Course Descriptions
The National Center for Medical Readiness currently offers the following training courses. Custom training programs can be created to meet specific training objectives.
American Heart Association Courses
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers
Basic Life Support (BLS) training reinforces healthcare professionals' understanding of the importance of early CPR and defibrillation, basic steps of performing CPR, relieving choking, and using an AED; and the role of each link in the Chain of Survival.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Provider Course
Healthcare providers enhance their treatment abilities through Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) training. From basic life support to advanced interventions and from airway management to pharmacology and more, professionals hone their skills.
ASHI PALS
The goal of the ASHI PALS course is to provide healthcare professionals with didactic and psychomotor skills training in the recognition and treatment of conditions that may lead to a cardiopulmonary arrest in an infant or child. ASHI PALS incorporates both pre-hospital and hospital management of pediatric emergencies. This course is offered Feb. 17, 9-1800 @Calamityville, 506 E. Xenia Dr. Fairborn, Ohio 45324.
Disaster Life Support Courses
The National Center for Medical Readiness is the Ohio provider of courses for the National Disaster Life Support Foundation™. It offers disaster preparedness training to emergency responders, including:
- law enforcement officers,
- fire fighters,
- hazardous materials technicians,
- bomb squads,
- public health service workers,
- emergency medical service personnel, and
- other emergency management personnel.
Core Disaster Life Support™ (CDLS)
Core Disaster Life Support™ (CDLS) is a four-hour, awareness-level course focused on the medical first responder but also useful for non-medical providers. The next course is scheduled from 8 a.m.-noon, Oct.1, 2012.
Basic Disaster Life Support™ (BDLS)
BDLS is delivered through in-person didactic and interactive lectures with standardized slide sets and an accompanying text. Courses are scheduled from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., July 25 and Oct. 2, 2012.
Advanced Disaster Life Support™(ADLS)
ADLS™ is a more advanced practicum course for the trained BDLS provider. It is an intensive two-day course that allows students to demonstrate competencies in casualty decontamination, essential skills, and mass casualty incident information systems/technology applications. The next course is scheduled from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., on Oct. 3 & 4, 2012.
ADLS™ Instructor Course
The Advanced Disaster Life Support™ (ADLS) Instructor course is provided for those students of ADLS who desire to become instructors. The one-day course includes instruction in coordinating and conducting the four rotation stations of ADLS. The next course is scheduled from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 5, 2012.
Continuing Education Credits
Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) and Advanced Disaster Life (ADLS) Support courses offered by the National Center for Medical Readiness qualify for continuing education credit for physicians and physician’s assistants, nurses, and EMS.
Course Fees
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$85 per participant |
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$160 per participant |
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M.D./D.O.: $475 per participant |
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$160 per participant |
Course fees cover instructors, equipment and course materials. Course fees are subject to change without notice. Courses are subject to cancellation if minimum number of students are not enrolled. For information about course fees at locations outside the Dayton, Ohio, area, contact the National Center for Medical Readiness at (937) 673-4178.
Emergency Air Medical Transport Training
The National Center for Medical Readiness (NCMR) and the University of Memphis School of Nursing will present Emergency Medical Transport Training workshops March 8-9, 2012. Sessions will take place at NCMR's Calamityville site, 506 East Xenia Drive, in Fairborn, Ohio. Each session will be offered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the first day and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the second day. The training is free, and lunch will be provided.
The course objectives are to teach participants how to:
- Identify categories of classification for patients eligible for air evacuation.
- Select proper equipment for patients eligible for air evacuation.
- Discuss legal issues related to disaster scenarios, military/civilian interface and patient care.
- Discuss command and control issues using appropriate NDMS applications.
- Apply SALT disaster response medical triage strategies.
- Identify guides used for emergency responses to all hazards.
- Apply principles learned to a table-top Emergency Operations Center (EOC) exercise.
- Review acronyms used during disasters by the military and civilian disaster response personnel.
Registration is limited to 50 students per class.
EMS Courses
First Responder Refresher
This 15-hour refresher meets the minimum requirements set forth by the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Division of EMS, for EMS First Responder recertification, and includes American Heart Association Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (CPR) recertification. Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes to receive continuing education credit.
EMT-Basic Refresher
This 30-hour refresher meets the minimum requirements set forth by the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Division of EMS, for EMT-Basic recertification, and includes American Heart Association Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (CPR) recertification. Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes to receive continuing education credit.
