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Gold Coast Library’s doors are open at last By WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
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Library staff, board members, residents and elected officials celebrated the Gold Coast Public Library’s opening on Saturday.
Community members, elected officials and library supporters gathered to celebrate the official grand opening of the new Gold Coast Public Library, the culmination of a decades-long effort to establish a per manent, moder n library for Glen Head and the surrounding communities. The ceremony opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Girl Scouts from Troop 43, who also served as the color guard. Their participation was particularly noteworthy since it was young scouts in 1997 who first pushed their parents Continued on PaGe 19
EMS medical director candidate presents to Sea Cliff trustees By JUlIA CAPITEllI jcapitelli@liherald.com
T he Sea Clif f Board of Trustees is considering Dr. David Silver to take over the role of Medical Director for Emergency Medical Services at Sea Cliff Fire Department. Silver currently works primarily at Glen Cove Hospital. He specializes in emergency medicine, an area that focuses on diagnosing and treating unexpected illness or injury. Silver gave his proposal to the board at its conference meeting Monday night. In his proposal, he outlined the purpose of a medical director and what he intends to do in the
role, including keeping up with advancements in EMS. “EMS has become much more progressive,” Silver said in his proposal. “The days of just throwing someone in the back of the ambulance with a couple band aids and getting to the hospital as fast as possible is long gone behind us.” The New York State Department of Health requires EMS medical directors to be physicians licensed by the state. Medical directors are responsible for ensuring providers are trained in proper EMS protocols, working with providers on issues and questions related to patient care, and being i nvo l v e d i n d i s c i p l i n a r y
issues. They also lead a committee that oversees quality assurance/quality improvement, inter nal reviews of patient care. A committee flags patient care reports containing protocol violations. Silver also serves as medical director at Bellmore-Merrick EMS and would serve in the role in Sea Cliff simultaneously. He said in his proposal that people in the role are becoming more involved with operations training, new protocols, and new medications at their EMS service or fire department. “We’re looking, in general, to push medical directors to be more involved,” he said, “that
they should be out with their agencies, doing training with them, knowing who you’re working with.” Among Silver’s goals mentioned in his proposal were introducing new medications to Sea Cliff ’s EMS and helping providers improve their skills and patient care. Sea Cliff ambulances currently ride with the sedative
midazolam, commonly known as Versed, and morphine, a pain management drug. Silver expressed interested in adding fentanyl for pain management and ketamine, a powerful sedative. He explained that as EMS advances, these different medications may be required for more involved care. Silver also spoke about Continued on PaGe 8