MedicAlert Launches New Local Training Initiative
Training Aimed at Law Enforcement and Fire Department
TURLOCK, CA (PRWEB) July 29, 2004 -- In a strategic move to enhance the
continuing education program at MedicAlert, Brian Shockley, Senior Educator for
MedicAlert Foundation, will continue to train front line emergency responders at
fire and law enforcement agencies.
The training provides one continuing
education credit to participants. This training exercise will be repeated and
extended for free to outlying areas including, Modesto, Stockton, Manteca and
Merced. This is part and parcel of MedicAlert Foundation's comprehensive
education program that is in place working to educate the trainers of large
hospital groups, and providing materials to law enforcement and fire departments
nationally.
"Very simply, we are trying to educate professional
emergency responders to recognize the investment MedicAlert Members have made in
their emblem," said Shockley. "In response to President Bush's recent commitment
to electronic health records we are showing how we can assist in patient safety
and assessment in relation to the utilization of EMR technology."
The
training also highlights the volume of information available through the
MedicAlert Emblem. In addition to medical conditions and history, MedicAlert can
provide emergency responders with medications, dosages, allergies, medical
device information, lab results including: EKG's, MRI's, CT results and Advanced
Care Directives.
"Without Emergency Responders, our service would not be
as powerful as it is," said Shockley.
"The education process allows us to
gain constant feedback so that we can update and deliver a service of great
value."
MedicAlert is one of the largest nonprofit membership
organizations in the world with a mission to protect and save lives. Since 1956,
MedicAlert has relayed member's key medical facts to emergency medical personnel
so that they receive faster, safer treatment, and avoid harmful or fatal
reactions.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/7/prweb144789.htm