Kentucky EMT Instructors Association
Board Meeting Minutes of June 10, 1998

Originally posted: 09.24.98
Last modified: 08.19.09

CALL TO ORDER: THE KEMTIA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER 06/10/98 IN ELIZABETHTOWN BY PRESIDENT PHIL TAYLOR.

MEMBERS PRESENT: SEE ATTACHED SIGN IN SHEET

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: THE MINUTES OF APRIL 4-6, 1998 WERE READ. SOME TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS WERE NOTED AND CORRECTED. MOTION BY DALE EDMONDSON, SECOND BY CLARK ROWLAND TO APPROVE THE CORRECTED MINUTES. MINUTES APPROVED.

TREASURER’S REPORT: THE REPORT WAS RECEIVED AND FILED, PENDING THE APRIL 1999 FINANCIAL AUDIT.

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY REPORT: A LETTER FROM PAT TREVATHAN WAS READ WHICH STATED THAT JUNE IS THE BUSIEST MONTH FOR PRACTICAL TESTING OF EMT CLASSES. HE REQUESTED CHANGING THE BOARD MEETING FORM JUNE TO MAY OR JULY, BECAUSE SO MANY INSTRUCTORS ARE TIED UP ATTENDING THE BOARD MEETING THAT THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF INSTRUCTORS TO TEST AT SOME SITES. THE BOARD WILL EXAMINE AND ACT ON AT A LATER DATE.

NOTE: CHANGE OF EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO:

LINDA COOPER
KEMTIA
108 NORTHWOOD DRIVE
LEXINGTON, KY 40505

LINDA HAS OPENED A KEMTIA ACCOUNT AT COMMONWEALTH CREDIT UNION. THERE WILL BE NO ACCOUNT CHARGE. DISCUSSION ON PURCHASE OF KEMTIA CHECKS. MOTION BY ANN REESER, SECOND BY DALE EDMONDSON TO PURCHASE 1000 CHECKS FOR COST OF $300.00. MOTION PASSED.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: ANN REESER REPORTING. ANN REESER AS KEMTIA VP IS CHAIR. MEMBERS ARE: JIMMY VANCLEAVE, DALE EDMONDSON, ED KUEHNE, MARK PERKINS,ELMER HOWARD,CLARK ROWLAND, FUMIE BOUVIER AND PHYLLIS PORTMAN. THE COMMITTEE WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO DEFINE SOME OF KY EMT-B REGULATIONS. THE REGIONAL REPS WILL SPREAD THE WORD TO KEMTIA MEMBERSHIP WHEN THIS IS COMPLETED. ANN HAS BEEN WORKING & MEETING MONTHLY TO DEAL WITH CON.ED. & INSTRUCTORS WHO DO CON.ED. TO ASSURE STATEWIDE QUALITY.

PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS: SHARON PIERCEALL REPORTING.

-LOGO ISSUE IS RESOLVED

-SEXUAL HARRASSMENT POLICY IS COMPLETED

-OUTSTANDING ISSUE IS TO WORK ON AND IMPLEMENT SCHOLARSHIP POLICY & PLAN.

1999 APRIL CONFERANCE COMMITTEE: NO REPORT DUE TO ABSENCE OF NANCY GAINER. PRESIDENT TAYLOR WILL CONTACT HER FOR INFORMATION ABOUT STATUS OF PLANNING FOR CONFERANCE.

2000 APRIL CONFERANCE: DALE EDMONDSON IS PREPARING A REPORT. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING BIDS AND PRICES.

EMS CONFERANCE AND TRADE SHOW: IRA DYER WAS CO-ORDINATING EDUCATION, BUT HAS BECOME UNABLE TO CONTINUE. LEE BROWN HAS ASSUMED THE TASK. NANCY GAINER IS CO-ORDINATING THE EMT BASIC TRACT.

