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Page 1 of 2 Executive Summary - July 2008
CAMTS Board Meeting – July 10-12, 2008
The Board of Directors met for three days in Charleston, SC for the Summer Board Meeting. The meeting was attended by invited guest, Dr. Terry Von Thaden, a human factors scientist from the University of Illinois Aviation Science department. Dr. Von Thaden presented an update on her study regarding Safety Culture through an FAA grant and future ties with CAMTS were discussed. Mr. Lee Murphy, one of the ad hoc Board members, also provided a presentation about OSHA and DOT regulations regarding labeling, usage and storage of oxygen. Some of the points will be added to the next edition of standards and to the site surveyor training curriculum. TREASURER’S REPORT Ms Patti Corbett, Associate Executive Director, discussed the closing of the 2008 fiscal year and the transfer of accounts to the Bank of America. Shirley Williams, the CAMTS bookkeeper for the past 14 years has resigned and Ms Corbett will take over the bookkeeping responsibilities. There was an appreciation dinner reception for Ms Williams who attended her last Board meeting EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT Ms Frazer gave an update on recent helicopter accidents. The Board discussed standards that could be published as an addendum prior to the eighth edition since that edition will not be out until the end of 2009. Each recent accident was reviewed with suggestions from the Board about how to strengthen some of the standards to address some of the issues identified. Ms Frazer related a conversation with the President of PHI, Mr. Ragsdale, who called the CAMTS office to suggest and support a study regarding fatigue. Ms Frazer also discussed a recent 60 Minutes piece on sleep deprivation which she and others feel is a very real hazard to pilots and medical crews that bears a lot more discussion. A list of upcoming standards addressing issues discussed at this meeting will be distributed to accredited programs and applicants and will also be publicized on the website and newsletters for comments to be put into effect by January 2009. Ms Frazer also gave an update on the Hazards of Helicopter Shopping video. The script was rewritten with a real life example from an NTSB report and a new narrator was hired. Several changes were made in the quality of fonts and presentation. We are awaiting approval for a picture from the NTSB files that was copyrighted but moving towards completion soon. Ambulance safety and the ATS Task Force were also discussed. There are plans to hold a Summit in Washington later this year with representation from NHTSA, the TRB and NTSB attending. Dates and meeting place TBA. Ms Frazer also gave an update on the 2009 meeting schedule. The Board decided to meet with the Critical Care Transport Conference in San Antonio, Texas for the Spring meeting on April 2nd, 3rd and 4th. The Summer meeting location is still being discussed but will take place July 16-18, 2009. The Fall 2009 meeting will be prior to the AMTC in Santa Rosa, CA as per our usual schedule. Page two The QM publication committee is meeting every 2nd and 4th Wednesday by conference call and CAMTS is about to sign a publication agreement with Jones and Bartlett Publishers. RISK ANALYSIS TOOL Ms Corbett and Dr. Overton gave an update on the risk analysis tool they developed in with the help of the subcommittee. This tool was used by a select group of site surveyorsand several changes resulted. The new revisions will be included and the updated tool will be again tested on every visit in August and September of this year. The Board was very pleased with the progress made by this committee and we hope to be using this tool to streamline the process for applicants, site surveyors and Board members in the near future. PRESENTATIONS AND EXHIBITS Ms Frazer presented at Flight Safety in Dallas and at AirMed in Prague in May. Ms Corbett manned the CAMTS booth in the Exhibit Hall at the Case Managers Resource Conference in Orlando in June. SITE SURVEY COORDINATOR’S REPORT Ms Karen Rogers provided a report on the site survey schedule and site visits for the future. Ms Rogers also reported on our continued internal QM process and on results of QM performance evaluations from the site surveys in May and June, 2008. Several changes were made in the process so that Board evaluations would be reviewed in a more timely process. MISSION/VISION/VALUES Ms Frazer and Dr. Overton provided a handout of the CAMTS Mission, Vision and a list of Values (with descriptive statements) asking the Board to narrow this list of values to the 5 they feel are most important over the next several weeks. This subcommittee will then take the Board’s collective feedback and bring an updated list to the next Board meeting for final proof before publishing. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Election of officers was held. The following officers were re-elected: – Dr. Ralph Rogers (ACEP) Chair, Dr. Richard Orr (AAP) – Vice-Chair, Jan Shaner (ASTNA) Secretary, and Dudley Smith (AAMS) – Treasurer. Mr. Jon Gryniuk (IAFP) was elected Recording Secretary. Ms. Teri Norton (NAACS), former Recording Secretary will be leaving the Board as of the October 2008 meeting. Ms Norton has been the Recording Secretary for the past three years. POLICY REVISIONS There were several policy revisions including how accredited programs are listed on the website. We are now listing the certification expiration dates along with the name of the program. Policies with added or changed areas highlighted can be downloaded here.
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