After several requests Faxton St. Luke's will sonsor a EMR (formerly Certified First Responder) class.  This 80 hour National Standard course will be conducted Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings 6PM to 9PM at Central Oneida County Ambulance, starting June 25 with the certification exam on Thursday August 21.  This class will train first responders to identify and treat life threatening injuries and illness.  The course is designed for Fire, Police and EMS providers that will be 16 years of age by August 2014.  For details or to sign up visit teh midstateems.dreamhosters.com web site (classes at top of page) or contact Bill at 315 738-8351.

The 2014 Faxton St. Luke’s Original and Refresher Critical Care Class will start June 10, 2014 and Test March 19, 2015.  The Course will be lead by CIC Leslie Myers and will be conducted Tues and Thursday evenings 1830 – 2230 at the Central Oneida County Ambulance. For details and to sign up see the midstateems.dreamhosters.com website or call Bill at 738-8351.
 

Tonight’s Refresher class at COCVAC has been canceled due to the weather. Class will resume next Tuesday the 18th at 6:30pm. If you have any questions you can call Bill at 315-738-8351.

ONLINE CORE CONTENT FOR THE CME RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM (aka the Pilot Program)

This program is for:

· EMT’s, CC’s and Paramedics

· Must be with an agency within the Midstate Region that is registered in the program with DOH BEMS

· The provider must also be registered in the CME program with state (DOH Form 4226 on file with the state)

The registration location and dates are as follows:

All registrations and end session dates will be at:

· Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corp (COCVAC)

· All Registrations and End Sessions will be begin promptly at noon on the follow dates:

#1: Registration: January 19 – Final Session: February 16

#2: Registration: February 23 – Final Session: March 23

#3: Registration: March 30 – Final Session: April 27

#4: Registration: April 20 – Final Session: May 18

#5: Registration: May 11 – Final Session: June 15

#6: Registration: June 22 – Final Session: July 20

Please note that it is important that when you sign up for the program you are able to attend the end session associated with the registration date.

If you have any questions about the program please contact Leslie Myers at

315-264-9094 or leslie.myers55@gmail.com

The Bridgewater EMT class tonight – Wednesday, February 5 has been CANCELLED