Governor’s Disaster Declaration regarding Opioid Crisis
On January 10, 2018, the Governor signed a Disaster declaration for the Commonwealth in regard to the Heroin and Opioid crisis.
As an element of this, the Acting Secretary of Health/Physician General Dr Levine has made the determination to modify the Naloxone Standing Order to allow for EMS agencies to leave behind Naloxone with the At-Risk Person or with family members, friends, or other persons who are in a position to assist the At-Risk Person.
Below are the subsequently released guidance documents:
New Password Requirements for EMS Registry
New Password Requirements Coming
This will be implemented for the new EMS Registry System. Any logon you have for the commonwealth SharePoint will change to this standard in January as indicated below.
–Minimum length to increase from 8 to 12 characters
Beginning in January, as existing passwords expire or are reset or changed, new passwords that are created will be required to meet the new 12-character minimum. You may continue to use your existing password in the meantime.
Remember, your password must also use three of the following: upper-case letters, lower-case letters, numbers and symbols.
One way to create longer passwords that are hard to guess, but easy to remember, is by using a pass phrase.
For example:
- Start with a sentence with meaning to you, such as:
I went on vacation to Jamaica in 2015 and the beach was beautiful.
- Use the first letter of each word:
“iwovtji2015atbwb”
- Add mix of upper-case letters, numbers and symbols for complexity
TRAIN-PA Course Offerings
A group of new training programs are being added to TrainPA starting December 22, 2017. It is expected that all of the programs will be available by the first of 2018. New program offerings include:
- Airway Care
- Airway management Essentials
- Respiratory Emergencies: CPAP
- Sudden Cardiac Death
- 12-Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Medical Assessment
- Trauma Assessment
- Abdominal Emergencies
- Diabetic Emergencies
- Geriatric Behavioral Emergencies
- Heart Failure
- STEMI Care
- Street Drugs
- Stroke
- Domestic Violence
- Lifting and Moving
- Social Media & EMS
- Back Injury Prevention for EMS
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Critical Decision Making
- Emergency Driving
- Emergency Vehicle Operations
- Medication Errors & Equipment Failure
- Patient Refusal
- Triage
- Workplace Stress
- Tourniquets & Hemorrhage Control
- Understanding Shock
- Risk Management: Refusals & Abandonment
- Reporting Writing


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