1 00:00:01,167 --> 00:00:06,238 THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAF THE MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING ON, 2 00:00:06,238 --> 00:00:11,310 IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN MOVED AND. 3 00:00:11,310 --> 00:00:14,180 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNI. [ COMMISSIONERS VOTING ] 4 00:00:14,180 --> 00:00:15,181 ANY OPPOSED? [ NO RESPONSE HEARD ] 5 00:00:15,181 --> 00:00:19,318 THE MINUTES HAVE PASSED. COLLEAGUES, ITEM 2A ON TODAY'S C 6 00:00:19,318 --> 00:00:24,118 HEARING ON THE STAFFING REQUIREE 9, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. 7 00:00:24,523 --> 00:00:29,610 THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CONN AND VIA TELEPHONE. 8 00:00:29,610 --> 00:00:34,461 PERSONS NOT IN ATTENDANCE TODAYN COMMENTING ON SECTION 7, SUBSECE 9 00:00:38,710 --> 00:00:42,800 9 ARE INVITED TO CALL THE TOLL-N CONFERENCE NUMBER NOW. 10 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:48,608 AND THAT PHONE NUMBER IS 1-855-. IT'S ON THE SCREEN. 11 00:00:49,349 --> 00:00:56,549 AGAIN, THAT NUMBER IS 1-855-340. AND, AGAIN, IT'S DISPLAYED ON O. 12 00:00:58,357 --> 00:01:05,557 WHILE WE WAIT FOR CALLERS, I WOK KRISTEN MEDICAL STROM TO PROVIDN 13 00:01:05,965 --> 00:01:09,565 THE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS FOR O. MELSTROM. 14 00:01:13,372 --> 00:01:18,244 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CONLEY, AND. JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND. 15 00:01:18,244 --> 00:01:21,244 ON ORDINANCE 9. SINCE 1984, ORDINANCE 9 REQUIREC 16 00:01:23,649 --> 00:01:30,924 STAFFING MODEL FOR ALL A.L.S. RN HENNEPIN COUNTY WHEN PEOPLE CAL1 17 00:01:30,924 --> 00:01:34,524 SERVICE. ON JUNE 7th, 2022, PUBLIC HEALTF 18 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:42,529 THE EMS COUNCIL, PRESENTED SEVER ORDINANCE 9 TO UPDATE THE ORDING 19 00:01:43,402 --> 00:01:50,200 PROPOSED CHANGES TO A STAFFING O CHANGE THE REQUIREMENT TO MODELE 20 00:01:50,410 --> 00:01:55,210 CHAPTER 144E. AND THAT STATUTE REQUIRES A MINE 21 00:01:55,481 --> 00:02:02,681 PARAMEDIC AND ONE EMT FOR RESPO. THE PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDED B.L.1 22 00:02:05,892 --> 00:02:10,692 CALLS. SO THAT IS IN THE CURRENT ORDINT 23 00:02:11,230 --> 00:02:17,904 WAS SUSPENDED AT THAT TIME TO GH AND THE EMS COUNCIL TIME TO STU. 24 00:02:17,904 --> 00:02:22,509 SO CURRENTLY THAT'S SPUPPEDDED D UNTIL MARCH 31st OF THIS YEAR. 25 00:02:22,509 --> 00:02:27,981 THIS IS THE FIRST PART IN THE PE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN THIS WIE 26 00:02:27,981 --> 00:02:33,319 BOARD AGAIN ON MARCH 10th AT THH COMMITTEE, AND THEN ON THE 17thL 27 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:37,519 DECISION. SO THAT WOULD MEET THE REQUIREML 28 00:02:37,524 --> 00:02:42,324 DECISION ON THE STAFFING SECTIOE BY MARCH 31st. 29 00:02:42,595 --> 00:02:47,395 OTHERWISE THE PREVIOUS REQUIREMO PARAMEDICS WOULD BE REINSTATED. 30 00:02:49,935 --> 00:02:52,338 >> Commissioner Conley: THANK Y. MELSTROM. 