EMS ECG STEMI Training
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Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 9:39 AM
West Virginia Mission: Lifeline
EMS ECG STEMI Training
The American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline in West Virginia cordially invites you to learn from the American Heart Association and from an expert in the field of ECG & STEMI recognition, Mr. Tim Phalen of ECG Solutions, Inc., a well-known and respected speaker. The course will include 2 learning tracks offered two days in order to give each first responder the opportunity to attend. The morning track session will be "12-Leads Made Easy: The Basics of STEMI Recognition", and the afternoon track session with be "Beyond the STEMI Basics" which will be a more advanced class.
- Cost: Free
- Who Should Attend: EMS staff, Emergency Department Staff - nurses, medical residents, physicians (especially staff from critical access hospitals)
- When: July 8 and 9, 2015 - the same 2 classes
are being offered both days so that more people can attend
- Morning: 12-Leads Made Easy: 8:00am - 12:00pm
- Afternoon: Beyond the STEMI Basics: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
- Lunch will be provided for all attendees from 12:00pm-1:00pm
- Where: Robert H. Mollohan Research Center
- 1000 Galliher Drive, Fairmont, WV 26554
- Register online at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ML_WVEMSTraining - Please select which class or classes you wish to attend. You may select to attend the morning or the afternoon or both.
- Continuing Education: Approved for 8 hours of Continuing Education through WVOEMS for EMT-P (when you attend the morning and afternoon sessions)
This training is being provided by a generous grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation for Mission: Lifeline, a community-based initiative to improve both the quality of care and outcomes for heart attack patients and the health care system.
For questions concerning this training event, please contact the Mission: Lifeline Director in WV, Cynthia A. Keely at (304) 720-7837 or Cynthia.keely@heart.org.