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Information presented by Judy Halstead, LLCHD with help from: •Tim Timmons, LLCHD•Roger Bonin, LFR•Brian Jackson, LPD•Joe Wright, LPS•Jeff Bliemeister, LSO•Phil Tegeler, The Bridge•Pam Randall, CHI St E’s•Ed Mlinek, Bryan Health•Sara Hoyle, Human Services•Susie Blue, Matt Talbot•Other Community Partners•All of our staff
Community Response to K2
Community Communication• Laws requires emergency departments report to local health
authorities when they see “clusters” of health concerns or any events that look like an “outbreak” or anything “unusual” – Bryan Health reported to LLCHD on 4/21
• Communication between LFR and LLCHD on 4/21• LLCHD Communication with Bryan, CHI St E’s, LPD, LSO, LPS and The
Bridge on 4/21 and 4/22• Community Agency Meeting at Bryan on 4/23• Community Agencies with news media on 4/24• Community Data/Tracking Form and Review started 4/24• Information to Community Agencies began 4/24• LPS sent information to families on 4/27• Community Agencies’ review and enforce policies related to
substances
K2 Information Form
Information provided by Bryan Health, CHI St.E’s, The Bridge, LSO, LPD, LFR, LPS – estimated unduplicated
K2 Calls Between 4/17 and 4/30
•Lincoln Fire and Rescue responded to 109 calls known or suspected** •Lincoln Police Department responded to 43 calls known or suspected•Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office responded to 2 known callsThere is overlap with many of the calls, but unduplicated totals result in 129 calls between 4/17 and 4/30. **Suspected cases are often not verified until hospital treatment. In addition, other substances are used at the same time.
K2 Calls Since 4/17
• Only 11 percent of the hospital cases are minors; the average age is approximately 32 years old
• Not all calls to LPD resulted in transport to one of the hospitals – approximately ¼ did not
• 7 of the 8 cases at The Bridge were not transported to the hospital – all were admitted by law enforcement
• 2 cases were responded to by LSO in their jurisdiction and both were transported to the hospital by LFR via mutual aid request
• 1 suspected case was reported by LPS and transported by LFR
K2 Calls Since 4/17• Among “Frequent Fliers” (FFs) = 2 or more calls
by one department for the same person: – LPD and LFR shared 2 FFs– LPD had one additional FF that LFR did not treat– LPD had one additional FF that LFR treated one of the
calls but not both– LFR had five additional FFs that LPD was not called– Total of 9 FFs between 4/17 and 4/30
• CHI St E’s has had no cases since 4/24• LSO has had no cases since 4/24• The Bridge has had no cases since 4/24
From: Ed Mlinek [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 8:08 AMTo: Judy A. HalsteadCc: Brian Jackson; Jeffrey J. Bliemeister; Roger E. Bonin; Pam Randall; [email protected]; [email protected]: Re: EXTERNAL SENDER: Final numbers Hi Judy, I am checking with our nurse managers and the weekend day shift charge nurses to confirm but we had ZERO cases on the night shifts 7p-7a all weekend long! Incredible. I will relay the day shift experience as soon as possible. My thanks to everyone on the team for their contribution in stemming the epidemic K2 tide with which the community was faced. Ed
From: Ed Mlinek [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 10:58 AMTo: Randall, PamCc: Jeffrey J. Bliemeister; Judy A. Halstead; Brian Jackson; Phil Tegeler; Roger E. Bonin; [email protected]: Re: EXTERNAL SENDER: Re: Final numbers Hi all As promised here is the day shift report from Bryan Medical Center We actually had four (4) cases on May 2 and two (2) cases on May 3. Ed
Next Steps• Continue surveillance in the community with
LLCHD and the hospitals and LFR• Continue to work with policy makers, law
department and law enforcement to keep it out of Lincoln
• Continue to get the word out about the hazards of K2; Fact Sheets, Info through Schools; Information & Referral Nurse at LLCHD
• http://youtu.be/Mb8z60m0YPg
