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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 10/4/20 to 1/3/21. 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.
Join the Rutland /Addison MRC at their members virtual online Zoom meeting cover Personal/Family Preparedness. When disaster strikes, the most important concern is you and your family’s safety. A course in personal or family preparedness helps you create a plan and disaster supply kit, so that you are prepared for the next disaster.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Allie (Alexandra.breyer@vermont.gov) and Beate (beate.ankjaer-jensen@vermont.gov).
Join the NEK at their members meeting cover Lessons Learned from a Volunteer Deployment, such has NEK volunteers serving as temperature screeners at Northern Regional Vermont Hospital.
Join Zoom Meeting
October 14, 2020 at 5:30 pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88596567758?pwd=T2JnTDJXY2hWaEYzcFhzY050WlZudz09
Meeting ID: 885 9656 7758
Passcode: 298755
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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 Upper Valley MRC Unit at their General Meeting via Zoom 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.
Virtual Meet and Greet. Please join the Lamoille Valley for volunteer introductions and information presented on Flu and COVID-19 Vaccines.
AGENDA
Meet & Greet
- Introductions: name, town, profession and/or roles in your community
- Any Past Deployments: Noted strengths of your experience and lessons learned.
Vaccine Point of Distribution (POD) Overview
Flu and COVID-19 Vaccine
- Differences & Similarities
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86752793421?pwd=Tm91Szd3eURpWmZPekxOMGhsYmR1QT09
Meeting ID: 867 5279 3421
Passcode: 217090
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Meeting ID: 867 5279 3421
Passcode: 217090
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 12/6/20 to 3/7/21. 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.
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 be virtual from 6-7:30pm through Microsoft Teams. In addition to past and ongoing unit activities, we will be having a guest speaker, Cathy James, who works with Vermont Emergency Management on their Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) program. She will be giving us some great information on how organizations use technology to work around communications issues during localized and regionalized emergencies. Please join us for this great session, which will be our last official meeting of 2020.
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.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83429842815?pwd=VHg4RG96SFhJL2lUY0JGbmRYL2RzZz09
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)
Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88596567758?pwd=T2JnTDJXY2hWaEYzcFhzY050WlZudz09
Dial by your location: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
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.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89924405900?pwd=Qnkya1BEaUFjOXllOVRjazd6SWFWUT09
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Meeting ID: 899 2440 5900
Passcode: 229328