Scott County Medic seeks new EMS equipment, ODMAP participation and MercyOne extension

Scott County Medic presented five items to the Board of Supervisors on June 10 seeking capital purchases, a data-sharing agreement and a one-year contract extension for medical transports.

Medic staff asked to buy three Lucas automated chest-compression devices because existing units are aged and parts are no longer available; two of the new devices would be used for training and one kept in active service. “These 3 devices... are aged and they're unable to get parts for anymore,” Paul told the board.

The department also requested $35,575 plus shipping for three video laryngoscopes to improve airway management; the presenter said shipping costs pushed the vendor quote slightly above the capital-line estimate. Staff said the video laryngoscopes are new equipment for the service and not replacements.

A high-fidelity training mannequin budgeted under fiscal-year 2026 capital would allow medics to practice complex scenarios tied to the new video laryngoscopes. Paul told the board the mannequin provides realistic simulation for airway and lung conditions and is “brand new” to the department’s training program.

Scott County Medic also sought permission to participate in the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP). Medic staff said the county would submit incident-location data under a HIPAA business-associate agreement; ODMAP maps incidents by vicinity rather than by exact addresses and allows public-health partners to identify overdose clusters and potentially trace patterns of problematic substances across jurisdictions.

Finally, Medic requested authority to extend an agreement with MercyOne Clinic Medical Center for enabler transports for an additional one-year period under an existing option to renew; the prior agreement ran through June 30. The presenter told the board his department had also received higher-cost vendor quotes on some items and had sought the most cost-effective options.

Board members asked clarifying questions about replacements versus new equipment and timelines; staff said some items are backordered and likely will be delivered next year. No formal votes were recorded in the transcript; the items were presented for approval in the department’s fiscal capital plan.