MedicAlert Launches New Local Training Initiative

Training Aimed at Law Enforcement and Fire Department

TURLOCK, CA (PRWEB) July 29, 2004 -- In a strategic move to enhance the continuing education program at MedicAlert, Brian Shockley, Senior Educator for MedicAlert Foundation, will continue to train front line emergency responders at fire and law enforcement agencies.

The training provides one continuing education credit to participants. This training exercise will be repeated and extended for free to outlying areas including, Modesto, Stockton, Manteca and Merced. This is part and parcel of MedicAlert Foundation's comprehensive education program that is in place working to educate the trainers of large hospital groups, and providing materials to law enforcement and fire departments nationally.

"Very simply, we are trying to educate professional emergency responders to recognize the investment MedicAlert Members have made in their emblem," said Shockley. "In response to President Bush's recent commitment to electronic health records we are showing how we can assist in patient safety and assessment in relation to the utilization of EMR technology."

The training also highlights the volume of information available through the MedicAlert Emblem. In addition to medical conditions and history, MedicAlert can provide emergency responders with medications, dosages, allergies, medical device information, lab results including: EKG's, MRI's, CT results and Advanced Care Directives.

"Without Emergency Responders, our service would not be as powerful as it is," said Shockley.
"The education process allows us to gain constant feedback so that we can update and deliver a service of great value."

MedicAlert is one of the largest nonprofit membership organizations in the world with a mission to protect and save lives. Since 1956, MedicAlert has relayed member's key medical facts to emergency medical personnel so that they receive faster, safer treatment, and avoid harmful or fatal reactions.

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