November 7-9, 1996 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The symposium will consist of three days of intense medical education on clinical topics in trauma care and management of the critically ill patient. Deadline for abstracts is August 1, 1996. (Advanced Trauma Life Support, Tuesday & Wednesday, November 5 & 6, 1996). For further information and abstract form contact: The Office of Program Development, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical System, 22 South Greene Street, T3R26, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-1595, USA. Telephone: (410)328-2399, fax (410)328-0501.
This seminar introduces personnel to the problems and solutions of water rescue such as those encountered during flash floods, seasonal flooding, large-scale disasters, and flood control projects. Situations discussed include handling submerged vehicles, and victims trapped in low-head dams, irrigation and flood control canals, and mud slides. Basic equipment needs, new techniques, training considerations, and multi-agency cooperation are also covered. This seminar is entirely classroom, so no equipment is required.
August 3 & 4, 1996. There is a $15.00 registration fee for North Carolina residents who are members of a rescue squad, fire department or law enforcement. Tentative Courses are: Air Quality, General, & Communications (BRT), Aircraft Rescue, Basic Land Navigation, Confined Space Rescue, Farm Medic, Fire Behavior 1&2 & Portable Fire Extinguishers, Hazardous Materials Awareness, Hazardous Materials Operations, Helicopter Use in Rescue, Managing the Search Function, Mantracking Intermediate, Mountain Rescue 1, Mountain Rescue 2, Mountain Rescue 3, Mountain Rescue 4, Mountain Rescue 5, Occult & Ritual Identification, Personal Protective Equipment 1, Ropes 1&2, Trench Rescue-Advanced, Underwater Search & Recovery, Vehicle Extrication 1, Vehicle Extrication 2, Vehicle Extrication 3. For further information, contact the Continuing Education Dept., Blue Ridge Community College, College Drive, Flat Rock, N.C. 28731, telephone (704) 692-3572.
Apex Rescue was organized in July 1971 to provide emergency ambulance care to the sick and injured in the town of Apex and communities in Wake County. The squad provides Paramedic level service operating three ambulances, one crash truck and two boats. The celebration will continue from now until an Awards Banquet and 25th Celebration on August 10, 1996. You are invited to stop in and visit the squad at any time.
East Carolina University School of Medicine will hold the seminar September 13 - 15, 1996 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City, N.C. For further information, contact Brenda Truell at (919) 816-2154.
If you are planning to attend the Western North Carolina Rescue College next August 3-4, 1996, make
your reservations now, as many hotels are being booked full due to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Do Not Procrastinate - Secure Your Rooms Now!!
Blue Ridge Community College offers a class quarterly entitled "Helicopter Use in Rescue" to fire/rescue personnel subject to mountain or high-level rescues. The course includes instruction on communication, guiding and landing helicopters, safety in and around helicopters, how to load and balance a helicopter, extinguishing turbine engine fires, LZ management and live rescue scenario atop Looking Glass Rock in Pisgah National Forest. WNC Helicopter Service provides the helicopter and assists with course instruction. Cost is $60.00 per person with maximum class of 20 students. For more information, contact Frank Simpson or Delores Hogsed, BRCC, (704)692-3572, ext. 224 or 225, or Bob Twomey, Rescue & Tactical Associates, (704)884-7174.