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,%~x,'~" CABARRUS COUNTY ~~/ 745 Cabarrus Avenue, W. ~/ CONCORD NORTH CAROLINA 28025 TO: 'Advisory Board Members Cabarrus County Commissioners Cabarrus EMS FROM: B. [t. Mabrey, Sr. ~/~' SUBJECT: May 17, 1988 Meeting of Advisory Board Minutes DATE: May 31, 1988 The Advisory Board met on May l?, 1988 at the Emergency Services office with 12 members present. The following items were discussed: 1 - North East Cabarrus has'completed all required training and paperwork. Program was unanimously approved. 2 - Call reports were reviewed. All reports were submitted in a timely manner with the exception of Pitts VFD. Pitts' reports were not received. One hundred calls have been answered since the last meeting. The problem areas, from the call repOrts, discussed were: Initials only were used to identify responders, vital signs were not documented with times, persons that refused treatment were not always required to sign to document refusal and several call reports referred to the patient's color in other than a medical context, kli of these points were discussed and recommendations were made. 3 - The rescue persons present discussed problems with delays in dispatch of rescue units. Incidents tha~ have occured recently on Highway 24/27~ Miami Church goad and Poplar Tent Road were discussed. When medical re- spenders or law enforcement arrive at an accident scene and find persons entrapped, Rescue should be dispatched promptly. Bruce Lofty of Cabarrus Rescue stated that their units could repond to most parts of Cabarrus County within 7 - 9 minutes. 4 - Two areas of radio use were discussed. The practice of activating ~he pager tones to 10-22 (terminate) calls was discussed. It was a consensus that responders don't reset pagers until completion of a call so the tones are not necessary- The Sheriff stated that he was only concerned that responders receive proper notification of call termination. Ben Mabrey sta~ed that there had been unauthorized communications on the ambulance frequency, it is to be used only on first responder calls for first re- spender business. It is not to be used to call in wrecks or for idle conversation.