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Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) Program

Program Description

MERT is the term we use for top-of-the-line emergency care training for corporations and industry. The concept behind MERT is to form a dedicated group to respond to problems within a facility or company. MERT members take a one day program that teaches the most up to date first aid and resuscitation techniques and how to use the most high tech emergency equipment.  

What makes MERT better than traditional CPR/First Aid programs?

MERT training isn't really any different than regular CPR/First Aid training - in fact, MERT program participants receive the same nationally recognized training certificates that we give out for our more traditional CPR/First Aid programs.  The difference is that MERT integrates the site's specific equipment (their brand of AED or oxygen bottle for example) and supplies into the course.  More than teach people how to perform CPR or First Aid, it teaches people to respond to emergencies - addressing issues like deployment, continuing education, and documentation.  Your participants will not just learn to bandage a patient, they will learn to attend to the injury, document it properly, and provide a solid hand-off report to the responding ambulance.  MERT also specifically integrates the site's specific equipment into all the skills (very important!).  Participants will learn rescue breathing with oxygen if that is available, will work out of the specific MERT bags that the site has purchased, etc.

Equipment

A dedicated response team requires certain tools to be effective.  You cannot have a MERT team working out of the same first aid kits that workers use to treat paper cuts. A MERT team is most effective when equipped with appropriate response gear.

MERT has a great product line that is consistent with the course recommendations, policies, and the whole concept of bystander emergency care.  

Who would train and maintain a MERT ?

MERTs can be used in almost any industrial and/or corporate setting. The project has several benefits, including:

•    Regulatory Compliance for the above OSHA regulations
•    Reducing the potential for liability during an on-site emergency
•    Affirming the company's concern for the safety and health of employees
•    Potential increases in morale and safety awareness
•    The possibility of positively affecting the outcome of an employee who suddenly becomes sick and/or injured

Our most successful MERT projects include:

•   A large local utility corporation
•   Several well-known Fortune 100  pharmaceutical companies
•   A retail giant with sites in 2 metro areas
•   A corporate office for a networking company

I'd like to discuss the possibility of starting a MERT team - who do I speak to?

Contact us at (888) 277-3671 or at office@lessstress.com and ask about the MERT program. We would be happy to discuss the steps involved in beginning a MERT project in your particular setting. You can also request a specific rate quote by clicking here .