Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center
Research & Education
WEST VIRGINIA STATE TRAUMA AUDIT AND REVIEW (WVSTAR) Conference
Friday, October 31 – Saturday, November 01, 2008
at the new (West Virginia University) Erickson Alumni Center, Morgantown, WV.
Education
The West Virginia University Center for Rural Emergency Medicine (CREM) education department offers quality medical education and life support training to people all over the United States through the Shirley M. Kimble Training Center.
These courses cover a wide variety of topics for healthcare professionals and community members.Some of the courses of interest to trauma professionals are listed below:
- Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS): Broadens physicians’ and nurses’ skills in critical care and advanced life support. Need more information? Visit the Society of Critical Care Medicine Website at http://www.sccm.org.
- Advanced Trauma Life Support® (ATLS®): Instructs physicians with an emphasis on rapid initial assessment and primary management of the injured patient. Need more information? Visit the American College of Surgeons Website at http://www.facs.org.
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC): Presents core knowledge, refines skills and builds a firm foundation in trauma nursing. Need more information? Visit the Emergency Nurses Association Website at http://www.ena.org.
- Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC): Educates nurses on caring for injured or acutely ill children. Need more information? Visit the Emergency Nurses Association Website at http://www.ena.org.
- Course in Advanced Trauma Nursing (CATN): A program that utilizes a case study approach and strengthens the critical decision making skills of trauma nurses. Need more information? Visit the Emergency Nurses Association Website at http://www.ena.org.
For more information about these and other courses offered by CREM, please contact Dan Summers (dsummers@hsc.wvu.edu) at the WVU Center for Rural Emergency Medicine at 304-293-6682, or visit the website at http://www.wvucrem.org/.
