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- DRAWINGS FOR FIRST AID KITS in Which people attending special <br /> events during F~S Week could place their names in a bowl for <br /> a drawing. <br /> <br /> - SALUTE TO PREHOSPITAL CARE PROVIDERS including dinners and <br /> award ceremonies. <br /> <br /> -. SE~I~NARS ranging from CPR courses to first aid courses for <br /> children. <br /> <br /> - FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS including test for diabetes, glaucoma, <br /> high blood pressure and other easily administered tests.- <br /> <br /> - CPR CLASSES may be held in conjunction with open houses and <br /> other EMS Week activities. <br /> <br /> BABy~ITTERS cOURSES-'~hich include ~es~ntatiOn~'by emergency <br /> Physicians, nurses, fire and police representatives and <br /> pre-hospital personnel. Classes may include a CPR course. <br /> <br /> F~%RQUEES at gas stations, malls, fast food restaurants, etc. <br /> can carry a message to call attention to ~S Week. <br /> <br /> - HEALTH TIPS prepared by rescue squads, ambulance services <br /> or hospitals for the public can be printed for distribution <br /> or placement in newspapers. <br /> <br />- BROWN BAG DAY in which hospitals can send out ~nvitations on <br /> brown bags for an emergency department open house. The invitation . <br /> could encourage residents to place their medication in the bag <br /> and bring to the open house for physicians to check whether it was <br /> dated or whether various medications should be taken together. <br /> <br />- DRAWINGS FOR FIRST AID KITS in which people attending special <br /> events during ~S week place their names in a bowl for a <br /> drawing for a kit. <br /> <br /> GIV~AYS such as poison antidote charts, medical consent cards <br /> for. minors, ."Pain-Buster~".~ee ch.irts ~nd ~irst aid posters. <br /> <br />- ~4ERGENCY TEAM COMPETITION can have prehospital providers <br /> square off against physicians and nurses in various athletic <br /> events in a "Battle of the Emergency Superstars." <br /> <br />- AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATIONS can be shown to the public in order <br /> that they may know what to expect from the time they call for <br /> help to the time they are discharged from the hospital. <br /> <br />- A NIGHT IN THE ~ERGENCY DEPARTmeNT OR AMBULANCE in which <br /> reporters can spend a shi~t in the emergency department or on <br /> an ~unbulance. Because the hospital or ambulance crew arranges <br /> this program the results should be very positive. <br /> <br /> <br />