Purpose of the Medical & Trauma Performance Improvement Committees
The Performance Improvement Committee (PI) and the Trauma Performance Improvement Committee (TPI), under direction of the Regional Operational Medical Director is responsible for assuring and improving the quality of pre-hospital care within EMS systems that are served by the Blue Ridge Emergency Medical Services Council (BREMS). These committees will work under the provisions of this Performance Improvement Plan (PIP).
Virginia EMS Rules and Regulations 12 VAC5-31-600
“An EMS agency shall have an ongoing Quality Management (QM) Program designed to objectively, systematically and continuously monitor, assess and improve the quality and appropriateness of patient care provided by the agency. The QM Program shall be integrated and include activities related to patient care, communications, and all aspects of transport operations and equipment maintenance pertinent to the agency’s mission. The agency shall maintain a QM report that documents quarterly PPCR reviews, supervised by the operational medical director.”
Membership of the CQI Committees
The BREMS Regional CQI Committee is comprised of a representative from each locality in the BREMS region, to include CVCC Public Safety Programs and Centra Air and Ground Transport Services. In addition, we have a hospital representative from Trauma Services and the Emergency Room. We also include other area hospitals in the BREMS region.
These meetings have an open-door policy. Any certified EMS Provider in the BREMS Region and All Operational Medical Directors (OMDs) are invited to attend at any time.
The PI Committees shall be comprised of a representative/or their designee from each jurisdiction
- Accredited education program: Lisa Aiken and Joey Greer
- Air Medical: Robbie Conner and Jeff Tanner
- Amherst County: Ben Bond
- Appomattox County: Susan Walton and Tom Walton
- Bedford County / Bedford City: Janet Blankenship, Abbey Johnston and Jodi McChesney
- Campbell County: Michelle Turner, Frank Smith, and Heidi Morris
- Commercial Transport Agency: Jeff Tanner, Jimmy Mitchell, and Tom Walton
- Hospital Representative: Sarah Beth Dinwiddie, Director for Trauma Services – Centra ED and Cara March
- Lynchburg City: Danny Williams and Colt Freeman
- Regional Operational Medical Direction Committee: Dr. John Bollig, Dr. Len Cohen, Dr. Kayla Long and Dr. Wendy Wilcoxson