For immediate release: March 5, 2009
Contact: Anne McMillin, APR
Health Science Communications
Office 775-682-9254
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University of Nevada School of Medicine offers
obstetrics training course in Sparks this May
Registration closes March 25; scholarships available for rural participants
RENO, Nev.— The University of Nevada School of Medicine will hold an Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics training course in Sparks, Nevada on May 6 and 7, 2009 which is open to health care practitioners across the state.
This two-day certified training program is designed to help prevent and manage emergencies in obstetrical care and delivery.
“Our goal is to train as many Nevada healthcare providers as possible right here in our
state and have them all trained the same way,” said Elissa Palmer, M.D., chair of the School of Medicine’s Department of Family and Community Medicine in Las Vegas, who coordinates, directs and teaches the program. “This course is designed for maternity care providers or those who might have to deliver a baby in an emergency.”
This course, dubbed ALSO, is designed to enhance the skills of physicians and other health care providers to effectively manage potential obstetrical urgencies and emergencies during the prenatal period. ALSO emphasizes labor and delivery room emergencies but also covers prenatal risk assessment, first-trimester bleeding, consultant relationships and information on reducing medical malpractice risk. The course involves testing and certification status as a provider for ALSO.
Scheduled to take place at John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks, enrollment is limited and will close March 25. Some scholarships are available for health care practitioners in rural Nevada.
Final confirmation for attendance will be sent upon receipt of the registration fee, due by March 25 to the School of Medicine’s Department of Family and Community Medicine in Las Vegas. Cost is $395 for attending physicians and $295 for midwives, providers (registered nurses, physician’s attendants and emergency medical technicians) and medical residents and includes course materials, breakfast and lunch both days of the course.
Register by calling (702)992-6887 or contact Frank Carranza via email at: fcarranza@medicine.nevada.edu.
This program is supported by the Nevada State Health Division through the Trust Fund for Public Health.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.