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City Council Minutes May 6, 1991 Page 2 e 5. A.I!lbulal1c~-.E!,esentatiol1 Mayor Tralle introduced David Miller, Executive Director of Health One Transportation. David Miller indicated that he would be making a presentation to the City Council. He indicated that the presentation would be in relation to a resolution adopted by the City which endorsed the proposal of the Elk River Fire and Ambulance Service to further its relationship with Health One Transportation in its effort to obtain an Advanced Life Support (ALS) license for the primary service area of Elk River. Mr. Miller reviewed the three major issues that he would be addressing. He indicated that they consisted of the following: 1. To improve life support services to the community. 2. To not create increased cost for the life support services. 3. To maintain viability to Elk River Fire and Ambulance Service. Some other key point.s that were discussed by Mr. Miller included run volume, response times, disposition of patient and primary service area. e David Mil ler introduced Mark Stutelberg, the ALS Operations Manager for Health One Transportation. Mr. Stutelberg discussed dispatch protocols, deployment activities, medical protocols and a quality assurance program with the Council. Mr. St.utelberg indicated that the proposed plan is to create a quality assurance group that implements a continuous feedback and refinement mechani sm of all areas of the plan. He indicated t.hat. the members of a quality assurance group would i nel ude a men ical di rector for Elk River Ambulance, a member of Health One TransportaU on, the El k River Ambul ance Coord inator, an Elk River Ambulance Staff member, a representative from the Elk River Police Department. and a member of t.he Elk River medical community. Mr. Stutelberg explained the changes in the proposed plan in relation to dispatch protocols. When Sherburne County Public Safety receives a 911 request, they wi 11 immediately notify both Elk River Ambulance and Health One Transportation Services. He indicated that this change will expedite t.he response by paramedic service by a few minutes. Another change in the proposed plan under deployment activities relates to Heal th One's response to the 911 request. Health One wi 11 respond as an emergency upon receiving the notl fication of request for 911 and wi 11 con t.i nile to respond as an emergency until requested by the Elk River Ambulance to cancel. Mr. Stutelberg concluded by stating that although the proposed plan is an operational plan including only four areas, he is aware that there is sl gni ficant work that needs to take place to adequately implement the changes. e Mayor Tralle opened the publ ic hearing. received during the public hearing. The following comments were M!!rY..JJ()JG~)chl!~.f e r: