Ventura County Medical Reserve Corps Unit 959

This year, it's particularly important to get your flu shot to protect yourself from the flu + lessen the potential burden on our health care system. On 9/30, V...entura County Public Health held their first flu clinic of the season and had a record turnout, providing flu shots to 700 residents at no-cost! Ventura County Public Health will be holding additional flu clinics. For future dates and locations, visit www.vchca.org/ph. To access a list of County Clinics providing flu shots (note-some require appointments) visit www.vchca.org.

Good Afternoon everyone! Please join us tomorrow as we salute Ventura, Santa Barbara, and LA County healthcare professionals with a military flyover, May 14, st...arting at 2:00 p.m. Follow along on social media and share your stories and photos with us using our hashtags #146AW #Americastrong #calguard and on twitter @146airliftwing We look forward to honoring all of our communities healthcare professionals and thank them for their continued commitment in providing care to our communities. Thank you for your service!

Thank you #DirectRelief for your ongoing support of our County’s medical volunteers. Ventura County Medical Reserve Corps Unit 959

Ventura County EMS Agency, Medical Reserve Corps, Public Health Immunization Program, and CSU Channel Islands Nursing Students are partnering to provide the community with Flu Vaccine at the Center Point Mall in Oxnard.

In cooperation with The Great CA Shake Out and Statewide Medical Health Exercise, Medical Reserve Corps volunteers are teaching head to toe assessments, triage, and basic first aid.

VCEMS is at the Ventura County government center today providing #handsonlyCPR training to members of the public serving jury duty, in addition to county employees and others who are interested in taking 5 minutes to learn how to save a life.

Ventura County EMS Agency and its partner agencies will be positioned throughout the county offering hands-only CPR instruction at various locations June 2nd th...rough June 8th. Please click on the link below to find a date/time and location near you. Please take 5 minutes and learn how to save a life! https://drive.google.com/open

VCEMS would like to highlight the important issue of safety in the Emergency Medical Services as we continue our daily recognition of EMS providers and EMS week.... Of course, encouraging safe practices in our response and care for the patients and the community we serve, but also safety for ourselves as prehospital providers. Safety Day encourages responders to focus on risk and prevention rather than possible negative outcomes, and aims to promote the advancement of safety measures for both the community and the profession. For example, VCEMS utilizes prehospital care data and statistics to evaluate and adjust specialty care systems, such as the countywide trauma system. Data related to cause and type of injury can help us develop specific education and prevention measures. In addition to specialty care system analysis and design, VCEMS takes an active role in responder wellness and critical incident stress management. Our CISM program administrator works with Fire/Law/Ambulance provider agencies and hospitals to ensure resources and help are available to personnel in need. If you’re a responder that needs assistance, please know that help is available for you 24/7. The Ventura County CISM Coordinator is available at 805-981-5306, and stress management resources (written material) are available through CISM International: https://www.criticalincidentstress.com/home

May 23rd, 2019 is National Stop the Bleed Day! Stop the Bleed is a national public awareness and training campaign to teach bleeding control techniques to the ...public and empower them with the skills and knowledge to help in a bleeding emergency. This year, May is National Stop the Bleed Month and stop the bleed day intended to heighten public awareness and bring bleeding control instructors and students together for training events across the country. More information about the day including educational resources for the general public and a list of upcoming training courses searchable by location and date is available at www.bleedingcontrol.org Remember...YOU are the help until help arrives! Resources: https://www.dhs.gov/stopthebleed https://community.fema.gov/until-help-arrives https://www.bleedingcontrol.org/ https://nationalstopthebleedday.org #nstbm19 #stopthebleedday #stopthebleedmonth #StopthebleedVC #StoptheBleed #bleedingcontrol #Youarethehelpuntilhelparrives #preparedness #trauma #tourniquet #savelives Ventura County Fire Department Los Robles Regional Medical Center Ventura County Health Care Agency Ventura County Medical Reserve Corps Unit 959 Department of Homeland Security National Stop the Bleed Day

May 19-25 is EMS Week, and as part of this weeklong recognition, we will be honoring the hard work and dedication of our prehospital providers, agencies, and ho...spitals. Today, we would like to recognize those that dedicate themselves to the important job of education in the EMS field. Personnel are required to attend dozens of hours of education to maintain their certification/licensure, in addition to the hundreds of hours of intital training. EMS education is a huge part of our prehospital system, and we want to take the time to recognize our education providers. For an up-to-date list of approved EMS training and education providers, please visit the link below. http://www2.emsa.ca.gov//TrainingPrograms/GroupByTrainingP