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EMS Week will be celebrated May 21 through May 27th, 2017. The theme for this year is EMS Strong: Always in Service. EMS Awards will be presented on Thursday, May 25th at 2pm in the Hall of Flags at the State Capital Building in Augusta. Everyone is welcome to attend.
EMS Week Open House On Monday evening, May 22, 2017, Tri-County EMS will be hosting an EMS Celebration from 5pm to 8 pm at Davinci's Restaurant at 150 Mill St, Lewiston. This social gathering is an opportunity to drop by and say hi to your friends and colleagues in emergency medical services. All EMS providers,Emergency Department Staff, Dispatchers and Drivers are invited to this event. With the support of Central Maine Medical Center and St Marys Regional Medical Center we will be providing hot and cold appetizers. A cash bar will be available. Please RSVP our office at 795-2880 or send an email to Diane so we can plan for enough food. We hope that you will come join the celebration, stop in to say hello, and join the fun as we celebrate the beginning of EMS Week! We hope to see you there.
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CISM Training Have you thought about joining a CISM Team? Would you like to help peers in your department? CISM Training on Group Crisis Intervention, Suicide Prevention and Building Resilience programs will be held June 21 through 23, 2017 in Waterville. The program is sponsored by Tri-County EMS and Atlantic Partners EMS. Maine EMS has provided a generous subsidy to allow us to provide this program at a very low cost. This program is designed for EMS and healthcare providers, firefighters, law enforcement officers, dispatchers, mental health providers and others who are interested in learning more about and providing support to their public safety colleagues. The registration form and more details can be found at CISM Training
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Free Continuing Education Do you need Continuing Education? Check out the programs listed below for more information. All three provide excellent, contemporary EMS Education and they are all free. I attended the procedural cadaver lab in November 2016 and learned so much. Links to CEH Course Details
Stroke Conference - May 22, 2017 9am to 4:30pm Italian Heritage Center, Portland
Procedural Cadaver Lab June 7, 2017 sessions are scheduled throughout the day at Hannaford Center, Portland
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EMS Licensing Education Tri-County EMS will be offering an Advanced EMT course to begin August 2017. This course will meet in Lewiston. The final arrangements for the class are being made. Call our office at 207 795-2880 to be placed on the early notification list.
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Mandatory Reporting for Injuries to Children under 6 months or Otherwise Non-ambulatory The Maine Law requiring reporting of suspected child abuse was revised in the last legislative session to include mandatory reporting of all injuries sustained to a child under 6 months of age or otherwise non-ambulatory. These reporting requirements apply to all EMS providers. Please review this law with your staff, colleagues and any students you might be teaching or precepting. A copy of the revised law can be found at
Mandatory Reporting
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Maine EMS On-Line Learning System MEMSED Maine EMS (MEMS) continues to add new programs to the on-line learning site. All EMS Providers are welcome to sign on to the MEMSED website and participate in this high quality, free EMS Education. CEH credits are awarded for all programs. To sign in on this site you will use your Maine EMS user name and password.
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