For Immediate Release – Lawton, OK, Oct. 7, 2004
CU, AHEC set next lecture in bioterrorism series
Cameron University and the Southwest Area Health Education Center invite all healthcare professionals
and first responders to attend a two-hour overview of chemical agents.
Dr. Art Wallace, director of the Tulsa Regional Medical Center Emergency Department, will present
information on nerve, blood, blister, and pulmonary agents. This lecture begins at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct.
11 in Room 407 of South Shepler Tower on Cameron’s Lawton campus.
This lecture is one in a series hosted by Southwest AHEC. The series provides health care professionals
and first responders with relevant and accessible training to meet the threat of bioterrorism and other
hazardous events. All training is free of charge and continuing education or Council on Law Enforcement
Education and Training credit is available. Registration will be taken at the door on a first-come, first-seat
basis.
This lecture series is also being offered in Burns Flat, Cordell, Duncan, Elk City, Fort Sill, Mangum, Pauls
Valley and Weatherford with a facilitator at each site.
For more information, contact bioterrorism education coordinator Jillian Bradshaw at 580/581-2314.
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Editors and Broadcasters: Contact CU Government & Community Relations at 580.581.2211, or Mrs.
Bradshaw at the number in the last graf.