The second training session for participants in the Greater Fall River Medical Reserve Corps (GFRMRC) was held on June 27, 2007, at the Fall River Boys' and Girls' Club on County Street. Community-based Emergency Dispensing Sites (EDS) to administer vaccine or dispense antibiotics are likely to be part of the response to infectious disease outbreaks of any magnitude.  These incidents can range from a single case of hepatitis A in a food handler to cases of meningitis in a school to an influenza pandemic or bioterrorist event involving thousands of people or even the entire population. Fall River has identified nine EDS sites. The training provided some guidelines on how Fall River and other communities will operate those sites in an emergency. Click here for photos of the first training session. For further information, call 508-324-2520.
 

(Top row, left) Registered Nurses Karen Carreiro, Maggi Canulla, and Terry Simmons listen intently to the presentation. (Top row middle and right) FRHHS Director Mike Coughlin kicks off the training session; (Middle row), MDPH Regional Health Educator Lisa Crowner conducts the training session.  (Bottom left) Bristol County MRC Coordinator Cheryl Bushnell shares a laugh with Maggi Canulla and Karen Carreiro. (Bottom Middle) Mike Coughlin explains how the MRC will operate with Westport MRC volunteer Robert Porawski.  (Bottom right) Lisa Crowner explains a point to RNs  Maggi Canulla and Linda Saravo.