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BUFFALO, NEW YORK; August 21, 2007: "Camp 9-1-1" is designed to provide children, ages 10 through 13, with an introduction to emergency medical services, emphasizing safety, injury prevention, bystander care, learning, and fun, through an enjoyable interactive program.  Camps are being held 7/31, 8/02, 8/21 and 8/30, from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

Learning opportunities for children include: Vehicle Rollover Demonstrations, by the New York State Police Department, to show children what happens in an accident when vehicle occupants do not wear seatbelts; trained "police dog" demonstrations using animals trained for the Erie County Sheriff's Department by Russ Medina; Children touring the ECMC Emergency Department, rooftop helipad with Mercy Flight helicopter; Children learning/practicing CPR, bystander care, and touring a Rural Metro ambulance; the FBI on Internet Safety (not including 8/21 Camp); and children competing in a safety obstacle course; and Veterinarian Susan Mineo with an interactive station on how to care for your pets. 

Camp 9-1-1 is sponsored/funded by the Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) Department of Emergency Medicine.  Interest in the "Camps" has been growing each year for the past 7 years.  The Camps run each Camp-day from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. and are offered free of charge for those children who have been pre-registered.  For more information about remaining Camp(s) for 2007, those interested should contact camp coordinator Cara Raczka at 716-898-3525. 

The ECMC Corporation includes an advanced academic medical center (ECMC) with 550 inpatient beds and 136 skilled-nursing-home beds, on- and off-campus health centers, over 40 outpatient specialty care clinics and the Erie County Home, a 586-bed skilled nursing facility.  ECMC is the regional center for trauma, burn care, rehabilitation and is a major teaching facility for the State University of New York at Buffalo.  Most ECMC physicians, dentists and pharmacists are dedicated faculty members of the University.  Exceptional patient care and customer service make ECMC Western New York's Hospital of Choice.

NEWS CONTACT:

Joe Cirillo, Director of Public Relations, ECMC Corp: 716-898-4300 or jcirillo@ecmc.edu