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Upcoming Courses |
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the Central Shenandoah EMS Council or have been submitted to the CSEMS Council by other
agencies to be announced. All ACLS, PALS, and CPR courses in the region are listed
on the American Heart Community Training Center Page. For
courses that require registration, visit the Course
Registration page. |
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EMT-Intermediate
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The EMT–Intermediate program
is designed to certify technicians to a
mid-level of pre-hospital advanced life
support care in Virginia. The Intermediate
program is designed to educate the
technician in the following areas of
pre-hospital care: preparatory skills,
airway management and ventilation, patient
assessment, trauma, medical, special
considerations and assessment based
management.
Complete description… |
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EMT-Enhanced
(Rockbridge County)
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The EMT-Enhanced: Virginia Standard
Curriculum represents an entry level
advanced care provider and can be used as
either a terminal objective in itself or a
transition to higher levels of education
and/or certification at the EMT-Intermediate
or EMT-Paramedic levels. This curriculum was
developed as a sub-set of lessons from the
Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate:
National Standard Curriculum and contains
lessons and didactic information also
included in the EMT-Intermediate program. As
a sub-set of the EMT-Intermediate program,
the EMT-Enhanced: Virginia Standard
Curriculum is designed to maintain
consistency with national prehospital care
guidelines, while meeting the specific needs
of Virginia’s EMS agencies and providers. |
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Pediatric
Advanced Life Support (PALS)
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The PALS Course is for healthcare providers
who respond to emergencies in infants and
children. These include personnel in
emergency response, emergency medicine,
intensive care and critical care units such
as physicians, nurses, paramedics and others
who need a PALS course completion card for
job or other requirements. |
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June 18,
2012 (Renewal Course) |
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CSEMS
Council
2312 W. Beverley St.
Staunton, VA 24401 |
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Registration: |
For more
information and registration,
contact
Robin Root at 540-487-0201
or
vlss2007@gmail.com.
Registration and tuition due no
later than 5/25/12. |
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BLS Local
Protocol Program Skills Class (Waynesboro) |
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The Central Shenandoah EMS Council Local
Protocol Program provides instruction to EMS
providers in the region on specific local
protocols that differ from the 1994 release
of the Emergency Medical Technician-Basic:
National Standard Curriculum and the 1995
release of the First Responder: National
Standard Curriculum. Modules of the
curriculum include use of automatic external
defibrillators (AED), 12-lead ECG
acquisition, King LT airway, EpiPen®
Auto-Injector, glucose monitoring, use of
oral glucose and use of glucagon, trauma
triage and administration of aspirin and
nitroglycerin for cardiac emergencies. The
goal of the program is to have adequately
trained BLS providers who can provide
advanced interventions for critical
patients. |
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ALS Continuing
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Click
here
for CSEMS Council ALS CE classes and CE classes announced to CSEMS. |
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| BLS Continuing
Education |
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Click here
for CSEMS Council BLS CE classes and CE classes announced to CSEMS. |
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