EMT-Intermediate Refresher
This 40-hour refresher meets the minimum requirements set forth by the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Division of EMS, for EMT-Intermediate 99 recertification, and includes American Heart Association Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (CPR) and ACLS recertification. Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes to receive continuing education credit.
EMT-Paramedic Refresher
This 48-hour refresher meets the minimum requirements set forth by the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Division of EMS, for EMT-Paramedic recertification, and includes American Heart Association Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (CPR) and ACLS recertification. Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes to receive continuing education credit. This class will be offered Feb.13-18, 2012, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at Calamityville, 506 E. Xenia Dr., Fairborn, Ohio 45324. The cost is $375.
Incident Command System (ICS) Training
The complexity of incident management, coupled with the growing need for multiagency and multi-functional involvement on incidents, has increased the need for a single standard incident management system that can be used by all emergency response disciplines. This is a great opportunity for learning, team building and collaboration with other agencies.
ICS-300 provides training and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). ICS-400 is the final course in the series and is designed for senior-level managers. Prerequisites for these courses include ICS-100, ICS-200 and ICS-700.
Course fees are $125 for ICS 300 and $100 for ICS 400. For more information, contact Jim Gruenberg at (937) 775-7625.
Self Aid/Buddy Aid for the Law Enforcement Officer: An OPOTA Certified Course
NCMR and the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) will present “Self Aid/Buddy Aid for the Law Enforcement Officer,” Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., at Calamityville, 506 E. Xenia Dr., Fairborn, Ohio 45324. The cost is $65 per person. This is OPOTA Course # 06-484-12-01
Who should attend?
This course is designed for law enforcement personnel and special weapons and tactics operators. Registration is limited to 36.
Background
Law enforcement deaths from firearms and serious injuries due to gunfire continue to climb. The actions taken in the minutes following a gunshot injury to the law enforcement officer or other first responder can make the difference between life and death. The first person to provide aid to a wounded officer may be the officer himself or another police officer. Given the appropriate knowledge, significant medical aid may be offered before healthcare personnel arrive, and thereby change the course of survival and recovery.
Description
This eight-hour, one-day course is divided into two sections. A comprehensive classroom component describes the types of injuries associated with gunshot wounds, including the anatomy and physiology impacted by these wounds. Other topics include evaluating the nature and severity of injuries and the critical first aid steps law enforcement officers should know. Commercially available “blow-out kits” and effective medical devices for use in the field will be available for review and discussion. The second segment of the course uses a small group model and hands-on scenarios. Participants will experience scenarios that address verbal medical commands under fire, using appropriate medical equipment for themselves and others and evacuating an injured officer. Also discussed are the three tactical zones during a firefight and the appropriate medical action to take in each zone.
Participants should wear patrol uniform and body armor with duty belt and inclement cold weather gear, as some training will be outside. Alternative: SWAT uniform with full kit. Weapons to be secured in car during simulation training.
Goals
Participants will:
- understand the anatomy and pathophysiology of penetrating trauma.
- experience medical concepts for life threatening injuries and apply first aid treatment.
- use these concepts, equipment and procedures in a realistic injured officer scenario.
- translate this learning experience to the active field environment.
Objectives
Participants will:
- describe the three zones in a tactical environment and appropriate medical care to render in each zone.
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demonstrate the proper procedures for:
- tourniquet use
- chest seals
- hemostatic agents
- dressing and splinting trauma injuries
- recognize the complications of penetrating trauma to the chest and abdomen regions.
- utilize the equipment available to them to combat penetrating trauma.
- demonstrate the multiple methods of controlling hemorrhaging.
- correctly recognize life threatening shock and respond with appropriate medical action
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
The course is offered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Friday March 31 and Sat. April 1st at Calamityville, 506 E. Xenia Dr., Fairborn, Ohio 45324.
The Emergency Nurses Association Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) is a two-day course designed to provide core level trauma knowledge and psychomotor skills associated with the delivery of professional nursing care to the trauma patient. Content is presented through lectures and skills stations.
TNCC provides you with cognitive, core-level trauma knowledge and psychomotor skills experience in an interactive format. The TNCC course will provide a systematic standardized approach to injured patient care. The hands-on psychomotor skill stations help you incorporate cognitive knowledge into application of skills in a safe practice environment.
Highlights Include:
- Systematic standardized approach utilizing the A-I mnemonic
- Pediatric, pregnancy and elder trauma
- Initial assessment and shock
- Spinal immobilization
- Chest and abdominal trauma
- Offers four year verification of your knowledge and skills upon successful completion