PHIL, AS PRESIDENT OF KEMTIA, ATTENDED A MEETING WITH CHARLIE SHAW WHO IS CO-ORDINATING THE CONFERANCE. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY NOTIFIED BY MS.BROWN THAT HW WAS NO LONGER A PARTOFTHE PROCESS. A MOTION BY THERESA MARTIN, SECOND BY ALICE NORDINE, TO SEND A LETTER TO MR. SHAW AND MS. BROWN, INFORMING THEM THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE WERE ASKED TO CO-ORDINATE THE BLSTRACT AT THE EMS CONFERANCE AND AS AS ORGANIZATION, THE KEMTIA PRESIDENT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PLANNING. MOTION PASSED. THE SECRETARY WILL SEND THE LETTER.

PRESIDENT TAYLOR WILL CONTACT NANCY TO OBTAIN AN UPDATE ON THE BLS TRACT CURRICULUM. HE HAS RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM BOB GAINER ON SOME PROPOSED SUBJECTS.

EMT INSTRUCTORS NEED TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO MAKE A STRONG PRESENCE FELT AT THE CONFERANCE.

OLD BUSINESS

PHOTO ALBUM: MOTION BY BOB FEGENBUSH, SECOND BY PHYLLIS PORTMAN TO PUCHASE ALBUMS TO CONTAIN PICTURES OF KEMTIA MEMBERS /ACTIVITIES. MOTION PASSED.

TRIPP CD: MARTIN BOSEMER IS MAKING THE COPIES AND HAS ABOUT 80 COMPLETED. HE WILL BRING THEM TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE REGIONAL REPS TO GIVE OUT TO MEMBERSHIP.

DR.CAREY PLAQUE (1998): THERESA MARTIN HAS ORDERED THE PLAQUE WITH ED KUEHNE’S NAME ENGRAVED.

DR. CAREY AWARD WINNERS: PRESIDENT TAYLOR WILL NOTIFY JOHN HULTGREN TO UPDATE THE LIST OF DR. CAREY AWARD RECIPIENTS.

NEW BUSINESS

IMPLEMENTING AGENCY STATUS: KEMTIA IS NOW AN IMPLEMENTING AGENCY FOR EMT-B, EMT-FR AND EMT TRANSITION FOR EMT-B & EMT-FR.

STATE CONTRACT: KEMTIA WAS AWARDED THE STATE CONTRACT FOR TESTING. KEMTIA WILL BE PAID $26.90 PER STUDENT TO BE TESTED. RETESTS WILL NOT PAY AGAIN. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY WILL COORDINATE TESTING AND PAYMENTS TO EVALUATORS. NOTE: EVALUATORS AT KEMTIA TESTING SITES MUST STAY FOR THE ENTIRE EVALUATION. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN PARTIAL PAYMENT FOR TIME PRESENT. A COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR DEALING WITH ALL ISSUES OF TESTING. THE MEMBERS ARE: ANN REESER (CHAIR), SHARON PIERCEALL, THERESA MARTIN, MARTIN BOSEMER, LINDA COOPER & CLARK ROWLAND. THE COMMITTEE IS TO MEET 06/28/98 AT 10:00 AM IN E-TOWN.

A LETTER WILL BE SENT BY THERESA MARTIN TO ALL INSTRUCTORS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF KEMTIA INFORMING THEM OF THE CONTRACT & THE REQUIREMENT TO BE A MEMBER IN ORDER TO TEST FOR KEMTIA.

FROM NOW ON, THE STUDENT WILL CHOOSE THE TESTING AGENCY. THE EMS OFFICE WILL GIVE THE STUDENT INFORMATION ON ALL TESTING AGENCIES.

MOTION BY DUANE HAWES, SECOND BY DALE EDMONDSON TO DEPOSIT $500.00 OF KEMTIA FUNDS TO THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ACCOUNT TO COVER INITIAL START UP COSTS FOR TESTING. MOTION PASSED.

THE TEAM CAPTAIN WILL NOW BE CALLED THE EXAMINATION REPRESENTATIVE, IN KEEPING WITH THE NATIONAL REGISTRY GUIDE.

EMS 2000: ANN REESER READ A LETTER FROM BOB GAINER, KAPA PRESIDENT, ABOUT LEGISLATION PROPOSALS FROM KAPA ON THIS ISSUE. THE POLITICAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL COORDINATE KEMTIA ISSUES RELATIVE TO EMS-2000. INPUT IS NEEDED FROM ALL KEMTIA MEMBERS FOR ANY APPROPRIATE PROPOSALS.

