Instructors for the Intermediate course in the Emergency Medical Services program at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College practice intubating one of the mannequins that are used in the EMS program. From left: Andrew Daniel, Jared McNeal and Jeanette Mann. All three are certified by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians as Paramedics; Mann, also a Registered Nurse, is program coordinator. Daniel and Mann will be teaching a series of free EMS continuing education weekend training sessions during the spring 2013 semester at DSLCC; the first training weekend is Jan. 12-13.

DSLCC Emergency Medical Services Program Offers Continuing Education Weekend Training The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) program at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College is hosting a series of free weekend continuing education classes during the Spring 2013 semester for both Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) providers.

The classes are approved by the Virginia Office of EMS and meet the required 48 hours of ALS continuing education topics. Those completing the classes will be awarded Category 1 ALS or Category 2 BLS hours.

All classes will be held in Rooms 422 and 424, Warren Hall, on the DSLCC Clifton Forge campus, with instructors Andrew Daniel, NREMT-P, and EMS Program Coordinator Jeanette Mann, RN, NREMT-P, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.  Most classes are 2 to 3 hours in length. The spring schedule, with topics:
Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 12-13, BLS Training “Auto External Defibrillator”, “Patient Assessment”, “Airway Management”, “Trauma Emergencies”, “Medical Emergencies”.

Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 19-20, ALS Training “Communicating With Patient While Providing Care”, “Providing Ventilator Support”, “Care for a Patient Experiencing Non-Traumatic Chest Pains”, “Performing Rapid Trauma Assessment”, “Adult Patient, Respiratory Distress”, “Post Resuscitation, Cardiac Arrest”, “Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation”, “Cardiovascular Emergency”, “Seizure”, “Altered Mental Status”.

Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 9-10, BLS Training “Infection Control”, “Legal and Ethical”, “Infants and Children”, ‘Practical Skills”, “Auto External Defibrillator”, “Patient Assessment”.
Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 16-17, ALS Training “Diabetic Patients”, “Allergic Reactions”, “Possible Overdose”, “Heat and Cold Exposure:, “Behavioral Problems”, “Near Drowning”, “Communicable Diseases”, “OB Patient”, “Infant/Child suffering from Abuse, Fever, Trauma, Shock, Respiratory Problems”
Saturday-Sunday, March 9-10, BLS Training “Patient Assessment”, “Airway Management”, “Trauma & Medical Emergencies”, Infection Control”, “Legal and Ethical”, “Infants and Children”.

Saturday-Sunday, March 16-17, ALS Training “Infant/child with Respiratory Problems, Cardiac Arrest”, “Patients with Swollen Extremity, Shock, Burns, and Head, Spinal, Chest and Abdominal Injuries”, “Using Body Mechanics when Lifting”, “Care for Newborn and Mother After Delivery”, “Oxygen Delivery System Components”.

Saturday-Sunday, April 13-14, BLS Training “Infants and Children”, “Practical Skills”, “Auto External Defibrillator, “Patient Assessment”, “Airway Management”, “Trauma Emergencies”
Saturday-Sunday, April 20-21, ALS Training Same schedule as Jan. 19-20.

Saturday-Sunday, May 4-5, BLS Training
“Trauma Emergencies”, “Medical Emergencies”, “Infection Control”, “Infants and children”, “Practical Skills”, “Legal and Ethical”.

Saturday-Sunday, May 11-12, ALS Training Same schedule as Feb. 16-17.

There is no tuition fee, but participants will be asked to register through the DSLCC non-credit program the day of class. For more information, contact Mann at (540) 863-2832 or Daniel at (540) 968-2097.

Submitted by Judy Clark, Public Relations and  Non-Credit Coordinator Dabney S. Lancaster Community College