31 00:02:52,338 --> 00:02:57,900 SO, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASS ANY CALLERS CURRENTLY ON THE LI? 32 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:01,414 >> MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO CA. >> Commissioner Conley: THANK Y. 33 00:03:01,414 --> 00:03:06,552 SO THERE ARE NO CALLERS RIGHT NP COMMENTS TOP FOLKS HERE IN PERS. 34 00:03:06,552 --> 00:03:10,356 I HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WOU. SO WELCOME. 35 00:03:10,356 --> 00:03:14,159 FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE L HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 36 00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:16,280 PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM WHR NAME. 37 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:21,567 ON THE PODIUM THERE IS A SET OF. THE GREEN LIGHT STARTS YOUR TIMU 38 00:03:21,567 --> 00:03:26,572 SEE THE YELLOW LIGHT ILLUMINATET 30 SECONDS LEFT TO CONCLUDE YOUE 39 00:03:26,572 --> 00:03:31,444 RED LIGHT INDICATES THAT YOUR T. SO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK,O 40 00:03:31,444 --> 00:03:39,244 THROUGH THE NAMES THAT I HAVE. SO FIRST UP I HAVE SAM ERICKSON. 41 00:03:45,924 --> 00:03:50,124 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. 42 00:03:50,796 --> 00:03:57,690 SO, MY NAME'S SAM ERICK SON, I'D RESIDENT, I'M A PARAMEDIC AND A. 43 00:03:57,690 --> 00:04:03,750 I THINK I'VE BEEN UP HERE QUITEO YOU FOLKS ABOUT THIS, BUT I THIE 44 00:04:03,750 --> 00:04:06,675 CAN'T HURT. SO ORDINANCE 9, TWO PARAMEDICS , 45 00:04:06,679 --> 00:04:09,810 THE ANALOGY I ALWAYS MAKE IS THN MODEL. 46 00:04:09,810 --> 00:04:14,820 WHEN YOU GET ON A DELTA PLANE, N AIRLINES PLANE, WHAT YOU LOOK AS 47 00:04:14,820 --> 00:04:18,624 TWO PILOTS. THAT'S BEEN THE WAY FOR P MANY E 48 00:04:18,624 --> 00:04:23,496 UNITED STATES AND WE DID THAT BE TIME IN A COMMERCIAL AIRLINE, OE 49 00:04:23,496 --> 00:04:27,330 FINE, THERE'S NO ISSUES, LANDINO PROBLEM. 50 00:04:27,330 --> 00:04:33,972 BUT IN THOSE INSTANCES WHEN THE, HAVING TWO EXPERTS IN THOSE SEA. 51 00:04:33,972 --> 00:04:39,912 YOU, I THINK, WOULD ALL TAKE ISN TO A DELTA FLIGHT TOMORROW AND T 52 00:04:39,912 --> 00:04:45,785 AND ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN THE. AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'H 53 00:04:45,785 --> 00:04:49,321 THIS REDUCTION IN STAFF TO ORDI. OKAY? 54 00:04:49,321 --> 00:04:54,927 BEING THE ONLY A.L.S. PROVIDER S MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND EMOTIR 55 00:04:54,927 --> 00:05:00,660 PROVIDERS. SO, IN A BUSY METRO AREA, I'LL N 56 00:05:00,660 --> 00:05:07,206 EMS, WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUO HAVE DEALT WITH THE KILLING OF X 57 00:05:07,206 --> 00:05:11,477 PRETTI, ANNUNCIATION SCHOOL SHOE COLLAPSE, COVID, CIVIL UNREST FR 58 00:05:11,477 --> 00:05:15,614 OF GEORGE FLOYD, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S JUST HENNEPIN EMS. 59 00:05:15,614 --> 00:05:17,617 OKAY? I CAN'T EVEN SPEAK TO WHAT ALL R 60 00:05:17,617 --> 00:05:23,617 PROVIDERS ARE GOING THROUGH. AND, SO, TO SHOULDER THAT BURDEY 61 00:05:23,756 --> 00:05:27,956 ALONE AS FAR AS THE HIGHEST-LEVS EXHAUSTING. 62 00:05:29,428 --> 00:05:31,897 HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS ALWAYS LED S REGARD. 63 00:05:31,897 --> 00:05:38,360 I THINK KRISTEN QUOTED IT, THIST INTO EFFECT WHEN I WAS 2. 64 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,506 OKAY. