Central Virginia EMS Expo

About the Program

Category: Risk and Emergency Management (Best in Category)

Year: 2014

Since 2010, the Henrico County Division of Fire and Bon Secours Health System (a non-profit local hospital) have partnered to develop the Annual Central VA EMS Education Expo. This Emergency Medical Services (EMS) educational weekend was created to provide mandatory continuing education credits to EMS providers of all levels. Henrico County has a population of over 320,000 and responds to over 40,000 emergency calls that are answered by the Division of Fire or one of three volunteer rescue squad agencies. The Division provides mutual aid response to our neighboring counties and Bon Secours Health System receives patients from a large geographical area that includes many different agencies. While the Division opens its continuing education program to fellow volunteer agencies monthly, space is limited. Providing educational assistance to those surrounding counties benefits the Division and Bon Secours; knowledge is power and building partnerships is beneficial for high quality patient care. This program offers Division members a wide variety of educational topics taught by diverse speakers from our medical community, which are not available during our continuing education program. This program is offered annually and continues to grow every year. The event is free for all participants.