Train-the-Trainer - SCHOOL NURSES: Enhance Effective Medical Emergency Response Teams at Each of Your School Sites (Grades PK-12) Presented by Evilia Jankowski,MSA, BSN, RN, NCSN Outstanding School Nurse and National Presenter

Specifically Designed for School Nurses, District Nurses, Supervisors, and Coordinators Serving Grades PreK-12

Practical Ideas and Strategies

Are the school staff you support fully prepared and trained to respond in case of an emergency – whether you are on campus or not?

In this one-day train-the-trainer program you will learn to craft effective school emergency medical interventions and establish and train a Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) in every building where you work! Evilia Jankowski, an expert on developing school MERTs, brings over 30 years of school nursing experience to this important topic. Evilia provides critical and practical strategies to ensure that your MERT is prepared for any emergency situation.

Empower building staff with the skills, confidence and preparation needed for the unexpected. Leverage strategies outlined in the NASN School Nursing Practice Framework to develop a multi-disciplinary, collaborative response to medical emergencies.

You will leave this institute with all of the tools and training materials you need to create an effective Medical Emergency Response Team in your school building(s). Join Evilia for a dynamic, fast-paced day filled with evidence-based, yet practical, proven ways you can help safeguard the buildings where you work in case of an emergency. Gain the tools, knowledge and confidence to establish and train effective Medical Emergency Response Teams.

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

1. Establish and Train a School Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT)
   Receive the training you need to enhance a Medical Emergency Response Team at each of your school sites … Leave this train-the-trainer workshop with a wealth of tools and an implementation plan
2. Streamline Medical Emergency Response
   Learn highly effective practices to plan for and address medical emergencies that occur before, during and after school … Easily integrate these practices into your schools' existing safety plans
3. Empower and Train Your Staff
   Receive the tools, strategies and components you need to conduct professional development to train and empower staff to respond effectively in emergencies … You'll receive all the training materials for use in your own schools
4. Sudden Cardiac Arrest and the BIG 4
   Receive current, best information and practices for the emergency management of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Asthma, Anaphylaxis, Diabetes, and Seizures … Learn what you and your team need to know most
5. Essential Elements of Emergency Response Plans
   Craft emergency response plans that reflect the most important local and national data, trends and requirements … Leverage evidence-based approaches from NASN's Framework for the 21st Century School Nursing Practice
6. Maximize Effective Staff Communication During Emergencies
   Facilitate clear communication and problem solving among all staff for a smooth and effective response to medical emergencies
7. Build School and District Support
   Learn strategies to build support among administrators and staff … Become the change agent for a coordinated and effective emergency response plan in your school and district
8. Who, What, When, and Where
   How to delegate appropriate roles and responsibilities for the most effective response to medical emergencies … Maximize medical expertise
9. Practice and Plan for MERT Trainings
   Participate in interactive activities to help you learn and practice essential elements of a school medical response team … Establish a clear action plan
10. Receive a Medical Emergency Response Team Digital Resource Handbook
    As a participant, you will receive a MERT digital resource handbook packed with tools and strategies to help you establish and train school medical response teams at each of your school sites … Plus receive online access to these tools and the ability to customize them to meet your specific needs

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Here's what you'll learn:

• Create and train a school Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) that is prepared to respond to medical emergencies at each of your school sites
• Powerful ways to apply the School Nursing: Scope and Standard of Practice along with NASN's School Nursing Practice Framework to plan for school medical emergencies
• Train your MERT on the latest information and best practices regarding emergency care for the BIG 4 (Asthma, Anaphylaxis, Diabetes, and Seizures)
• Easy-to-follow action sequence algorithms to respond to common medical emergencies
• Implement effective systems-level leadership
• Secure buy-in from administrators and stakeholders for the MERT Plan
• Develop protocols to address medical emergencies during the school day, after school and during large evening events
• Assemble interdisciplinary teams to effectively respond to medical emergencies
• Manage school medical emergencies through a team approach
• Easy-to-implement tools to delegate responsibilities
• Create a collaborative and effective emergency communication plan
• Integrate communication strategies for maximum effectiveness
• Implement common language and protocols to enhance communication during medical emergencies in the school setting
• Comply with state and national regulations regarding school medical emergencies

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

Medical emergencies occur in our schools. Inevitably, emergencies often happen when the school nurse is away from the building. What if you could be assured that anyone experiencing a medical emergency will have an effective response, even when the school nurse is not able to respond?

In this one-day train-the-trainer program, I will show you how to establish or enhance your Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) with well-defined individual actions and responsibilities so that all required actions will be taken.

There is nothing more frightening to staff than a student or adult struggling to breathe, experiencing a seizure or another medical emergency. Even more frightening is the feeling of helplessness when they don't know how to help in these situations.

I want to help you provide the staff with whom you work the knowledge and skills they need to respond appropriately to any medical emergency in school – whether you are present or not. Learn how to empower your staff and get the added benefit of a team who can provide competent assistance when it is most needed.

Please join me for a critical day in which I will provide you with all the practical tips, tools and approaches you need to successfully implement the MERT process in your school(s). I want to help you be a leader and change agent in effectively preparing staff to respond in case of an emergency. I look forward to meeting you and working with you!

Sincerely,
Evilia Jankowski, MSA, BSN, RN, NCSN

P.S. You will leave this institute with a digital handbook complete with templates and tools to help you implement the MERT process. Don't miss this opportunity!

Who Should Attend

School Nurses, District Nurses, Supervisors, and Coordinators Serving Grades PreK-12

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive Medical Emergency Response Team Digital Resource Handbook
You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook specifically designed for this institute. The handbook includes:

• Strategies, ideas, resources, documents, training materials, and forms to help your school staff effectively address school medical emergencies
• Ways to gain support from school staff
• Checklists to ensure supplies are ready when needed
• Ready-to-use emergency and healthcare forms to prepare for medical events
• Practical tips to engage and build relationships with EMS
• Samples procedures to make your medical emergency training drills efficient and complete

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas
This institute provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to meet and share ideas with other educators interested in training and developing a Medical Emergency Response Team.

Consultation Available
Evilia Jankowski will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own medical emergency program.

Earn Nursing CEUs
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 15144, for five (5) Contact Hours for RNs and LPNs. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/nursing-ceus.

Semester Credit Option
Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.

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