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  • CALS Program receives $70,000 grant to advance Rural Health Education

    August 27, 2018 •
    [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.11″] Minneapolis,MN  (August 20, 2018)—The Comprehensive Advanced Life Support (CALS) Program has received a $70,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Trust based in St. Paul Minnesota to develop online learning modules to enhance staff training at rural Minnesota and Wisconsin critical access hospitals. The one-year grant will allow CALS to begin developing…
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  • National Rural Health Day

    June 7, 2018 •
    MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Rural communities are wonderful places to live and work, which is why over 60 million people – nearly one in five Americans – call them home. These small towns, farming communities and frontier areas are places where neighbors know each other, listen to each other, respect each other and work together to…
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  • Need to recertify in CALS . . . we have OPENINGS!

    April 9, 2018 •
    CALS certification is required once every 4 years.  But time flies!!   If you’re in need of immediate re-certification of CALS, there are openings in the May 16-18, 2018 location in Minneapolis and/or July 9-11, 2019 in Minneapolis or a local suburb.   You can self-register on-line at https://www.calsprogram.org/eventreg/index.php?module=public&action=eventList or email dbies@calsprogram.org to get registered now!
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  • CALS Instructor Update

    October 30, 2017 •
    Instructor Access to Update videos
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  • HOST CALS in FY 2018-2019

    October 26, 2017 •
    FY 2017-18 is full with regard to hosting a CALS course – but the new FY 2018-19 is not far away. If you would like to HOST a CALS course in your facility, these are the dates that are available.  Please contact Dana Bies at dbies@calsprogram.org with your dates selection. Any of dates indicated can be floated…
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  • Emergency responders receive advanced life support training

    July 5, 2017 •
    This is the sixth year the Center for Rural Health has sponsored CALS training.
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