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Dr. Darrell Carter Receives NRHA Outstanding Educator Award 5/21/26
This year’s National Rural Health Association Outstanding Educator Award recipient is Dr. Darrell Carter, co-founder of Comprehensive Advanced Life Support (CALS). Dr. Carter’s 54-year career as a family practice physician exemplifies extraordinary dedication to rural healthcare, clinical excellence, and transformative educational leadership. His vision has delivered education to nearly 17,000 healthcare professionals across 17 states… -
Alaska Healthcare Professionals Gather For Rural Emergency Medical Training
By MAGGIE NELSON In resource-constrained environments like rural Alaska, time and education can mean the difference between life and death. https://www.kucb.org/post/alaska-healthcare-professionals-gather-rural-emergency-medical-training#stream/0 In mid-October of 2019 a PenAir SAAB 2000 airplane crashed and nearly fell into the ocean at Unalaska’s Tom Madsen Airport. When the plane touched down, instead of slowing and stopping at the end of the… -
CALS Certificate Extension–Response to COVID19
CALS Certificate Extension—Response to COVID 19 Comprehensive Advanced Life Support (CALS) Program continues to monitor the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic and is modifying operations as necessary to accommodate the new and evolving demands being placed on emergency health care systems. We want to help alleviate concern about CALS Certification so you can focus… -
US medical schools see decline in rural students
BY SHAMANE MILLS | WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO Medical schools across the country have seen a sharp decline in rural students. This comes at a time when Wisconsin and other states are facing a physician shortage in sparsely populated communities. Medical school students from rural areas made up less than 5 percent of all incoming medical… -
CALS COURSES UPDATE:
UPCOMING CALS Courses: The CALS course offering in Eau Claire, WI on Mach 27-29, 2019 still has availability. If you are in immediate need for CALS certification or re-certification, this location is the perfect opportunity to get the CALS training. See the CALS calendar to get registered! CALS WISCONSIN: MARCH 2019 Trauma Module – Eau…