UVA Health Life Support Learning Center

05/19/2025

🚨Stop by the UVA Health EMS bay today for Breakfast or Lunch. We are sponsoring today’s meals in honor of EMS week.

🚑Thank you to all of our EMS providers for the care that you provide in our community!

05/26/2023

The Life Support Learning Center is sponsoring breakfast this morning for our EMS providers!

Breakfast Sandwiches and Coffee are in the EMS room!

Stop by and enjoy!

🚑Happy EMS Week🚑

05/25/2023

The UVA Life Support Learning Center is honored to sponsor lunch today for EMS providers in honor of EMS week!

Thank you to all of our EMS providers that provide exceptional care to our community!

05/25/2023

REMINDER:

EMS Week Celebrations at the UVA Ambulance Bay!!!

Come Join Us!!!

EMS Week is Approaching...

05/09/2023

EMS Week is Approaching....

04/12/2023

The UVA Life Support Learning Center is currently seeking a qualified Pre-Hospital Educational Coordinator. Must be licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse or certification as a Paramedic in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Call the LSLC (434-924-1765) for more information or apply here.

A registered professional able to train and maintain rescue squad personnel to deliver quality patient care to patients requiring tertiary care. This position requires that the nurse be a skilled practitioner with responsibility and accountability for the assessment plan implementation and evaluatio...

07/07/2022

The UVA Life Support Learning Center is seeking a qualified Medical Emergency Educator. Must be a minimum of EMT-B with 1-2 years of experience. Pay is $26 per hour or greater based upon relevant experience. Call the LSLC (434-924-1765) for more information or apply here.

Clinical educator with responsibilities in areas of emergency education and medical emergency. Supports these essential areas through education and trainer instruction administrative functions team and committee participation. Emergency Education Medical Emergency Management. In addition to the abo...

06/10/2021

Hey EMS Friends! The Fabulous Dr. Forrest Calland, MD of the UVA Trauma Team has some tips for you when considering needle decompression in your patient!

Check out the UVA Trauma Team's video here:

UVA Health's Prehospital Needle Decompression Protocol

Join Dr. Forrest Calland, MD and Gil Somers, RN as they discuss the indications for a needle decompression in the field.

06/08/2021

The danger noodles are out! 🐍😱 Check out a video by one of Blue Ridge Poison Center's Certified Specialist in Poison Information nurses on venomous snakes.

They’re scaly and they slither. The thought can make you shiver. Their venom can be killer. Venomous snakes & bites. Viper & Elapidae,Luck hasn’t gone your w...

06/01/2021

We are proud to be one of the few places that offer Prehospital-focused Neonatal Resuscitation Programs. Thanks to all who commuted to Charlottesville to join us! For those of you who missed it, check out our website to sign up: https://www.medicalcenter.virginia.edu/lslc/courses/pediatric-courses-1/nrp/

05/26/2021

Our friends at the Blue Ridge Poison Control have a Nursing Position Open!

They provide poison call services to both the general public and health care facilities. A new hire in the center will receive training from our experienced team in toxicology. The ideal candidate must have a passion for learning, work well within a team, and have a comfort with technology.

If you have any questions, please contact Beth Mehring, manager at [email protected]

Please click below to apply through the UVA Health's system.

Provide poison call center services to both the general public and health care facilities. Works closely with other team members including physicians, nurses, epidemiologist, and educators within the very specialized field of toxicology. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Provides case management...

05/20/2021

The UVA Life Support Learning Center is excited to announce that we are Hiring!

If you are interested in joining our team as our newest “Medical Emergency Educator”; please follow the link below to apply through the UVA website.

The preferred candidate would be a current EMT-Paramedic and holds a current American Heart Association ACLS and PALS instructor certification.

https://uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UVAJobs/job/Charlottesville-VA/Medical-Emergency-Educator_R0023719?fbclid=IwAR2AxOKiMEwP1w9XpaRWcP35omiuKczZLrOV9YM1z7UYPvC35xIsF5KJLZk

Clinical educator with responsibilities in areas of emergency education, medical emergency, and emergency management. Supports these essential areas through education and trainer instruction administrative functions team and committee participation. Emergency Education Medical Emergency Management....