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MARCH 2006: Lancashire Ambulance Announces New CBRN Practitioner Training Dates

For Immediate Release. Lancashire Ambulance Services has announced new dates for this year’s chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) Practitioner course. The one-day courses will take place on 23^rd, 24^th & 25^th May 2006 at ‘the centre’ in Preston in Lancashire.

In only the second year it has been run, the CBRN practitioner course sees LAS join forces with CBRN decontamination equipment manufacturer Professional Protection Systems Ltd (PPS). Together they will deliver crucial practical hands on experience to ensure delegates will be able to identify, erect and breakdown NHS decontamination shelters.

By the end of the course delegates will also be able to install generators, blowers, water heaters and associated equipment. The syllabus culminates in a practical exercise allowing all participants the opportunity to practice a mock decontamination scenario.

The course has been designed to meet the needs of practitioners such as Acute Hospitals, GP units and associated health and emergency related organisations.

LAS Commercial Services general manager Phil Woodford said,

“Many organisations have purchased the equipment yet due to their increasingly-busy workloads have yet to test the equipment, let alone begin a robust training programme. If you are developing a training and maintenance programme for your PPS equipment, then this training should form an essential part of it.”

LAS has already established an enviable national reputation in delivering ALSG (Advanced Life Support Group) -Accredited training courses on Major Incident Medical Management Support (MIMMS). And last year LAS hosted its first CBRN training course for practitioners.

In addition to the LAS Preston-based events which start from Ł250 per delegate per day, including overnight accommodation and daytime meal. Training courses can also be delivered throughout the UK and, upon request, internationally. More information is available from www.cbrntraining.com or by calling Michelle Shorthouse, Training Administrator on 0870 8330 999.

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For more information please contact Richard Glynn on 0161 408 2648, 07881 853406 or email richard@thebuzzfactory.co.uk

CBRN PRACTITIONER TRAINING

The following is an overview of the main elements from our CBRN Practitioner course.

The course is not aimed at the ambulance service, although it is relevant, it has been designed to meet the needs of other practitioners such as Acute Hospitals, GP units and associated health and emergency related organisations.

Duration: 1 Day

Location: ‘the centre’, Preston, Lancashire.

Students: Max 12 per course

Equipment: We will provide for the event a range of PPS equipment, including the transportation of the equipment to our customer. However we do recommend using the customers’ equipment to ensure that it is in working condition and to familiarise the staff with its location.

Price: Ł250 at our venue, per person including overnight accommodation and daytime meal.

Instructors: Instructors are either Lancashire Ambulance Service Training Instructors, or a suitably qualified training partner, who has been ‘approved’ by Lancashire Ambulance, Commercial Training Manager.

Summary of Course Contents:

Roles and Responsibilities
Zones
Communication
Positioning the MDU (Mobile Decontamination Unit)
MDU Components
Erecting the MDU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
PPE Suiting Up
Casualty Decontamination
Post Incident Procedures