HazMat Toxmedic Course Offering

[Carol Conroy <carol@aemrc.arizona.edu>]

>   
>The Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center,(AEMRC) is proud to offer
>again in 1996 a 3-day "Hazardous Materials Toxmedic Training Program" at
>the University of Arizona September 27-29, 1996.
>
>The program is partially funded through a grant from the Agency for
>Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and
>utilizes curriculum developed by Michael Vance, M.D., Associate Director,
>Department of Medical Toxicology, Samaritan Regional Poison Center in
>Phoenix.
>
>This course will be of interest to paramedics, firefighters, nurses,
>physicians, and other health care providers including waste management
>and risk management personnel.
>
>National experts in Hazmat management will present the most current
>information on incident evaluation, patient assesment and
>decontamination, toxic inhalants, pesticide poisonings, caustic burns, and
>antidotal therapy. The Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center will
>certify successful completion of the toxmedic course. CEU certification
>through the Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Emergency
>Medical Services, will be granted to Arizona paramedics.
>
>The course will be taught by Dr. Vance, Frank Walter, M.D.
>and Tareg Bey, M.D.  Dr. Walter is the Director of Clinical Toxicology and
>Assistant Medical Director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information
>Center at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center.  Dr. Tareg Bey
>is an Instructor of Clinical Surgery and a Toxicology Fellow at the
>University of Arizona Health Sciences Center.
>
>Session topics include:
>
>I. General Principles
>Incident evaluation and priorities; patient assesment;information
>resources and decontamination
>
>II. Toxic Inhalations
>General principles, asphyxiation injury, pulmonary injury, carbon
>monoxide, methemoglobin, cyanide, hydrogen sulfide
>
>III. Pesticides
>Autonomic nervous system, cholinesterase inhibitors, phosphorylation
>uncouplers, chlorinated hydrocarbons, dipyridyl compounds, cholorophenoxy
>compounds
>
>IV. Caustics and Solvents
>Acids, alkalis, hydrofluoric acid, aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic
>hydrocarbons, halogenated hydrocarbons
>
>V. Miscellaneous Agents
>Carbon disulfide, fluoride, fluoracetate, hydrazine, nicotine, phosphorus
>
>VI. Hazmat Drug Box
>Atropine, cyanide antidote kit, diazepam, methylene blue, pralidoxime,
>propranolol, terbutaline
>
>The cost of the course is $295 for physicians and $250 for non-physicians
>if payment is received more than 30 days before the course; prices
>increase to $360 and $300 respectively if payment is made less than 30
>days before course.
>
>For more information, please call Wanda Larson, Prehospital Training
>Coordinator at 520-694-6095, Toni Richardson, Business Manager
>of the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center at 520-626-2239 or Beth
>Duddleston, Registration Coordinator of the AEMRC at 520-626-1836.
>Registrations can be accepted via FAX at 520-626-2455.
>
>Payment should be made payable to THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA and can
>be sent to:
>
>Toni Richardson
>Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center
>The University of Arizona
>College of Medicine
>1501 N. Campbell
>Tucson, AZ 85724
>Internet: toni@aemrc.arizona.edu
>