{"id":304,"date":"2020-03-25T15:07:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T15:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/?p=304"},"modified":"2020-03-25T15:33:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T15:33:04","slug":"policy-update-on-gmvemsc-protocol-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/other-information\/policy-update-on-gmvemsc-protocol-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Update on GMVEMSC Protocol Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Due to current circumstances and guidelines that have been set forth by CDC, 2020 protocol testing will be extended until July 1, 2020.&nbsp; The following is a recommendation from GMVEMSC:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Test in small groups (less than 8)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Maintain six feet between providers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Sanitize all equipment after each user has tested<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Practice employee screening prior to testing per GMVEMSC and CDC recommendations<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Use the opportunity during testing to emphasize the critical importance of repeated hygiene and the need to conserve PPE.&nbsp; We must conserve PPE now!&nbsp; Tomorrow is too late.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Protocols will go into effect July 1, 2020.\u00a0 If you have not completed a skill test for a new skill YOU MAY NOT USE THAT SKILL i.e. Breathing treatments at the EMT-Basic Level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These dates are fluid and can possibly change at any time.&nbsp; We will re-evaluate the first part of April and decide if any adjustments need to be made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to current circumstances and guidelines that have been set forth by CDC, 2020 protocol testing will be extended until July 1, 2020.&nbsp; The following is a recommendation from GMVEMSC: Test in small groups (less than 8) Maintain six feet between providers Sanitize all equipment after each user has tested Practice employee screening prior to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Steve Weigold","author_link":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/author\/sweigold\/"},"featured_img":null,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"twentytwenty-fullscreen":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Steve Weigold","author_link":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/author\/sweigold\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Due to current circumstances and guidelines that have been set forth by CDC, 2020 protocol testing will be extended until July 1, 2020.&nbsp; The following is a recommendation from GMVEMSC: Test in small groups (less than 8) Maintain six feet between providers Sanitize all equipment after each user has tested Practice employee screening prior to&hellip;","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/category\/other-information\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Other Information<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Other Information<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on March 25, 2020","modified":"Updated on March 25, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on March 25, 2020 3:07 pm","modified":"Updated on March 25, 2020 3:33 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmvemsc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}