MID-COUNTY VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD

P. O. Box 355

Heathsville, Va. 22473

March 3, 2004 - General Business Meeting - Wednesday night 7:35pm.

I - Nancy called meeting to order.

II - Secretary's Report

Minutes posted. Dave made a motion to accept the minutes and Cindi seconded the motion. They were adopted.

III - Treasurer's Report

Cindi made a motion and Arnette seconded it to accept the report. All approved.

IV - Captain's Report

  1. Survey: Tabulation in progress, 71% response rate. Trend is improvement needed in all 3 categories. Solutions lean toward fixing things by a recruitment drive, hiring a county EMS coordinator to handle training, and requiring a duty shift of all operations members. More detailed results to come.
  2. ID badges: Finally received from county. Distributed to members present.
  3. RGH Maternity closure: No formal policy issued by the hospital, in spite of promises. New reports indicate hospital is turning away maternity patients from the ER. Mid-Co.'s policy is this: For routine labor and deliver- take patient to Memorial Regional (not the closest, but has a hospital on the way and good roads to get there). Maps to be provided as soon as my computer comes home from the shop. For at - risk pregnancy (no prenatal care, substance abuse, sick mother, pre-eclampsia), especially with imminent delivery- take patient to RGH-ER. For complicated delivery (placenta abruptio, previa, cord prolapse, etc.) contact RGH-ER for instructions; if time to hospital is > 20 minutes, call for medevac immediately.
  4. Training: Had a wonderful OB refresher class at CVRS last Saturday. About 12 people from Mid-Co. and Northumberland showed up; nobody from Callao. Thirds and drivers can always benefit from Suzanne Tolson's training classes. Her teaching technique is top-notch. VAVRS drill at Westmoreland State Park is scheduled all day Sat. March 20th. We are sending a unit. This is an excellent opportunity and I'd like to see more than the usual turnout.
  5. The calls for the month of Feb. and the run report hasn't been posted because Cindi's computer is in the shop.
  6. Terry Blackstone is in EMT course and Dave R. is new CT.
  7. AED batteries: 2 replaced. Current strategy probably overcharges them, resulting in an early death, so we have a new strategy for recharging. Check battery life indicator on both batteries in the defibrillator; replace only if indicator lights up 2 bars or fewer.
    If only 1 battery needs changing, it will probably be #1. Here's how to swap it:

    Remove #1 battery from defibrillator,
    Move #2 battery to #1 position.
    Place recharged battery in #2 well.
    Put old #1 battery back in charger

V - Vice-President's Report

  • None.

VI - 1st Lieutenant's Report

  • None.

VII - 2nd Lieutenant's Report

  • None.

VIII - Vehicle Officer's Report

  • #48 needs to be run more often. Use it as the first-out vehicle until further notice.

IX - Auxiliary's Report

  • Bingo 3-5-04, Monthly meeting 3-8-04. Bake Sale to be on 4-3-04.

X - Building Committee Report

  • None.

XI - President's Report

  • Read Thank you note from Mrs. Louise O'Bier's family. Fund Raising letter will go out in April.

XII - Old Business

  • Purchase order to be sent for 20 pairs of coveralls.

XIII - New Business

  1. Approval given for Nancy to submit grant application to Philip Morris for first response vehicle (4-wheel drive, SUV). Herb made a motion and Shirley seconded it.
  2. Dan T. made the motion to accept the By-Laws change and Ed G. seconded it. Discussion followed and all approved.
  3. The Bylaws discussion revealed a need to launch a recruitment drive. Mike, Cindi, Jeff, Dan T., Nancy, Cadet and one from Auxiliary to be on a Recruitment Committee.

XIV - Training Committee Report

  • American Red Cross Shelter Operations Training to be held on 3-20-04. at Chesapeake Training Room on School St. Kilmarnock in the morning.

XV - Junior Squad

  • Planning a dance, will clean the building and go to school to recruit more members.

Present

(14) - Nancy, Cindi, Roger, Dave, Shirley, Mike, Dan T., Ed G., Garfield, Herb, Paul, Jeff, Arnette, and Rebekah.

Junior Squad

(2) - Mary and Beverly.

Excused

(11) - Wesley, Kim, Amber, Dan G., Allen, Ron, Angela, Sandi, Alice, Devin, and Terry.

Adjourned 8:05pm. Rebekah made a motion and Herb seconded it.

Respectfully submitted,

Rebekah H. Haynie, Secretary

Meeting Attendance
  Unit # Name Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct

400 Observer n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
  404 Brown E E E E E              
  424 Akers U E E U E              
  427 Marcon E U E U P              
  429 Swann E E E E E              
  430 Rundall P P P P P              
  434 Johnson P P E E U              
  439 Gotthardt E E E E E E E E E E E E
  440 Hunter U U U U U              

441 Parker P P P E P              

442 Bryant E E E E E              
  443 Haynie P P P P P              
  444 Boone U U U U P              
  445 Hughes P E E E U              
  446 Hall, Sr. U U U U U              
  447 Loving E E E U E              
  448 Yerby U P P P E              
  451 Smith E E E E E              
  452 Suttles U U U U U              
  453 Robinson U U U U U              
  454 Coor U U U U U              
  458 Smith U U U U U              
  459 Townshend P E E E P              
  461 Bird P P E E E              
  464 deCapiteau P E P P P              
  465 Breneman P P P E P              
  466 Ryan P P E P P              
  467 Fowler P P P P P              
  468 Basye, D. E E P E E              
  469 Briney U P E E P              
  470 Wagner P P P P P              
  477 Gotthardt P P P E P              
  481 Blackstone U E U P E              
  484 Newsome E E E E P              
  485 Butler E P U E P              
  488 Parker P P U E U              
  490 Townshend, M J P J J P              
  492 Parr J J J J J              
  496 Townshend, B P P J P P              
  499 Basye, M. J J J J J              

Key: P=present; E=excused; U=unexcused; J=junior squad