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LON. 65 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:46,245 PART OF THE ISSUE IS, IN MY OPIE AMBULANCE SERVICES IN HENNEPIN E 66 00:05:46,245 --> 00:05:49,782 PRIVATE AND TWO PUBLIC. SO THE PUBLIC ONES ARE EDINA FIN 67 00:05:49,782 --> 00:05:54,454 EMS, WE PROVIDE PARAMEDIC/PARAMT EXCLUSIVELY OR EXCLUSIVELY. 68 00:05:54,454 --> 00:05:59,192 THE PRIVATE SERVICES ARE THE ONG TO COME TO YOU AND SAY, OH, WE E 69 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:02,861 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, WE CANT ENOUGH. 70 00:06:02,861 --> 00:06:07,867 BUT THEY HAVEN'T INVESTED IN TH. HENNEPIN EMS HAS A VAST TRAININE 71 00:06:07,867 --> 00:06:12,683 TAKE FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY A. WE EVEN PAY THEM TO BECOME PARAE 72 00:06:12,683 --> 00:06:15,352 THIS COMMUNITY. WE'VE INVESTED IN IT BECAUSE I R 73 00:06:15,352 --> 00:06:18,556 RESIDENTS EXPECT IT, THEY EXPECH OUTCOMES. 74 00:06:18,556 --> 00:06:23,356 LAST THING I'LL SAY, THIS ORDIND HEALTH EQUITY. 75 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,764 OKAY? IF THIS ORDINANCE AND THE TWO PM 76 00:06:26,764 --> 00:06:32,570 BREAKS DOWN, WHAT YOU WILL SEE G WE HAVE SEEN IN OTHER HEALTH EQE 77 00:06:32,570 --> 00:06:38,570 AFFLUENT WHITE CITIES WILL HAVET COVERAGE, TWO PARAMEDICS, MANY L 78 00:06:39,976 --> 00:06:45,516 GET GREAT SERVICES, MUNICIPALITO THE AREA THAT HAS A PRIVATE AMBR 79 00:06:45,516 --> 00:06:49,719 HAS A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF BLACKN COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHERE MONEY ME 80 00:06:49,719 --> 00:06:53,791 WILL NOT GET THE SAME LEVEL OF L SEE THE HEALTH EQUITY OUTCOMES . 81 00:06:53,791 --> 00:06:56,327 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> Commissioner Conley: THANK Y, 82 00:06:56,327 --> 00:07:01,127 Mr. ERICKSON, NEXT I HAVE SUSAN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 83 00:07:01,465 --> 00:07:04,402 , CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS SUSAN LONG, I'M THE S 84 00:07:04,402 --> 00:07:08,673 CHIEF OF ALLINA HEALTH EMS, THAE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TOD. 85 00:07:08,673 --> 00:07:13,343 AS WE CONSIDER THOSE ACTIONS ONG REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN ORDINA. 86 00:07:13,343 --> 00:07:17,214 I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL CONE BOARD HAS GIVEN TO THIS ISSUE. 87 00:07:17,214 --> 00:07:22,552 AS YOU KNOW, THE STAFFING COMMIN SUSPENDED WHILE THE COUNTY GATHD 88 00:07:22,552 --> 00:07:25,756 FROM EMS AGENCIES AND REVIEWED S ACROSS THE REGION. 89 00:07:25,756 --> 00:07:31,280 I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS STRONR ELIMINATING THE MANDATORY TWO PD 90 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,564 AND ALIGNING THE ORDINANCE WITHE 144E. 91 00:07:34,564 --> 00:07:39,103 OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, EMS THROUGHOUT HENNEPIN COUNTY AND E 92 00:07:39,103 --> 00:07:43,440 FACED SIGNIFICANT WORKFORCE CHAY IN THE PARAMEDIC JOB CLASS. 93 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:48,450 THESE SHORTAGES HAVE BEEN WELL D IMPACT RESPONSE TIMES, OPERATIOD 94 00:07:48,450 --> 00:07:54,645 THE WELL-BEING OF OUR EMS WORKF. REINSTATING THE TWO PARAMEDIC RY 95 00:07:55,586 --> 00:08:01,580 A.L.S. RESPONSE WOULD PLACE AN N ON AN ALREADY CHALLENGED WORKFOM 96 00:08:01,580 --> 00:08:03,661 FLEXIBILITY AND RISK SLOWER RESR COMMUNITIES. 