COMMUNITY TRAINING CENTER | PRENATAL CLASSES | FIRST AID | FIRST RESPONDER | LIFE AFTER LOSS

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Community Training Center

Ozarks Medical Center has been designated as a community training center (CTC) by the American Heart Association to provide basic life support classes to the community.

Classes offered include:
Heartsaver CPR, CPR for Family and Friends, and CPR in Schools. For a schedule of classes, click here.

For more information or to register for these classes, call 417/ 257-6793 or E-mail jennifer.wheeler@ozarksmedicalcenter.com

Prenatal Classes

Prepared childbirth classes help expectant mothers prepare for the birth of their child. Topics include breathing, relaxation, support, labor and delivery and cesarean section; new parent skills classes, including self-care, baby care, infant bathing, safety, immunizations and circumcision. Preparing for breastfeeding classes provide the expectant mother with important information she will need to breastfeed her new baby.

All classes begin at 6 p.m. and are in the Parkway Classroom. To view the calendar of upcoming classes at OMC, click here.

For more information or to register for these classes, call 417/ 257-6440 or E-mail joanna.patillo@ozarksmedicalcenter.com

First Aid

This is a four-hour course designed by the American Heart Association. Basic First Aid emphasizes accident prevention and prepares participants to provide temporary assistance until medical help arrives.

Group classes also are available for your business, organization or social group. To view the calendar of upcoming classes at OMC, click here.

For more information, call 417/ 257-6793 or E-mail jennifer.wheeler@ozarksmedicalcenter.com

Diabetes Education “Living with Diabetes Classes”

This class provides information about Diabetes Mellitus and offers tools for managing this disorder. Healthcare professionals will encourage and empower participants toward making choices which result in an improved quality of life. This class is open to anyone wanting to learn about diabetes management.

Classes are held at 8 a.m. the third Monday of each month in the Parkway Center Classroom. To register, please call 417/ 257-5901.

This course is designed to teach advanced first-aid skills and knowledge to enable the First Responder to stabilize the sick or injured until an ambulance arrives.

Group classes also are available for your business, organization or social group. To view the calendar of upcoming classes at OMC, click here.

For more information, call 417/ 257-6793 or E-mail jennifer.wheeler@ozarksmedicalcenter.com

(A five-week, six session program developed by the American Lung Association to help smokers quit smoking for good)

Sponsored by Ozarks Medical Center and South Central Public Health

Classes will be held at in the OMC Shaw Medical Building located at 1111 Kentucky Avenue in West Plains.

Upcoming Orientation Dates:

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For more information, call 417/ 257-6793 or E-mail jennifer.wheeler@ozarksmedicalcenter.com

Life After Loss

A free, four-part series hosted by Riverways Hospice of Ozarks Medical Center to help people deal with the death of a loved one. Topics to be covered include the normal physical and emotional responses to grief, understanding the phases of the grief process, your emotions and how to deal with them, practical strategies for how to deal with life day-by-day, and living in the present and building for the future.

Pre-registration is encouraged because class size is limited. For more information or to pre-register, call Riverways Hospice of OMC at 417/ 256-3133 or toll-free 800/ 995-3597.

Schedule of upcoming classes:
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Shaw Medical Building, 1111 Kentucky Ave.
West Plains, Mo.
Facilitator: Volunteer Chaplain Coordinator Ron Richardson