2007 Nursing Education Fair to be held at PCRMC


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Jodi Waltman of the Phelps-Maries Health Department joins John Denbo, PCRMC CEO; Ray Massey, ambulance manager and Debbie Halinar, coordinator of infection control/safety in front of the new emergency response trailer.

The fair, slated from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., will be held in Private Dining Rooms 1 and 2 at the hospital, located at 1000 West Tenth Street, in Rolla. Admission is free. The event features representatives from area nursing schools, nursing labs for hands-on activities and hospital tours.

Since December, 16 of the trailers have been distributed to hospitals throughout rural Missouri. The metropolitan areas of Kansas City, St. Louis and Springfield previously received a total of 27 trailers to be used for mass casualty patient surge and decontamination.

The trailer and contents are to be used during disasters or mass casualty incidents. The trailers have the capability of treating as many as 100 mass casualty patients without restocking of supplies.

Each trailer comes equipped with a 20x20-foot articulating shelter that can be used as a triage screening shelter, patient care area, incident command post or emergency operations center.

The trailer is equipped with an interoperability communications consul, wireless Internet, voice-over satellite Internet, 7,500 kilowatt electrical generator, air compressor and trailer-mounted exterior scene lights. With full propane tanks, the generator can operate for three days under full load without refueling.