The Tidewater EMS Council seeks entries for an amateur photography competition. Entry is free and prizes will be awarded for the overall winner plus winners in each category. Please submit entries by May 31, 2012.

Once again, the Tidewater EMS Council with support from sponsors will host an annual EMS family picnic and regional EMS awards presentation on Saturday June 16 at the Virginia Zoo. All emergency medical responders, dispatchers, emergency department staff and immediate family members are invited. Are you attending? Please visit www.tidewaterems.org/picnic to RSVP by June 4.

The 2012 National EMS Week Ideas web site, www.emsweekideas.org, helps you get ready to celebrate the EMS profession during National EMS Week, May 20-26, and is an excellent professional resource year round. The site, hosted by NAEMT and sponsored by EMS World, provides opportunities for you to explore new ways to celebrate, participate in, and grow your profession.

Effective February 1, 2012, all Tidewater EMS providers must obtain signatures from medical practitioners (Physician, Physician Assistant, or Nurse Practitioner) that are pen to paper on all medication boxes exchanges.

There is a continuing lack of medication availability for the regional medication boxes. The Tidewater EMS Region continues to see shortages, including Valium, Versed, Ativan and Magnesium Sulfate. The regional pharmacists are working to assure there will be adequate supplies, but these are national shortages.

The Tidewater EMS Council Annual Report for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 is posted and available for viewing or downloading. The annual report for the Tidewater Center for Life Support Training is posted as well. Click "Committees & Reports" from the left menu, then select "Annual/Quarterly Reports".

 
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