Mel Higgins

Melanie Higgins, BS, NRP Captain – EMS Quality Assurance Division of Emergency Services 16232 Elliott Parkway Williamsport, MD 21795 (cell) 301-491-2454 (office) 240-313-4376 (fax) 240-313-4375 From: Chisholm, David E. Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 5:03 PM To: Doyle, Terry ; Eisenhower, Joshua ; Gismondi, Sara ; Hartsock, Shawn ; Hayter, Michael ; Hoffman, Gary ; […]

Happy Friday. Attached are the state CQI performance measures for January 2021-December 2022. Washington County is represented by the letter “M”. To help you understand some of the slides (as well as why we have documentation standards), it sometimes helps to see the areas in which we could use some improvement – as well as

Just a quick reminder about medications currently NOT stocked at Meritus: Diltiazem Droperidol TXA (may be in the pyxis, but we have an abundance to use at DES before expiration) Ketamine Etomidate Succinylcholine Vecuronium If you need to replace these drugs, please contact me, or your nearest EMS supervisor. 200 mg vials of Ketamine will

There is an AMLS course offering coming up soon at the Washington County Public Safety Training Center. Please go to www.mfri.org/schedule/als/ to register. This class will be held May 22-May 23, 2023 from 08-17:00. Online registration closes on 5/2/23. Melanie Higgins, BS, NRP Captain – EMS Quality Assurance Division of Emergency Services 16232 Elliott Parkway

Good morning. Attached is a brief overview of the new packaging of acetaminophen now available in the pyxis. Please forward to all staff – and provide some proactive in-house training to assure there is no confusion on dosaging and how to use this particular packaging. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me

Please review this email with all your upcoming shifts and at shift changes, please. This will be posted on wcqa.net for quick future reference. There is an immediate shortage of Midazolam 5 mg/ 1 ml concentration. Once you use yours, you will not be able to replace it. We are currently working on plan B.

Good morning! Please forward to all your members, as I do not have an EMT email address list built. Hopefully you know by now, we have added a labeled “sensory kit” to each ambulance and supervisory unit, containing valuable tools for patients with sensory sensitivities. These kits were put together by Eagle Scout Matthew Smith

Last year, Washington County ran 1,452 pediatric patients. Were you ready? Washington County completed a national EMS for Children survey for prehospital readiness. We scored an 8/12. While this score is well over the national average, there is room for improvement and we owe it to our children to do better. Let’s make this a

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Good morning, ALS providers. With an increase in the number of med pyxis discrepancies, I wanted to send a procedural reminder. (and if you ever forget, it is ALWAYS posted above the med pyxis for reference) Simply, never use a patient’s name to remove meds from the pyxis. I know the fields are “last name,