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Training Opportunity - TCC/TNCC EMT-I/P ClassTime Sensitive! Tidewater Community College (TCC) & Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) are currently enrolling students in an Intermediate/Paramedic program. Registrations for this program will close on 2 February, 2015. Students interested in Intermediate/Paramedic must be 18 years old and hold current EMT certification. The program will be taught at the Historic Triangle TNCC Campus. For registration information, please contact Dawn Albright of TNCC's Health Professions Office at...Read more... |
PEMS Instructor Network Meeting & OEMS Instructor Update The PEMS Instructor Network will meet on Saturday February 21, 2015 for our annual meeting and for the Office of EMS Instructor Update.
The meeting will be at the PEMS office (Dunston Room) from 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Introductions - 08:30 a.m.
OEMS Instructor Update - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Peninsulas Instructor Network - 2:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
To ensure sufficient seating for all, please register for...Read more... |
Training Opportunity - Hampton Roads Getting It Right Workshop Hampton Roads Getting It Right Workshop
February 24th and 25th at Marriott City Center, 740 Town Center Drive, Newport News, VA
Portlight Strategies, Inc. and the Hampton Roads Regional Catastrophic Planning Team present the Getting It Right Workshop. This workshop will provide tools and information to emergency managers, lawyers, disability organizations and stakeholders as well as advocates who want to improve resources and services of older Virginians...Read more... |
Central Virginia EMS Expo
Bon Secours Richmond Health System, Henrico County Division of Fire, and Chesterfield Fire & EMS have partnered once again to deliver the 6th Annual Central Virginia EMS Education Expo.Read more... |
Nomination Period is OPEN for 2015 PEMS Region EMS Awards! It is time again to recognize excellence in those within our regional Emergency Medical Services community who stand out for their vision, their leadership, and their performance. The Peninsulas EMS Council, Inc. is actively seeking the nominations of your top performers for the 2015 Peninsulas Region EMS Awards. We believe that you and your people know best who in each category is deserving of recognition,...Read more... |
Training Opportunity - Fredericksburg Area Critical Care & Trauma SymposiumThe 7th Annual Aircare 2 Fredericksburg Area Critical Care & Trauma Symposium will take place on 7 March, 2015 at the Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center, 2371 Carl D. Silver Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA. Registration is $35.00 and classes include: Interesting Cases from the State ME Defending Your Actions in Court: Mock Trial Pediatric Congenital Anomalies Medical Legal: Child Abuse Basic Vent Management Hemolytic Lab Burns Pediatric Assessment Fundamentals Heat and Cold Emergencies Trauma Resuscitation Advanced Airway Lab Pediatric...Read more... |
Rare Training Opportunity - EZ-IO Procedural Cadaver LabTeleflex / EZ-IO is presenting a Procedural Cadaver Lab on 10 February, 2015 at the Richmond Marriott, 500 Broad Street, Richmond, VA.
This training, which should take approximately 2 hours, is provided free of charge. Interested individuals may sign up for a time slot at the registration website: www.eziolab.com. Continuing education hours will be provided. These training slots will fill quickly, so act fast.
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FDA warns health care professionals not to inject patients with IV solutions from Wallcur, of San DiegoFDA warns health care professionals not to inject patients with IV solutions from Wallcur, of San Diego The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care professionals not to use Wallcur, LLC, simulated intravenous (IV) productsin human or animal patients. These products are for training purposes only. Before administering IV solutions to patients, health care providers should carefully check the labels to ensure that the products...Read more... |
Spring 2015 RSAF Grant Cycle Opens Soon!
The submission period for the Spring 2015 RSAF grants will open on 1 February, 2015.
All agency leadership should take time to review the needs of the agency and the application process so they are prepared early for the new application process. This is the second grant cycle that will be using the new, much improved E-Gift online application process. While the new process is streamlined...Read more... |
PEMS Mourns the Passing of John Reed Donnelly
Jon Reed Donnelly
(09/25/1942 – 01/05/2015)Read more... |