97 00:08:03,661 --> 00:08:08,132 EQUALLY IMPORTANT, MODERN EMS RD EXPERIENCE DEMONSTRATE THAT REQO 98 00:08:08,132 --> 00:08:13,700 PARAMEDICS ON EVERY CALL DOES NS FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF 911 RE. 99 00:08:13,700 --> 00:08:18,470 MOST EMERGENCIES DO NOT REQUIRED PROCEDURES THAT NECESSITATE DUA. 100 00:08:18,542 --> 00:08:24,748 THE STATE'S STAFFING MODEL, WHIR TWO PARAMEDICS OR A PARAMEDIC PS 101 00:08:24,748 --> 00:08:29,548 CLINICALLY SOUND, EVIDENCE BASED EFFECTIVELY ACROSS MINNESOTA AN. 102 00:08:30,153 --> 00:08:34,953 ALIGNING ORDINANCE 9 WITH STATEE ACCOMPLISHES SOME KEY GOALS. 103 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:40,559 IT STRENGTHENS RESPONSE RELIABIY IN STAFFING ALLOWS EMS SERVICESE 104 00:08:40,564 --> 00:08:45,169 AMBULANCES ON THE ROAD, ADJUST S DYNAMICALLY TO CALL VOLUME AND S 105 00:08:45,169 --> 00:08:49,840 CAUSED BY PARAMEDIC SHORTAGES. IT SUPPORTS WORKFORCE SUSTAINABT 106 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:56,113 RETAIN AND SUPPORT THE CLINICALD CLINICIANS WE HAVE, A RIGID STAD 107 00:08:56,113 --> 00:09:01,513 INCREASE BURNOUT AND OVERTIME AS SYSTEMS NATIONWIDE ARE STRUGGLIE 108 00:09:02,586 --> 00:09:06,186 STAFFING. THIS ALIGNMENT ALSO ENSURES CONH 109 00:09:06,590 --> 00:09:10,190 STATEWIDE STANDARDS. MINNESOTA STATUTE 144E ESTABLISM 110 00:09:10,994 --> 00:09:15,199 FRAMEWORK FOR A.L.S. STAFFING A, HELPING ENSURE PATIENTS RECEIVEE 111 00:09:15,199 --> 00:09:18,869 LEVEL OF CARE PROMPTLY AND WITHY COST BURDENS. 112 00:09:18,869 --> 00:09:23,140 THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU TODAY IR NOT PARAMEDICS HAVE A VITAL ROL. 113 00:09:23,140 --> 00:09:26,944 THEY ABSOLUTELY DO. THE QUESTION IS, WHETHER THE COE 114 00:09:26,944 --> 00:09:32,820 A STAFFING STANDARD MORE RESTRIE STATE'S, DESPITE CLEAR EVIDENCEA 115 00:09:32,820 --> 00:09:35,885 REQUIREMENT DOES NOT IMPROVE OUD NEGATIVELY IMPACT SERVICE RELIA. 116 00:09:35,885 --> 00:09:39,622 I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT THE T QUESTION IS NO. 117 00:09:39,622 --> 00:09:44,427 I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE ELIMIO PARAMEDIC MANDATE AND ADOPT STAE 118 00:09:44,427 --> 00:09:50,427 CONSISTENT WITH MINNESOTA STATU. THIS CHANGE COULD HELP ENSURE AY 119 00:09:51,502 --> 00:09:55,906 RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE TY EMERGENCY CARE DELIVERED BY CLIM 120 00:09:55,906 --> 00:10:00,244 DESIGNED FOR TODAY'S REALITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR LR 121 00:10:00,244 --> 00:10:02,846 COMMITMENT TO A SUSTAINABLE EMSR HENNEPIN COUNTY. 122 00:10:02,846 --> 00:10:04,915 >> Commissioner Conley: THANK Y. THANK YOU. 123 00:10:04,915 --> 00:10:06,915 SCOTT. >> THANK YOU. 124 00:10:10,387 --> 00:10:14,658 GLAD TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS SCOTT SAMPE AND THE D 125 00:10:14,658 --> 00:10:19,396 CHIEF OF NORTH MEMORIAL AMBULAN. AND I KNOW OVER THE LAST COUPLEF 126 00:10:19,396 --> 00:10:24,000 YOU VISITED US, RODE WITH US, D, INVESTIGATED AND WE APPRECIATE . 