WVEMS e-NEWSLETTER - October 11, 2024
WVEMS e-NEWSLETTER – October 11, 2024
LewisGale Hospital Montgomery and WVEMS Mini Symposium – Registration Closing Soon!
LewisGale Hospital Montgomery and Western Virginia EMS Council will host its 2nd Annual Mini Symposium. It will be held in Fairlawn Virginia at the Pulaski County Innovation Center October 18th-20th. Registration is open. Click Here to Register!
Join us for this local and free CE event with lunch provided! The Virginia Office of EMS contract with Vector Solutions ends on November 30, 2024, and currently has not been renegotiated, so you don’t want to wait until the last minute to obtain CE Hours!
WVEMS – RUC Paramedic Program – New River Valley
Western Virginia EMS Council in conjunction with Radford University Carilion will hold an EMT to Paramedic Course in the New River Valley. The course will run January 24, 2025 - December 5, 2025. Class meets in person on Fridays with the occasional Thursday. There will be a significant amount of independent, online work assigned weekly. The application can be found in this email as well as on our website.
WVEMS Medication Kit Town Hall
Western Virginia EMS Council will host a Town Hall on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 17:30 with WVEMS EMS Agency Leadership, EMS Agency Physicians, and Hospital Pharmacy Partners. This event will be held virtually to discuss the path forward of the Regional Medication Exchange Kit Program. We will provide an update on recent developments with the FDA and DEA. We kindly ask that agencies have no more than 2 representatives attend to ensure that there is ample space for all our agencies and physicians to attend due to capacity limits of meeting platform.
Baxter Manufacturing Facility affected by Hurricane Helene
The Baxter Manufacturing facility in North Carolina has been closed due to damage sustained during Hurricane Helene. Baxter is one of the leading providers of Normal Saline and D10 utilized by EMS agencies. Currently there is not a nationwide shortage, but distributors have put emergency allocations in place to prevent “panic purchasing”. At this time agencies should be mindful that this could lead to future shortages while Baxter works to ramp up production in other facilities. We ask that providers are mindful of this situation and only utilize when clinically necessary. WVEMS continues to monitor this situation with local, state, and federal entities. You may begin to see this as a restricted item at area hospitals. WVEMS has begun the procurement process for a small supply to help offset the ability of agencies to obtain while we monitor the ongoing situation. Please reach out to Chris Christensen with any questions or concerns.
American Heart Association – Training Site
WVEMS has been an American Heart Association Training Site for two years. We can offer courses available by the American Heart Association. Please contact Daryll Perry with any questions about AHA!
National Ketamine Shortage
There is currently a national shortage of Ketamine. There will be no substitute during the shortage. Should pharmacies be unable to replace, the box will be marked that there is no Ketamine due to shortage. WVEMS remains in contact with pharmacies and will update agencies as more information becomes available.
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Roanoke VA 24017-1613
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