course will be held August 26^th and there are 6 people registered.

These numbers are disappointing because this information has been advertised since January.  The classes were developed based on requests and complaint that there are not enough Instructor Courses.  They were scheduled as a Pre Course Activity prior to the EMS State Conference.

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Class results will be reported in August.

Pending a report at the next meeting.

2.    

ENA 411 Program for Legislative Forum

Adriann Mischel

Adriann has not yet drafted the letter to the Membership explaining the program and calling for interested volunteers.

This is an avenue for members to become active in ENA.  There is no attendance to meetings required.  Volunteers are need to network with Federal Legislators (Senators & Representatives) and communicate ENA positions on policies and communicated policy issues with the ENA NM State Council Board.  Tammy Buckles in the Government Affairs Rep for the Board.  Volunteers would work with Tammy for information sharing.  Tammy would report at the monthly meetings.  Assignments to Legislators will be made after the NM Elections. 

Adriann will draft a letter of invitation to the NM ENA Membership explaining the program and calling for volunteers.

Adriann will draft a letter for the membership.

Pending Adriann’s report at the next meeting.

3.    

Deterring ED Violence

Kathy Bell

No report is available at this time.

Last month:  The ENA Managers list serve was queried regarding opinions and actions taken in the different Emergency Departments.  No responses were received.

Kim Dixon and Tammy Buckles were going to do a web search for information regarding the use of dogs in the ED.  They were not present at the meeting.

Put the resource links on the Website that contain information about cost, insurance and risk management issues.

Defer to the next meeting for a report from Kim & Tammy.

Defer to next meeting.

Pending review at the next meeting.

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DISCUSSION

RECOMMENDATION

ACTION

FOLLOW-UP

4.                    

Financial Report

Teri Baughman

Teri Baughman

No report available

Report at next meeting.

Teri will update this report at the next meeting.

No further action

5.                    

ENA General Assembly Delegate Selection

Adrian Mischel

The National ENA General Assembly delegates were chosen:

·         Board Members:  Adriann Mischel, Kathy Bell, and Teri Baughman

·         Membership Delegates chosen:  Candi Miller and Dominique Buggs

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No further action

6.                    

Sue Smuda reported that NHTSA’s Drink Driving-Over the Limit Under Arrest Campaign was promoting the 2008 Impaired Driving National Enforcement Crackdown August 15-September 1, 2008.    NHTSA recommends sending a press release to local medias or working with law enforcement liaisons or obtaining toolkit with resources to help plan and implement ca comprehensive program to make the community a safer and healthier places.  There are eleven different toolkits.

Post Injury Prevention Posters in the ED waiting rooms.

Email the website for the toolkits to the different NM ED Managers.

Post Injury Prevention Posters in the ED waiting rooms.

Email the website for the toolkits to the different NM ED Managers

No further action

7.                    

ENA 2008 Scorecard

Sue Smuda presented public policy issues that may be suitable for the ENA 2008 scorecard.  Topics suggested were based on the possibility of accessing existing public data and legitimates supporting documents that could be referenced to lend credibility to the comparable policies that ENA champions.

The Council was asked to select four issues that we believe should be added to the ENA’s 20087 Scorecard.  Issues included:  ATV Restrictions, Firearm Safety Law – Gunlocks, Open Container Law, Zero Tolerance Law (hard-core drinking driver law), Impaired/distracted Driving: Interactive wireless Communication Devices Restriction while Driving, Primary Seat Belt Law in all positions, Graduated Driver Licensing with a 6-month holding period provision at learner’s “and intermediate” stage; Graduated Driver Licensing requiring “at least 50 hours” of supervised driving provisions at the learner’s stage, and Universal motorcycle helmet law requiring all riders to wear a helmet that “meets Federal protection standards”.  

4 Issues chosen

·         ATV Restrictions

·         Firearm safety law – gunlocks

·         Open Container Law

·         Zero Tolerance Law (hard-core dinking driver law)

Sue will report this information to the ENA

No further action.

8.                    

Political Action Committee

Larraine Yeager  is a past member of AACN and served as a Public Policy Advisor.  She presented an information session on how a bill becomes a law.  A website to view the status of bills and other legislative information is www.thomas.gov 

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No further action