127 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:30,600 I KNOW ON A DAILY BASIS, EMS ISY GOAL OR MAY NOT KNOW A LOT ABOU. 128 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:36,146 BUT I ALSO HAVE A LONG CAREER, S IN EMS, AND HAVE BEEN ACROSS THY 129 00:10:36,146 --> 00:10:41,885 AMBULANCE SERVICES AND I CAN TEE EMT PARAMEDIC, A.L.S. COMBINATIN 130 00:10:41,885 --> 00:10:44,880 THE COUNTRY. THAT'S WHY WE FOLLOW IT. 131 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:49,488 OTHER COUNTRIES EVEN PUT DOCTORR AMBULANCES AND DON'T NECESSARILS 132 00:10:49,693 --> 00:10:54,431 THAN THAT COMBINATION. AND I'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU ALSO . 133 00:10:54,431 --> 00:10:58,502 A HEALTHCARE ANALOGY. IF YOU WENT TO THE EMERGENCY DED 134 00:10:58,502 --> 00:11:03,574 I HOPE YOU DON'T HAVE TO, WOULDO DOCTORS TO GREET YOU AS YOU WAL? 135 00:11:03,574 --> 00:11:09,913 YOU'D PROBABLY GET A NURSE AND . AND THOSE TWO PROFESSIONALS WORE 136 00:11:09,913 --> 00:11:14,584 YOU A GREAT COMBINATION OF DIFFO GIVE YOU THE BEST CARE, AND THAT 137 00:11:14,584 --> 00:11:19,389 WE'RE ASKING FOR, TO FOLLOW STAE AN EMT AND PARAMEDIC. 138 00:11:19,389 --> 00:11:25,529 THAT WAY WE HAVE EQUAL DISTRIBUR AREAS THAT WE COVER OF GOOD HEAT 139 00:11:25,529 --> 00:11:31,401 ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY, ID PARAMEDICS, YOU HAVE TO BE AN EU 140 00:11:31,401 --> 00:11:34,710 BECOME A PARAMEDIC, WHERE ARE TG FROM? 141 00:11:34,710 --> 00:11:37,700 ARE THEY COMING FROM OTHER AREAN COUNTY? 142 00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:41,945 SO THAT'S WHY WE BELIEVE AND ASE SUPPORT FOLLOWING STATE STATUTE. 143 00:11:41,945 --> 00:11:45,545 THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Conley: THANK Y, 144 00:11:47,351 --> 00:11:50,951 Mr. SAMPE. NEXT I HAVE TIM. 145 00:11:53,690 --> 00:11:57,290 >> CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS, THAG ME SPEAK. 146 00:11:57,761 --> 00:12:04,168 I'M A CAPTAIN PARAMEDIC WITH NO. PRIOR TO ACTUALLY HAVING THE ROI 147 00:12:04,168 --> 00:12:10,507 WORKED ON AN AMBULANCE, ON AN AI HAD EMT PARTNERS THAT I WORKED . 148 00:12:10,507 --> 00:12:18,314 SO I FEEL THAT I AM ABLE TO SPE. OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE CAN ALL AGN 149 00:12:18,314 --> 00:12:24,914 SOMEONE, A RESIDENT OF HENNEPIN, THEY EXPECT FAST AND GOOD CARE. 150 00:12:25,199 --> 00:12:31,205 I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHINGF US IN THIS ROOM WOULD AGREE ABO. 151 00:12:31,205 --> 00:12:39,500 BUT WITH THE EMT, PARAMEDIC AMBE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AS SCOTT D 152 00:12:41,150 --> 00:12:47,555 ABLE TO ACCESS THE CARE OF THATD OF DIFFERENT ANGLES, SO TO SPEAE 153 00:12:47,555 --> 00:12:53,555 AND A DOCTOR. IF WE ARE ABLE TO STAFF AMBULAND 154 00:12:54,295 --> 00:13:02,950 PARAMEDIC, WE ARE ABLE TO STAFF. I KNOW AT NORTH MEMORIAL, IF WEE 155 00:13:04,572 --> 00:13:09,577 PARAMEDIC/PARAMEDIC ROLE, WE WOY ABOUT 100 PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD - 156 00:13:09,577 --> 00:13:14,248 PARAMEDICS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TR CURRENT STAFF LEVEL OF AMBULANC. 157 00:13:14,248 --> 00:13:20,248 AMBULANCES ON THE STREET. SO THAT WOULD SLOW OUR RESPONSES 158 00:13:21,389 --> 00:13:24,989 MEANINGFUL CARE FOR THE RESIDENN COUNTY. 