CENTER FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION; JAMESTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN – REFRESHER – Fall 2018 Monday, September 10 – Thursday, November 15 CLASS DAYS/TIMES: 6:30-9:30 PM, Mondays/Thursdays; based upon challenge results LOCATION: Jamestown Community College, ARSC Building, Room 344 INSTRUCTOR COORDINATOR: Ron Hasson, NREMT-P, CIC Special Note for those wishing to RECERTIFY: Students have the option of challenging the practical exam and didactic portions of the course. This will be explained the first night. Click here to download more information and the course application. Please see the information below about an upcoming free ASIST suicide prevention training event at St. Bonaventure. Thanks to Amy Mann for forwarding this along. Have a great day! St. Bonaventure University's Wellness Center is hosting an ASIST Training FREE of charge for 28 individuals on September 5th and 6th. We are offering this training to school staff and to community service professionals who work in Cattaraugus County. If you are interested in attending this wonderful training, please contact Christopher Anderson, LMHC at St. Bonaventure University at 375-2310 or email at canderso@sbu.edu.
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don't need any formal training to attend the workshop—anyone 16 or older can learn and use the ASIST model. Since its development in 1983, ASIST has received regular updates to reflect improvements in knowledge and practice, and over 1,000,000 people have taken the workshop. Studies show that the ASIST method helps reduce suicidal feelings in those at risk and is a cost-effective way to help address the problem of suicide. Learning goals and objectives Over the course of their two-day workshop, ASIST participants learn to:
As always, if you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to me as well. Thank you, Amy (Lafler) Mann, MSEd, LMHC Clinic Director Suicide Prevention Coalition Coordinator Cattaraugus County Community Services 1 Leo Moss Drive Olean, NY 14760 Phone: 716-701-3323 Fax: 716-701-3729 We are excited to celebrate at our Olean Base next week Thursday, August 30th at noon, as we unveil our new Bell 429 to the community. We invite you to join us, if you are able to attend our event.
I ask that you please RSVP to me, as we need a ballpark head count to ensure that we have enough refreshments. I also ask that you help us spread the word about this event with your contacts in the southern tier region, Olean territory. I appreciate all of your help with this! Stay tuned for a ceremony in Springville in September, and a grand reveal of all helicopters in Buffalo…coming soon! Thank you, Kate Glaser Director of Marketing & Public Affairs Mercy Flight Flying Tigers- Buffalo Airport 100 Amherst Villa Road Buffalo, NY 14225 Cell: 716-807-5523 Phone: 716-626-5808 x1359 www.mercyflight.org visit us at www.mercyflight.org The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today took additional action to mitigate shortages of EpiPen (epinephrine) auto-injector by extending the expiration date of specific lots of 0.3 milligram products marketed by Mylan by four months beyond the labeled expiration date. This change beyond the approved 20-month shelf life is based on stability data provided by Mylan and reviewed by the FDA. To help ensure patient safety, these products, which already have been dispensed to patients, should have been — and should continue to be — stored as labeled.
Click here for the press release. Click here for the extended use date list. Please share this information with public safety personnel within your jurisdiction.
NYSIC Note:
Transmittal sent on 16 August 2018 at 1647 (U//FOUO) Multiple recent overdose events have involved 5F-ADB, a potent synthetic cannabinoid known for its dangerous adverse effects in humans. New Jersey has observed a significant increase in the presence of 5F-ADB in its drug environment. For more information, see the attached Intelligence Dissemination Report (IDR). Distribution: DMI Working Group Contributing Agencies: New Jersey State Police; New Jersey Office of Forensic Sciences (OFS), Drug Enforcement Agency Hartford, CT ROIC#: ROIC201808-11120D (U//FOUO) For Official Use Only (U//FOUO) Dan Albert Office of Counter Terrorism NYS Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services 1220 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12226 (518) 242-5078 | (518) 337-1971 | Daniel.Albert@dhses.ny.gov www.dhses.ny.gov/oct/safeguardNY Click here for the Increased Presence of Potent Synthetic Cannabinoid Intelligence Dissemination Report Please see below for a course announcement from our partners at Lake Plains Community Care Network Program Agency:
Click here to register Click here to download a copy of the flyer The forms and instructions regarding reimbursement for 2018 Vital Signs has been added to our website. For information and to access the form, please click here. If you have any questions regarding this process, please feel free to reach out to me.
2018 Vital Signs Conference Reimbursement Instructions
![]() The Vital Signs 2018 Conference will be held October 11-14, 2018 in Syracuse, NY. Click here for the brochure or to http://www.vitalsignsconference.com/ for more information and to register. |
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