Month: March 2015

SVHCNews2015March
Uncategorized Mary Kathryn Alley

Call for Virginia Preparedness Academy Session Applications

The following is from an email for immediate distribution from Betsy Marchant, VDH: This year’s Academy Planning Committee invites public health, healthcare, and emergency management professionals to showcase and share their best practice models, tools, or other resources that advance the field of public health preparedness.   Academy session application process Submit application via the form ... Read more...

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Uncategorized Mary Kathryn Alley

Advanced Burn Life Support a Big Success!

Advanced Burn Life Support Class Well-Received On March 13th, 2015, Carilion-New River Valley Medical Center hosted NSPA’s first of two Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) Courses scheduled for the Region.  42 participants attended from over a dozen member organizations.  This American Burn Association (ABA) course was taught by a team of ABA-certified instructors, facilitated by ... Read more...

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Uncategorized Mary Kathryn Alley

Roanoke Amateur Radio Club: General Class License Classes Offered

The Roanoke Valley Amateur Radio Club will host a three-session class for students interested in obtaining the General Class amateur radio license.  The class will be held on three consecutive Saturdays: 3/28, 4/4, and 4/11 and will culminate with an examination session on 4/11. Classes are 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. each day.  Participants should ... Read more...

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Uncategorized Mary Kathryn Alley

Incident Response to Terrorism Bombing

Department of Homeland Security will be offering an IRTB class at the Christiansburg Rescue Squad on March 14th.  Information from the course coordinators is as follows: Participants will be able to identify Commercial and military explosives, Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), Readily available explosive formulations that terrorists have or could use. The course will cover: Course ... Read more...

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