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WELD COUNTY EMS ADVISORY-COUNCIL
October 1, 2002
Weld County Board of County Commissioners
do Dave Long, Commissioner
915 Tenth Street
Greeley, CO 80632
Eaton Fire Department
Chief Harry Zeitlin
P.O. Box 582
Eaton, CO 80615
Eaton Fire Protection District
Fire Board President
P.O. 582
Eaton, CO 80615
Dear Commissioners:
This letter is to inform you that Eaton Fire Protection District is in violation of the"Agreement
to Provide Physician Advisor Services," established between Weld County Medical Service
Providers/Fire Districts and North Colorado Emergency Physicians. The basis for this action is
a result of the following:
1. Eaton Fire Protection District has failed to follow the guidelines set forth by
Colorado State EMS regarding the medical oversight of its Prehospital Care
Providers. An example of this is the failure to provide approved medical report
forms to Aims Community College is a timely fashion, coupled with the poor
quality of the reports which have been provided. Mother example is the failure
to completely report AED calls to Aims Community College coupled with
violation of the AED protocol.
2. Eaton Fire Protection District has deliberately avoided communication between
its members and Aims Community College. Numerous e-mails have gone
unanswered and phone calls have not been returned. This directly violates
paragraph 5 of the agreement as it pertains to"mutual cooperation"between the
agencies.
Emergency Medical Services Department
PO Box 69
5401 West 20th Street
Greeley,Colorado 80632
970-330-8008
970-339-6622
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3. The Eaton Fire Chief continues to be disruptive toward the efforts of Aims
Community College and Dr. Campain who are actively working to improve the
quality of EMS education, communication, and EMS service among all the rural
Fire Districts in Weld County. An example of this is the attempted recruitment
of alternative transport agencies for patients and alternative training center sites
in the Eaton Fire Protection District, without the approval from Aims
Community College or Dr. Campain.
Therefore, pursuant to section 9, paragraph A of the agreement;this letter serves as notice of
breach of contract. Eaton Fire Protection District has 30 days from the date of receipt of this
letter to cure such breach in order to avoid further action up to and including withdrawal of
physician advisorship. Such action would be specific to Eaton Fire Protection District, and
would not directly affect any of the other agencies specified in the contract.
Sincerely,
J s pain, M.D.
Physician Advisor
970-330-8008 x 5508
Cc: Dave Miller
Colorado Prehospital Care Program
Barb Foster
Weld County EMS Coordinator
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