159 00:13:25,192 --> 00:13:31,332 THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY E 9, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WAS ENACD 160 00:13:31,332 --> 00:13:37,538 THAT WAS WHEN EMTs DID NOT HAVEE OF PRACTICE THAT THEY HAVE TODA. 161 00:13:37,538 --> 00:13:42,338 THEIR SCOPE HAS INCREASED SIGNIT IS BY STATE. 162 00:13:45,413 --> 00:13:53,213 AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROV- LOSING MY WORD -- BUT INTERVENTE 163 00:13:55,423 --> 00:13:58,492 GO -- THAN THEY HAD WHEN ORDINAS ORIGINALLY ENACTED. 164 00:13:58,492 --> 00:14:02,920 THANK YOU. >> Commissioner Conley: THANK Y. 165 00:14:03,230 --> 00:14:05,630 I APPRECIATE IT. PETER. 166 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:11,372 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COMMISS. MY NAME IS PETE TANGE, I'M THE L 167 00:14:11,372 --> 00:14:16,377 DIRECTOR FOR NORTH MEMORIAL AMB. I'M AN EMS, EMERGENCY MEDICINE . 168 00:14:16,377 --> 00:14:22,917 I'VE BEEN AN EMS SINCE 1988. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THREEI 169 00:14:22,917 --> 00:14:29,923 AM IN FAVOR OF UPDATING THE LANE 9 TO BETTER MATCH THE STATE ANDL 170 00:14:29,923 --> 00:14:34,123 STANDARDS. SO THE FIRST PERSPECTIVE IS, WHA 171 00:14:34,395 --> 00:14:40,995 RESIDENT OF HENNEPIN COUNTY, MYY MEMBERS AND MANY OF MY FRIENDS . 172 00:14:41,202 --> 00:14:48,402 AND I THINK FROM A PATIENT PERSE CALLED 911, I'VE WANTED A QUICKY 173 00:14:49,410 --> 00:14:54,210 RESPONSE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE TRT TO DO. 174 00:14:54,348 --> 00:15:00,955 SO, BY LIMITING AND REQUIRING TC STAFFING AS THE ONLY MODEL OF AE 175 00:15:00,955 --> 00:15:08,755 IN THE COUNTY, WE LIMIT THE NUMS THAT CAN BE AVAILABLE AND, THERE 176 00:15:09,630 --> 00:15:15,630 TIMELINESS OF RESPONSE. AND AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, BY TT 177 00:15:16,503 --> 00:15:23,103 TRAINING DOES ALLOW FOR A LOT OE RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY REQUESTS . 178 00:15:24,378 --> 00:15:30,978 SO, THIS LEADS ME TO THE SECONDH IS, THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIEG 179 00:15:32,530 --> 00:15:38,192 PARAMEDIC -- ALLOWING FOR PARAMT RESPONSES, AS WELL AS OTHER B.L. 180 00:15:38,192 --> 00:15:44,192 AND IT'S SIMPLE MATH. IF WE HAVE 100 PARAMEDICS AND WO 181 00:15:44,866 --> 00:15:47,802 PARAMEDIC PER AMBULANCE, WE CAN0 AMBULANCES. 182 00:15:47,802 --> 00:15:54,609 IF WE ALLOW FOR AN EMT AND A PAD AMBULANCE, NOW WE CAN HAVE 100 . 183 00:15:54,609 --> 00:15:59,409 AND, THEREFORE, DISTRIBUTE THEMD HAVE MORE TIMELY RESPONSE. 184 00:16:02,150 --> 00:16:09,815 AND AS TIM MENTIONED, EMTs AND S WORKING TOGETHER HAVING BEEN A R 185 00:16:10,230 --> 00:16:14,223 APPROPRIATE RESPONSE. AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THO 186 00:16:14,294 --> 00:16:20,768 THIS IS IF WE HAVE MORE AMBULANR CALLS THAT REQUIRE TWO PARAMEDID 187 00:16:20,768 --> 00:16:27,775 THAT WE HAVE TWO PARAMEDICS THAD CONTINUE TO CARE FOR THE PATIENG 188 00:16:27,775 --> 00:16:31,579 TRANSPORTATION IS INCREASED. SO WHATEVER VALUE WE HAVE WITH F 189 00:16:31,579 --> 00:16:38,652 ONE HAS TO DRIVE, WE REDUCE THAE TIMES WHEN TWO PARAMEDICS ARE N. 190 00:16:38,652 --> 00:16:45,259 AND THEN, FINALLY, THERE'S A HI, AGAIN, I'VE BEEN IN IT SINCE '8E 191 00:16:45,259 --> 00:16:51,199 PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH Dr. PO WAS AROUND WHEN THE ORDINANCE WD 192 00:16:51,199 --> 00:16:54,135 LIKE TIM MENTIONED, THE ORDINANE TIME. 193 00:16:54,135 --> 00:17:00,135 WE'VE UPDATED, WE'VE MODERNIZEDA PARAMEDIC IS MORE THAN AN APPROD 194 00:17:00,808 --> 00:17:04,545 THAT'S THE MODERN EMS SYSTEM. THANK YOU. 195 00:17:04,545 --> 00:17:10,545 >> Commissioner Conley: THANK Y. LAST ON MY LIST IS MARTIN. 