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JUN 15 198.3 �: V, a 2' Commissioner Lyons then gave a brief report on the actions of the EMS Council, noting that it has met once a month with representatives from both hospitals, the Sheriff, the City Police, the Highway Patrol, ambulance squads, fire departments, - everyone involved in emergency medicine. He believed this has been very helpful for all since there is more communication between these people than ever before, and from that standpoint alone, we have improved our emergency medical service. Commissioner Lyons noted that Dr. Frazier has come up with something that will extend the activities of the ambulance squad. They have put together Mast Suit Protocol, Criteria for Maintenance and Monitoring of IV's, EMT Emergency Department Observation Procedures, Indian River County EMS Policy, and Esophageal Obtuator (airway) Protocol, all of which is on file in the County Commission Office. Commissioner Lyons reported that all these things have been formalized and he has delivered them to,the County Attorney to be sure that no legal or insurance problems have been created. Commissioner Lyons next reported that there also has been tremendous activity in the 911 communications area, and he felt we are beginning to get the problems of everybody changing over to a different system of responding and. thinking worked out. One of the main things was to set up the system where the South County Fire Department now dispatches all fire calls to the county. In addition, the Sebastian Fire Department and Ambulance Squad are now separate and the Sebastian ambulance is now dispatched 24 hours a day through volunteers situated in the police department. Commissioner Lyons noted that we still, however, are short a car -to -car communications link in some areas, and they will have a meeting on that sometime shortly. M