WREMAC

NEXT MEETING

September 16, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.

The WREMAC meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 17, 2020 has been cancelled. Any business will be conducted on an as needed basis by the WREMAC Chair, Mike O’Brien, MD, which has been voted on and approved by the members at the March 2020 WREMAC meeting.

WREMAC MEETINGS

January 22, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at Twin City Ambulance
March 18, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. via WebEx
May 13, 2020 at 1:00 pm. via WebEx
June 17, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. *cancelled*
September 16, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at Southern Tier Health Care System
November 18, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at Twin City Ambulance

Western Regional Medical Advisory Committee (WREMAC) serves the Big Lakes, Southwestern, and Wyoming-Erie Regional Emergency Medical Services Councils (REMSCOs). These regions include Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Orleans, Niagara, and Wyoming counties.

The purposes of the WREMAC are to:

Develop policies, procedures, and triage, treatment, and transportation protocols, which are consistent with the standards of the State Emergency Medical Advisory Committee (SEMAC)
Establish standards for physicians to operate as pre-hospital Medical Directors
Train and approve physicians who provide online medical control to EMS in our area
Coordinate the development of a Regional Medical Control System
Provide oversight in Quality Improvement activities addressing system-wide concerns

WREMAC is an advisory committee serving the three REMSCOs of Big Lakes, Southwestern, and Wyoming-Erie. The WREMAC shall work independently of the REMSCOs in matters of medicine and shall work collaboratively with said REMSCOs in discharging all other duties of the REMSCOs.