196 00:17:10,885 --> 00:17:14,221 OKAY, GREAT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT K 197 00:17:14,221 --> 00:17:18,760 TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, TO THE T? ORDINANCE 9. 198 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,160 GOING ONCE. GOING TWICE. 199 00:17:21,161 --> 00:17:23,764 THANK YOU, ALL, FOR SHOWING UP R TESTIMONY. 200 00:17:23,764 --> 00:17:29,303 IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THAT WILL WRAP UP IN-PERSON COM. 201 00:17:29,303 --> 00:17:35,710 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CHECK ONE MF TO SEE IF WE DO HAVE ANY MORE C. 202 00:17:35,710 --> 00:17:39,714 >> MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO CA. >> Commissioner Conley: THANK Y. 203 00:17:39,714 --> 00:17:44,251 SO, WITH NO OTHER CALLERS, I WOA MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEAR. 204 00:17:44,251 --> 00:17:45,986 >> Commissioner Fernando: SO MO. >> Commissioner Goettel: SECOND. 205 00:17:45,986 --> 00:17:48,550 >> Commissioner Conley: MOTION D AND SECONDED. 206 00:17:48,550 --> 00:17:50,992 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNI. [ COMMISSIONERS VOTING ] 207 00:17:50,992 --> 00:17:52,193 THOSE OPPOSED? [ NO RESPONSE HEARD ] 208 00:17:52,193 --> 00:17:54,610 THAT ITEM PASSES. THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA. 209 00:17:54,610 --> 00:17:55,663 >> MADAM CHAIR? >> Commissioner Conley: YES. 210 00:17:55,663 --> 00:17:58,733 >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION? >> Commissioner Conley: YES, PL. 211 00:17:58,733 --> 00:18:01,469 >> Commissioner Lunde: AND I ONE WE HAVE LITERALLY EVERYBODY IN . 212 00:18:01,469 --> 00:18:06,741 I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, MAYBE,O SPOKE COULD PROVIDE THE COMMISSE 213 00:18:06,741 --> 00:18:13,948 AN EMAIL OR A MEMO ON, I KNOW TE RESPONSES, I KNOW HCMC HAS A DOT 214 00:18:13,948 --> 00:18:20,687 SOMETIMES IN A ROVER, WE HAVE OT JUST THIS ONE CREW, THERE'S OFTY 215 00:18:20,687 --> 00:18:27,227 CREWS, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAW THAT, AND I'M GUILTY AS CHARGEDN 216 00:18:27,227 --> 00:18:33,112 PARK MOVE FROM A VOLUNTEER FIREL FIREFIGHTERS AT BRB ARE EMTs --K 217 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:39,518 ARE EMTs AND MANY ARE PARAMEDICW THERE'S A MULTIPLE SYSTEM OVERLS 218 00:18:39,518 --> 00:18:42,121 IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US WITH TH. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME. 219 00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:46,191 I ASK, MADAM CHAIR, LITERALLY ED BE ABLE TO RESPOND ARE SITTING . 220 00:18:46,191 --> 00:18:47,526 >> Commissioner Conley: YOU'RE Y RIGHT. 221 00:18:47,526 --> 00:18:49,261 THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 222 00:18:49,261 --> 00:18:52,261 ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ADJOURNED.