Bristol County MRC

Volunteer Opportunities to Improve Communications
During Emergency Situations (VOICES)
A Modified TeamSTEPPS® Communications

Thursday, February 16, 2012
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m

Massachusetts Medical Society 860 Winter Street Waltham, MA 02451
Contact: Vanessa Kenealy Preparedness Programs Coordinator vkenealy@mms.org (203) 688.2577
Mark.Schneider@ynhh.org www.ynhhs.org/cepdr � call 508-223-2222 x 3244 email:bnmrc@hotmail.com with questions.

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INFECTION CONTROL & BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS

FEBRUARY 21ST, 2012
6:00PM TO 8:00PM

Training Includes definitions of Bloodborne Pathogens,
modes of transmission, universal precautions, etc.
In addition there will topics on Infection Control, aseptic technique,
and prevention of disease transmission

NEW BEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT
871 ROCKDALE AVENUE NEW BEDFORD, MA

dswiftrn@gmail.com
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INFECTION CONTROL &
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS

February 23rd , 2012
6:00PM to 8:00PM
Norton Public Library
68 East Main Street Norton, MA

Training includes definitions of blood-borne pathogens,
modes of transmission, universal precautions, etc.
Additional topics on infection control,
aseptic techniques, and prevention of disease transmission

Presented by Dennis Swift, RN
Please R.S.V.P. To bnmrc@hotmail.com
call Jacquie O'Brien 508-223-2222 x 3244.

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Greater Taunton MRC will be hosting a "meet & greet"
for all of the Bristol County units

Tuesday February 28th from 6-9pm
This is an opportunity for the volunteers to see that they
are part of a bigger organization
and a chance for us coordinators to recognize our volunteers with certificates of appreciation commenting on hours and/or trainings, deployments attended etc.

Margaret Stone Room at Morton hospital.�
Taunton, MA
jenniemanni@comcast.net
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Volunteer Opportunities to Improve Communications

During Emergency Situations (VOICES)
A Modified TeamSTEPPS® Communications

Friday, March 23, 2012 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m

Massachusetts Medical Society 860 Winter Street Waltham, MA 02451
Contact: Vanessa Kenealy Preparedness Programs Coordinator vkenealy@mms.org (203) 688.2577
Mark.Schneider@ynhh.org www.ynhhs.org/cepdr � call 508-223-2222 x 3244 email:bnmrc@hotmail.com with questions.
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Region 5 Medical Reserve Corps Training Day
Saturday March 24th, 2012
8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Duxbury Council on Aging
10 Mayflower Street
Duxbury, MA

Registration information will be coming in the near future.
Classes to be Offered
. MRC Shelter Deployment . Psychological First Aid . Home Preparedness . CPR/AED/Choke-saving . Managing Everyday Conflict . Building Relationships for Effective Collaboration . Use of Social Media for Emergency Preparedness . Bio-terrorism Overview . Pet Handling and Sheltering . Personal Protection Equipment . MA Responds Overview

Registration Form

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The Center of Excellence for Emergency Preparedness Education and Training (CEEPET) at UMass Medical School has some great courses
free of charge and many with nursing CEs
You may want to pass this resource on to your
Medical MRC volunteers as well.
See the post below.
Upcoming Schedule of Courses

Online registration is now open for most of our 2011 - 2012 courses!
For more information on a particular course or to register for the course, click on the course title below.

NOTE: We have two ADLS courses currently scheduled. Due to high demand for these courses, we are not going to use our typical online registration process for these two courses. Instead, registration will take place by email. For more information on this process,
please click on one of the ADLS courses listed below.

For our April 2012 ADLS course,
email registration will start November 1, 2011.

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Quick Links
CEEPET Home Page
DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness
Local Public Health Institute of MA
MA DPH Emeregncy Preparedness
Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center at Harvard
University of Massachusetts Medical School
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