Disaster/Combat Medicine School for the Public

Disaster/Combat Medicine School for the Public will be taught at the OSU Campus on November 18-20

Belle Valley, OH, OSU Campus (PRWEB) October 27, 2005 -- Combat medicine is the best medicine during a disaster, and the public will have a chance to learn it in an intensive, hands-on, 3-day school Nov. 18-20 at the Ohio State University Extension Campus in Belle Valley, Ohio.

Based on U.S. Navy combat medicine, the school will teach attendees specific techniques to prepare them to survive natural disasters, man-made catastrophes or terrorist events, even when the nation's emergency infrastructure fails as it did during Hurricane Katrina. Students will learn they can cope medically with any emergency, even Anthrax outbreaks or terror attacks. Graduates will learn "exactly what to do" when disaster strikes.

Sponsored by Medical Corps, a national organization with regional offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah and Oregon, the course will be conducted by the Corps staff and their director, Chuck Fenwick. Fenwick is a U.S. Navy Combat Corpsman and a decorated combat veteran of Vietnam, where he honed techniques used by the United States Marines from Iwo Jima to Iraq. Medical Corps has been teaching these emergency medical courses since 1995, informing medical professionals, emergency responders and the public about the most innovative techniques to save lives in any hostile environment.

Fenwick's "Exactly What to Do" curriculum will teach:

• Specific, immediate treatments for injuries most prevalent in disaster situations, such as broken bones, lacerations and other life-threatening trauma.

• How to protect children, the elderly, and the most vulnerable citizens when disaster strikes.

• The Five Myths mistakenly taught by others for disaster preparedness.

• The Seven Threats to Life to treat immediately.

• What every emergency kit must have.

• What the average person can do when the government can't help.

The course will be taught for three days, with lecture followed by hands-on sessions and labs where students will gain first-hand practice. All class materials including surgical and fracture supplies are provided.

For more information, call 740-783-8009 or 610-633-2276.

About Chuck Fenwick and Medical Corps:

Medical Corps has been teaching the public how to survive Weapons of Mass Destruction since 1995. Their director, Chuck Fenwick, introduced dosing charts for the prevention of Anthrax and Plague in 1998--years before the Anthrax letters killed several people on the Eastern seaboard. The charts quickly became a quintessential medical reference after the Anthrax attack in 2001. He and his team also teach doctors, nurses, military medics, Corpsmen, medical laymen and the public Medical Corps' specialized "field" and "combat" medicine techniques.

In addition to teaching responsibilities, Fenwick is active in Homeland Defense and Anti-Terrorism Task Force activities and in publishing medical articles. Meanwhile, his organization's "Shelter in Place Guides" "Surviving NBC Events" and other guidelines are distributed nationally through numerous organizations and outlets. Medical Corps, itself, is an internationally recognized medical resource and reference in the fields of Combat Medicine and Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear Hazard Response.

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