KEMTIA WEBPAGE: EVERYBODY LOOK AT THE PAGE AND BRING CONCERNS BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING THROUGH THE REGIONAL REPS. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NEEDED TO UPDATE THE PAGE:

-KEMTIA APPLICATION
-TESTING GUIDELINES
-TEAM CAPTAIN INFORMATION & FORMS
-REVIEW OF TESTING AIDS
-COMPLAINT PROCESS
-CONTINUING ED TIPS FOR NON EMT INSTRUCTORS

MOTION BY PHYLLIS PORTMAN, SECOND BY CAROLYN ELLIOTT TO PAY THE ANNUAL BILL OF $25.00 TO JOHN HULTGREN FOR THE KEMTIA PAGE. MOTION PASSED.

NON EMT INSTRUCTORS PROVIDING EMT CON ED: THERE WAS CONCERN AND MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT PHYSICIAN, NURSE AND PARAMEDICS WHO ARE NOT EMT-B INSTRUCTOS, PROVIDING EMT-B CON ED, AND THE FACT THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF EMT-B PRACTICE & SKILLS. THIS WILL REQUIRE BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH THE EMT-B REGULATIONS.

E-MAIL ADDRESS: REGIONAL REPS ARE TO GET AN E-MAILADDRESS FROM INSTRUCTORS IN THEIR REGION, WHO HAVE E-MAIL AND FORWARD TO THE SECRETARY.

OLD COPY MACHINE: MOTION BY DALE EDMONDSON, SECOND BY DUANE HAWES TO DISPOSE OF THE OLD COPY MACHINE. MOTION PASSED.

TRANSITION COURSE OVERLAYS: WHERE ARE THE OVERLAYS WHICH WERE PURCHASED BY KEMTIA? PAT TREVATHAN DOES NOT HAVE THEM. LINDA COOPER IS TO CONTACT NANCY GAINER TO ASSIST IN THEIR LOCATION.

LOGISTICS COMMITTEE: A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED TO DEAL WITH KEMTIA ISSUES AS AN IMPLEMENTING AGENCY. MEMBERS ARE: JIMMY VANCLEAVE (CHAIR), MARTIN BOSEMER, CLARKROWLAND AND THERESA MARTIN.

EMS BRANCH FIRST RESPONDER SUBCOMMITTEE: SHARON PIERCEALL REPORTING. HOPEFULLY, THE NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE EMT-FR WILL BE IN PLACE BY JANUARY 1, 1999. EMT-FR INSTRUCTORS WILL BE PUT THROUGH A ROLLOUT. A TEAM WILL BE SET UP TO DOTHIS.

INSTRUCTOR NEWS

-MIKE SWIFT’S WIFE IS IMPROVING
-BRIAN LINDELL’S FATHER DIED. OUR SYMPATHY IS EXTENDED.
-KAREN FREEMAN’S MOTHER DIED. OUR SYMPATHY IS EXTENDED.
-WILMA BENNETT HAS GONE THROUGH A SERIOUS ILLNESS. IN ORDERTO MAINTAIN HER STATUS AS AN INSTRUCTOR, SHE WILL VIEW THE FILMS FROM THE EMS OFFICE.
A PLANTER WILL BE SENT BY THERESA MARTIN TO BRIAN AND KAREN.

NEXT MEETING OF BOARD: THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE KEMTIA EXECUTIVE BOARD WILL BE OCTOBER 17, 1998 AT SOUTH DIXIE FIRE STATION AT 1:00 PM.

A CALLED MEETING OF ALL INSTRUCTORS WILL BE HELD AT THE EMS CONFERANCE & TRADE SHOW--DATE AND TIME TBA.

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION BY DALE EDMONDSON, SECOND BY CAROLYN ELLIOTT, TO ADJOURN. MOTION PASSED. THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:00 PM

TRANSCRIBED AND SUBMITTED BY:________________________________________________
ALINE FLANAGAN, KEMTIA SECRETARY