Area training available:

COURSE UPDATES AND CHANGES WILL BE POSTED HERE! Bookmark this page and check back often!

**These courses are free to current and new MRC members; joining the Northeast Missouri Medical Reserve Corps is free. Membership applications available at www.nemomrc.org\volunteer.htm, or by calling 660.626.2192. You must join prior to taking a course to receive it free.

**Course fees for non-members are $25.00 each, payable in advance to the NEMO MRC.

**YOU MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE FOR THESE COURSES. Call 660.626.2192 to enroll. Signing up early guarantees that a course will not have to be rescheduled!

**CEUs available for most courses; please confirm upon registering.

"CPR"

Darrell Crooks, Paramedic, Instructor

November 2

6:00 p.m. Adair Co. Ambulance District

No medical experience necessary! For anyone wanting certification or needing to be recertified.

We are currently working to schedule some Saturday CPR classes; check back for updates!

"Pediatric Emergency Care"

Judy Landvatter, RN, B.S.N., St. Louis Children's Hospital

November 5, 9-1 p.m., Adair County Ambulance District

Some medical experience required. This course will include an emergency assessment of victims, a trauma segment, patterns of injuries and burns.

"Incident Command System Exercise"

John Wise, Fire Chief, Adair County Rural District #1, Instructor

November 10, 6-10 p.m., Adair Co. Ambulance District

*This course will be accredited by MU-FRTI*

No medical experience necessary. This will be a review of basic ICS principles and a fun customized Adair County exercise scenario.

*MU-FRTI is the University of Missouri's Fire and Rescue Training Institute.

Incident Management System (IMS): this is one of two training sessions that have been mandated by the MRC Steering Committee. You can take this course online at www.training.fema.gov.

The State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) recommends that all emergency response volunteers take IS700, National Incident Management System. This course is free.

Once you receive your certificate for completion of the course, please fax or mail a copy to Carmen.

Note: If you have already taken the IMS course, you do not need to take the course again.

Tentative 2006 Schedule:

Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS): This is a 16-hour clinical course. Only individuals who have completed the Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) course are eligible to take this course. For detailed information on both of these courses, visit www.bdls.com. We are currently on target to offer this class next class in March or April using our own instructors!

Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS): We were the first to bring you this course in our area! BDLS (www.bdls.com) was developed and released last year by the American Medical Association. It was first offered in Kirksville in October of 2004. We are in the process of scheduling another BDLS course early in 2006.