ORLANDO, FL -- October 30, 2007 -- The Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center (EMLRC) is pleased to announce a joint initiative with Laerdal Medical Corporation to provide Continuing Education credit for those participating in Laerdal’s Course 100 – Simulator Assembly and Programming. The course is designed to increase a user’s ability to effectively operate patient simulators such as Laerdal® SimMan® and Laerdal® SimBaby™.

Twelve hours of continuing education credit will be given to Nurses and Paramedics attending the course; physician credit is pending. Courses can be taken at the Wappingers Falls, New York or Gatesville, Texas facilities.

Laerdal Educational Services Manager, David LaCombe says, “Laerdal’s partnership with the EMLRC is a testament to our continued desire to meet high customer expectations. The course was reviewed by a prestigious educational provider and proved to be rich in content and performance based. This is a strong endorsement of our training program.”

The EMLRC is a non-profit organization based in Orlando, Florida. Laerdal and the EMLRC have worked together to coordinate the Bill Shearer International Advanced and Basic Life Support Competition held during ClinCon – the annual Clinical Conference for Pre-Hospital Emergency Care held every July.

EMLRC Director, John Todaro says, “The EMLRC-Laerdal partnership creates an excellent opportunity to enhance the quality of simulation in healthcare education. The course content was reviewed by our Curriculum Committee and approved for continuing education”

For more information about Course 100 and other training opportunities at Laerdal, visit http://www.laerdal.com/document.asp?subnodeid=27318942

The Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center (EMLRC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and advancing emergency medicine, disaster management, pre-hospital emergency care and public health through the provision of educational and research programs. The EMLRC provides lifesaving education for lifesavers.

Laerdal Medical, one of the world’s leading providers of Healthcare Solutions, is dedicated to helping save lives with products and services for Airway Management, Immobilization, Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support, Patient Care, Self-Directed Learning, and Medical Education. Laerdal is pleased to serve all healthcare providers and educators, from the lay rescuer to the medical professional.

For further information contact:
John Todaro, Director/Chief Operating Officer
Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center
3717 South Conway Road
Orlando, FL 32812-7607
Phone: 800-766-6335
Email: jtodaro@emlrc.org
Internet: www.emlrc.org

David LaCombe, Educational Services Manager
Laerdal Medical
Phone: 877-523-7325, ext. 2221
Email: David.lacombe@laerdal.com
Internet: www.laerdal.com 

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