The roles and responsibilities with respect to Public Access Defibrillation fall into three primary categories:
Administrative:
Pursuant to section 3000-b of the New York State Public Health Law and NYS DOH Policy Statement 98-10, the regional EMS Councils are assigned Administrative and Quality Improvement responsibilities including receiving the Notice of Intent...DOH 4135 and a signed Collaborative Agreement from the provider agency. A copy of the letter of intent is to be forwarded to the DOH. REMO will perform these tasks and maintain an appropriate, up to date file on all PAD activity in the region.
REMO will collect and develop a QI data set which will meet or exceed the requirements delineated in Statute and Policy.
Public Education and Information:
REMO will serve as a resource for information regarding PAD, including but not limited to - training, training sites and dates, equipment and medical control/involvement. REMO will compile and distribute a Provider Packet containing current information and guidelines and make it readily available to any prospective agency. REMO will promote the PAD concept via the media, direct mailing, and personal contact. Promotional materials will be made available to the public, business councils, public service organizations and the medical community. REMO will provide County EMS Councils with promotional information for encouragement of further local promotion.
Training:
REMO will develop training course materials and offer State-approved PAD training. REMO will conduct training for provider agencies including initial provider training, in-service training and instructor training. The REMO training program will work in concert with other volunteer and professional training agencies in the region.
PAD training will be incorporated into the REMO training and administrative programs. Staff will be assigned by the Executive Director and job descriptions will be created and/or modified as necessary to include these new areas of responsibility.
Please click the following link to access the PAD Notice of Intent.
Administrative:
Pursuant to section 3000-b of the New York State Public Health Law and NYS DOH Policy Statement 98-10, the regional EMS Councils are assigned Administrative and Quality Improvement responsibilities including receiving the Notice of Intent...DOH 4135 and a signed Collaborative Agreement from the provider agency. A copy of the letter of intent is to be forwarded to the DOH. REMO will perform these tasks and maintain an appropriate, up to date file on all PAD activity in the region.
REMO will collect and develop a QI data set which will meet or exceed the requirements delineated in Statute and Policy.
Public Education and Information:
REMO will serve as a resource for information regarding PAD, including but not limited to - training, training sites and dates, equipment and medical control/involvement. REMO will compile and distribute a Provider Packet containing current information and guidelines and make it readily available to any prospective agency. REMO will promote the PAD concept via the media, direct mailing, and personal contact. Promotional materials will be made available to the public, business councils, public service organizations and the medical community. REMO will provide County EMS Councils with promotional information for encouragement of further local promotion.
Training:
REMO will develop training course materials and offer State-approved PAD training. REMO will conduct training for provider agencies including initial provider training, in-service training and instructor training. The REMO training program will work in concert with other volunteer and professional training agencies in the region.
PAD training will be incorporated into the REMO training and administrative programs. Staff will be assigned by the Executive Director and job descriptions will be created and/or modified as necessary to include these new areas of responsibility.
Please click the following link to access the PAD Notice of Intent.