Teaching our CMS Partners How to “Rap”

December 12th in the community room at the Health Department brought food, laughter, and yes, “rapping.” John Brinkley and a crew of helpers taught three classes of Stop-the-Bleed to the CMS17 group. The 62 students learned how to respond in the case of an...

Death By a Million Paper Cuts

Recently, the Knoxville/ East Tennessee Healthcare Coalition sponsored a training with responders from the Joplin tornado event.  With speakers from law enforcement, social media, and pharmacy, unique perspectives were seen. Each presenter spoke on their professional...

Stop The Bleed: Train the Trainer Classes

KET Coalition, Homeland Security District 2 and UT Medical Center are providing “Stop the Bleed Train the Trainer”  classes on June 26 and 27, 2018 at Jubilee Banquet Facility (6700 Jubilee Center Way, Knoxville). This course provides attendees the ability to teach...

Regional Medical Communications Center Outreach to CMS17

On March 8, our partnering CMS17 facilities had their quarterly meeting, hosted by the Knoxville/East Tennessee Healthcare Coalition and the Knox County Health Department.  These groups meet to discuss relevant news, regulatory updates, exercise and planning needs,...

TEEX Medical Management of CBRNE Events Training

The KE HC hosted the TEEX PER 211 course: Medical Management of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) Events. This class provided participants with a hands on experience enabling them to distinguish between different agents of concern that...