87.988 Interfacility EMS Transport The Medical Society of the State of New York urge the state to assist local healthcare networks in developing transfer services protocols and interhospital transfer agreements for transfers of stroke, cardiac or other catastrophically urgent conditions to achieve interhospital transfer times from the initiation of transfer to arrival at the accepting
87.989 Mandating Emergency Department Patient Management The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) will create a position statement to be sent to the New York State Department of Health and Office of Mental Health which calls for engagement with relevant stakeholders including designees from bodies who represent Emergency Medicine providers, whenever mandates
87.990 Preserve the Role of the Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committees Throughout New York State The Medical Society of the State of New York will work with state legislators to develop and promote regulation and/or legislation that preserves the roles of the State Emergency Medical Services Council (SEMSCO) and the Regional Emergency Medical Services Councils
87.999 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training: MSSNY support the training of private citizens in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation to enable them to assist others within their community. (HOD 2005-152; Modified and Reaffirmed HOD 2015; Reaffirmed HOD 2025)
87.998 Automated External Defibrillators: SUNSET HOD 2015
87.997 New York State Parking Placard for Physicians on Medical Call: MSSNY and county medical societies to work with New York State and local agencies in designing and implementing a dashboard parking placard, similar to those used by police and Boards of Education, to function in lieu of MD plates for member physicians for
87.996 Emergency Care Data Collection: MSSNY to collaborate with the Department of Health and the American College of Emergency Physicians-New York Chapter to determine what data should be collected in Emergency Departments to address the problems of Emergency Department overcrowding, gridlock and diversion and be used for the strategic planning of the health care needs
87.995 Government Funding of Care Given by US Healthcare Providers to Haitian Evacuees: SUNSET HOD 2020)
87.994 CPR Training as a High School Requirement: SUNSET HOD 2021
87.993 Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injuries in Youth: MSSNY will continue to advocate for the immediate removal from play/practice of any youth suspected of having a concussion or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and also that any youth suspected of sustaining a concussion or traumatic brain injury need written approval by a physician before they can
