Meeting & Agendas

John Sneed stepping down as Committee Chair I. John Sneed commends the committee and program. Opens the floor for volunteers to take his place. II. No volunteers initially. Pauline VanMeurs encourages people to volunteer III. Kenny Schnell volunteers for Vice Chair. Vote taken and Kenny is voted in as Vice Chair. IV. Melonie Tucker volunteers for Chair position. Vote taken and Melonie is voted in as new Chair. V. Melonie Tucker motions to accept last year’s notes as written. Second is taken. All vote yes. Minutes are accepted as written.

I. Recent National Registry Results 2007: A) EMT-Basic - 86% B) EMT-I - 100% C) EMT-P - 100% II. Upcoming Graduation: A) We have 15 students graduating; 7 of whom have been placed with an employer at the Paramedic level.

I. Recent National Registry Results 2007: A) EMT-Basic - 86% B) EMT-I - 100% C) EMT-P - 100% II. Upcoming Graduation: A) We have 15 students graduating; 7 of whom have been placed with an employer at the Paramedic level.

I. Full Course Implementation – Rebecca Brock : The Summer of ’07 we began the slowed implementation of adding classes every semester. In the Fall of ’08 we will begin having all classes every semester. The challenges have been having enough faculty to instruct the classroom/lab/clinical areas and facilities management. Scheduling the classrooms/labs in such a way, so students & faculty can get into the clinical atmosphere by 3:00 in after. I suspect, that even though we think we might have a viable schedule, we will be ready to change it in the spring of ’09, after we have figured it out, what we didn’t plan for or see during the schedule revisions. II. Student Population – Pauline VanMeurs 11 new students for Summer Paramedic. Not unusually low enrollment for summer. 57 students currently enrolled 15 Grad students enrolled and 31 students enrolled in EMT-Basic.

I. NAEMSE/NEMSES – Pauline VanMeurs Draft three is available for viewing at www.nemses.com. Pauline overviews what is written. “Scope of Practice” portion causes an uproar. Members are encouraged to look over documents and get other who will be effected to look over these documents and comment on possible changes before June of 2008. II. Skills Methodology – Rebecca Brock There have been several changes in the skills methodology the past few years and we need to talk about some of those changes and what if any changes programmatically we need to make. Adult I.O. is taught but not tested. Should it be taught AND tested? – Everyone votes “yes”. Pauline believes this is something that will be used in the field. This agenda item will be brought up via ‘listserv’ and voted on. King Air Device – Williamson County will be going to use this device very soon. John Sneed suggests students be educated III. Skills Instructor Module – Rebecca Brock Built because we needed new skills instructors. Pauline and Chris Parker/other instructors built a module for training skills instructors. New Instructors – Many are former students. IV. Lab Reconstruction – Steven Villavicencio Sim-Man – ALS converted 4 sim-man connected to cameras. 2 Mobile units. Separate control room to manage manikins. Also getting an Ambulance simulator. June 30th is the deadline for completion. John Sneed motions that a Noel & Harvey Simulator be purchased. Eileen Klein states that the request has already gone through. V. Vacant Program Positions – Rebecca Brock 1 Full Time faculty position open. Department has interviewed 2 candidates and has one more left to interview. Hopeful to hire someone by the Summer of 2008. John Sneed asks about salaries and Eileen states that the salaries have been realigned. Clinical Coordinator Position is still open. Hiring process is still under way. Lab Assistant has been interviewed for and we are hoping to get the ‘Ok’ to hire any day.

Sim-Man – ALS converted 4 sim-man connected to cameras. 2 Mobile units. Separate control room to manage manikins. Also getting an Ambulance simulator. June 30th is the deadline for completion. John Sneed motions that a Noel & Harvey Simulator be purchased. Eileen Klein states that the request has already gone through.

1 Full Time faculty position open. Department has interviewed 2 candidates and has one more left to interview. Hopeful to hire someone by the Summer of 2008. John Sneed asks about salaries and Eileen states that the salaries have been realigned. Clinical Coordinator Position is still open. Hiring process is still under way. Lab Assistant has been interviewed for and we are hoping to get the ‘Ok’ to hire any day.

John Sneed states his opinion that the EMS Program should be moved to Round Rock if the Medical Program passes for the city. This item is tabled for the next meeting. Kimbrough thanks Eileen for all of her support for the EMSP Program and Becky thanks John Sneed for 24 years of service.

Meeting Adjourned