ORLANDO, FL -- November 12, 2007 -- The Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center (EMLRC) is pleased to announce that John Todaro, REMT-P, RN, Director/Chief Operating Officer of the Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center has become one of the first EMS Educators in Florida to be nationally certified through the newly formed Emergency Medical Services Educator Certification Services (EMSECS).

The mission of the EMSECS is to promote
excellence in EMS education by offering a certification for EMS education professionals
through a valid and uniform process, which
assesses the knowledge and skills associated
with competent, relevant and structurally sound educational practices. In designing the EMS Educators Certification Services examination, the EMSECS Board of Directors sought to define the difference between entry level and mastery level EMS educators.

Mr. Todaro successfully completed the national examination process on September 14, 2007 which was held in conjunction with the National Association of EMS Educators Annual Educational Symposium in Los Angeles, California.

For more information about the EMSECS, visit www.emsecs.org.

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.

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

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