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Join the Lamoille Valley MRC Vaccine POD (Point of Distribution) Overview Training. PODs are a mechanism for distributing medicine to those at risk during a public health emergency. Medical Reserve Corps volunteers will be activated in the event that the dozens of Points of Distribution sites across Vermont are activated.
The Vermont Department of Health is preparing and planning for the expanded rollout of vaccines to the public. You will be call upon again because you have proven yourselves to be a valuable resource. Whatever roll you can play, you will do it with professionalism and pride.
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Meeting ID: 834 2984 2815
Passcode: 864019
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Meeting ID: 834 2984 2815
Passcode: 864019
Happy New Year all! Want to take this time to thank volunteers for their contributions to the MRC over the last year.
Our next meeting is scheduled for January 13, 2021 at 5:30 pm. The link is below and we’ll send it out again the day of the meeting.
We are going to have an open meeting with no set agenda. Come with questions or things you want to share with the group. Becky will give a brief update on vaccine planning (please note information is subject to change at any moment).
We look forward to seeing you!
Topic: NEK MRC Monthly Meeting
Time: Jan 13, 2021 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Becky at rebecca.petelle@vermont.gov
Join the Lamoille Valley for thier members meeting this meeting will an MRC Orientation program meeting.
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Meeting ID: 899 2440 5900
Passcode: 229328
UVM EMT Class Information:
This EMT class will meet in UVM’s Rowell Building Room 111 in Burlington from 2/1/21 – 5/10/21. You must contact the course coordinator Adam Boise at aboise@uvm.edu to register.
This course will prepare you for the National Registry Emergency Medical Technician certification exam, which will be scheduled after successful completion of this course. In addition to this certification, in order to become a State of Vermont licensed EMT, you must become affiliated with an approved EMS organization. To find the EMS agencies near you, go to the map locator at the top of this page.
UVM EMT Class Information:
This EMT class will meet in UVM’s Rowell Building Room 111 in Burlington from 2/2/21 – 5/11/21. You must contact the course coordinator Pat Malone at patrick.malone@uvm.edu to register.
This course will prepare you for the National Registry Emergency Medical Technician certification exam, which will be scheduled after successful completion of this course. In addition to this certification, in order to become a State of Vermont licensed EMT, you must become affiliated with an approved EMS organization. To find the EMS agencies near you, go to the map locator at the top of this page.
Hybrid EMT Class Information:
The Hybrid EMT course is a 3-part course consisting of: 14 weeks of online learning meeting once a week for a 2-hour online, interactive, instructor-led session, this is followed by a 30-hour in-person simulation lab to practice EMT skills & scenarios, then a clinical experience riding along with EMS crews. Visit www.benningtonrescue.org for more information. Students affiliated and operational with a VT-licensed ambulance or EMS first response service may be eligible for special funding for courses starting in 2020.
This EMT class will be held from 2/7/21 to 5/9/21. You must contact the course coordinator Bill Camarda at bill.camarda@benningtonrescue.org to register.
This course will prepare you for the National Registry Emergency Medical Technician certification exam, which will be scheduled after successful completion of this course. In addition to this certification, in order to become a State of Vermont licensed EMT, you must become affiliated with an approved EMS organization. To find the EMS agencies near you, go to the map locator at the top of this page.
Northeast Kingdom MRC will be having its a regularly scheduled Zoom monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 10th at 5:30 pm. We will be discussing the vaccine clinics and some lessons learned.
Topic: NEK MRC Monthly Meeting
Time: Feb 10, 2021 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 885 9656 7758
Passcode: 298755
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Becky at rebecca.petelle@vermont.gov
Hybrid EMT Class Information:
The Hybrid EMT course is a 3-part course consisting of: 14 weeks of online learning meeting once a week for a 2-hour online, interactive, instructor-led session, this is followed by a 30-hour in-person simulation lab to practice EMT skills & scenarios, then a clinical experience riding along with EMS crews. Visit www.benningtonrescue.org for more information. Students affiliated and operational with a VT-licensed ambulance or EMS first response service may be eligible for special funding for courses starting in 2020.
This EMT class will be held from 4/4/21 to 7/4/21. You must contact the course coordinator Bill Camarda at bill.camarda@benningtonrescue.org to register.
This course will prepare you for the National Registry Emergency Medical Technician certification exam, which will be scheduled after successful completion of this course. In addition to this certification, in order to become a State of Vermont licensed EMT, you must become affiliated with an approved EMS organization. To find the EMS agencies near you, go to the map locator at the top of this page.
Northeast Kingdom MRC will be having its a regularly scheduled Zoom monthly at 5:30 pm. We will be discussing the vaccine clinics and some lessons learned. The topic will be spring/summer preparedness and we’d love to hear some things you do to prepare for the new seasons.
Please email Becky rebecca.petelle@vermont.gov for zoom link or call-in information. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Becky.
Join the Upper Valley MRC Unit at their General Meeting via virtual platform to meet the volunteers, view a training presentation, and work on projects for the upcoming year. Please email Heather.Rigney@vermont.gov for zoom link or call-in information.
We will have an exciting webinar by Cath Burns, PhD, talking about compassion fatigue during COVID response. Many of you have been on the frontlines during work and as volunteers, and it is stressful to manage your own anxieties as well as those of others, as well as to see the toll of the virus on our everyday lives. We will also do our regular review of activities going on in both states so you can see all of the amazing work our volunteers are involved in!
Title: Managing Compassion Fatigue During COVID-19
Feeling overwhelmed by your job helping others? Worrying that you are becoming numb to the difficulties of others you are trying to support through the pandemic. You may be developing compassion fatigue. Join this interactive workshop to learn about compassion fatigue, how it may affect you, and how you can prevent and manage it should it occur.