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Cheyenne County EMS: new EMT class, passed inspection and plan for trafficking-response policy
Summary
Speaker 1 said a new EMT class begins Monday with nine signups, reported a January 15 BMS inspection with a single correctable violation, and asked the board to adopt a human-trafficking patient identification and response policy for CMS compliance.
Speaker 1, a staff member identified in the transcript only as 'Speaker 1,' said a new EMT class will start Monday and that nine people have signed up so far, with the roster possibly reaching 12. "So far, I have 9 people starting up for the class," Speaker 1 said, adding that several enrollees are connected to the county dispatch center.
The speaker said the agency will seek to use the EMS Education Incentive Grant (EIG) to support trainees. According to Speaker 1, the EIG requires participating students to provide 20 hours per month for 12 consecutive months to qualify; the speaker said they plan to finalize the student total on Monday and then submit the required paperwork. "Once, on Monday, we have the total of students ... I will send you ... so you can see that kinda line lines out," Speaker 1 said.
Speaker 1 reported the agency's BMS inspection on January 15 "went great" but noted one violation that was corrected on the spot: an opened suction-anchors package in an ambulance. "They allowed us to change it out, so it wasn't anything big," Speaker 1 said.
On fleet matters, Speaker 1 said one ambulance has seen little use since being moved and praised the smoother ride in a newer unit. The speaker also proposed testing Starlink equipment in an ambulance before wider adoption and cited a tentative price of "$50 monthly" for the service while stressing they wanted to trial it first.
Speaker 1 also described a Region 1 EMS council appointment submitted by "Gary Winner" that would allow Speaker 1 — with Kim as backup — to serve with voting rights for a two-year term; the transcript's exact start/end dates for that term were unclear. Finally, Speaker 1 summarized a statewide tabletop exercise that simulated World Cup scenarios and identified a policy gap: the agency does not yet have a written human-trafficking patient identification and response policy. Speaker 1 asked that Brett sign the proposed policy so it can be incorporated into local policies for CMS compliance. "This is the one that I'll be signed by you, Brett," Speaker 1 said.
Next steps: Speaker 1 said they will finalize student counts on Monday and submit EIG paperwork, and the proposed trafficking-response policy was presented for signature.
