Please see the WREMAC advisory below from Dr. Michael O’Brien, WREMAC Chairman. The 2020 annual WREMAC skills requirement, previously extended until September 30, 2020, has been cancelled. Please see the notice for full details.
Download WREMAC Advisory Regarding WREMAC Skills
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In light of the continuing threat and physical distancing requirements posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the WREMAC is eliminating the annual skills requirement for 2020.
There are a few important caveats to this announcement:
(a) Individual EMS agencies and/or service medical directors may continue to require evaluation of provider skills at their discretion, and
(b) Providers new to an agency should undergo skills verification prior to delivering patient care, and
(c) Annual skills are required under the CME-based recertification program through the Department of Health. This state requirement, as of this writing, has not been suspended.
Despite this cancellation, the WREMAC strongly encourages agencies and service medical directors to find ways to support their providers’ skill maintenance.
Please find a flyer below for training open to all medical professionals on high risk factors for domestic violence homicide as well as using trauma informed language with survivors.
Download High Risk Factors for Domestic Violence Homicide Training Flyer
Stress and Resilience in the First Responder
On-line presentation by Tom Luka, M.S., EMT-P
June 25, 2020 at 1800
Download EMT Mental Health Flyer
Emergency services is a unique and rewarding profession, but it can burn you out if you let it. As first responders, we can be exposed to more intense stressful situations in one week than the general public will experience in a lifetime. Up to now, the emphasis has been on critical incident stress interventions after the fact. They are valuable, and should be used when necessary. We also need to develop psychological resiliency before the fact, to lessen the impact of critical incident stress, and bounce back after those difficult calls, and life in general.
Please register at www.Mercyflight.org, CME courses.
Course link will be included in the confirmation email