|
|
 |
|
 |
 |
|
Benchmark Medical Services, LLC is an
entrepreneur organization dedicated to the facilitation of quality medical education and training. We are your comprehensive
center for on site medical continuing education for emergency medical personnel, nurses, physicians, mid-level practitioners
and other providers of healthcare. We offer specialty training for those with job responsibilities
or regulatory requirements such as dental offices, surgery centers, child care workers, camp counselors, and church
or youth organizations. Benchmark provides course / conference management, logistical or support services,
Training Program Evaluation, Consulting and Management Services, offering professionally reliable solutions to fit your
needs. Courses may be conducted at your facility at no additional cost. Benchmark
Medical Services.....setting a higher standard.
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
Continuing Education Units (CEU) or Continuing Education Hours (CEH)
Benchmark has
earned Organizational Accreditation by the Continuing Education Coordinating
Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS), CECBEMS
is the national accrediting body for EMS continuing education courses and course providers. Organizational Accreditation
allows Benchmark to plan, implement and evaluate its own continuing education courses as well as evaluate courses of non-accredited
programs or providers such as EMS Services and Fire Departments conducting medical continuing education. The National
Registry (NREMT) accepts continuing education that has received official approval through your state EMS office and or
through CECBEMS. Most states, including Tennessee, accept continuing education that has received official approval through
CECBEMS. State license or certification renewal questions should be directed to your state EMS office. Most answers
regarding NREMT re-registration can be found on their web site, www.nremt.org. For additional information
on CECBEMS, go to www.cecbems.org.
American Nurses
Credentialing Center (ANCC) Changes
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) recently
notified all of their accredited organizations that beginning June 1, 2011
contact hours
can not be awarded for ACLS and PALS RENEWAL courses. This ruling is based on the rationale that renewal
courses do not change often or significantly and are meant to validate previously obtained knowledge,
not to augment that knowledge. This ruling only applies to renewal courses;
initial provider courses will not be affected. Prepare your neighborhood, community, village, town, or
city to be Heart Ready!
Learn basic first aid, CPR, how to use an automated defibrillator as well as valuable
insight on what you should know when calling "911". The life you may learn to save may be a
family member or your very own! Contact us today for details!
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Training
We support the American Heart Association's program to increase the chance of survival through delivering Heart
courses and promoting immediate access to AEDs. Let us facilitate a life-saving first aid and early access emergency
cardiac program in your workplace, church, school, or home.
U.S. Congress Passes
National CPR/AED Awareness Week
Thanks to the passage of a Congressional resolution, the nation honors National
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Awareness Week the first week of each June.
Nearly 2,000 messages were sent by AHA's You're the Cure
advocates in support of this bill which will further educate Americans about the necessity of CPR and AEDs. The bill's
intent is also to encourage states, cities, and towns to establish well-organized programs that provide CPR and AED training
and increase public access to AEDs. The resolution, which was introduced by Representatives Randy Kuhl (R-NY) and Dan Boren
(D-OK) and Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Russ Feingold (D-WI), passed by unanimous consent.
National CPR and AED Awareness Week will help shine a light on sudden
cardiac arrest (SCA). At least 164,000 Americans experience SCA outside of a hospital each year and more than 95 percent
of them die before reaching the hospital. But the good news is that quick application of proper CPR and defibrillation
can make a difference and save lives. In cities where defibrillation is provided within five to seven minutes, the survival
rate from sudden cardiac arrest is as high as 49 percent.
(The figures and percentages noted were accurate at the time the legislation
was passed and in no way is intened to serve as an updated accounting. Do to the dynamics of this topic, please refer to the
American Heart Association's web site for more up to date statistics.)
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
