April 2007

COCSA aligns with CERV

The Congress of Chiropractic State Associations (COCSA) is collaborating with the Chiropractic Emergency Response Volunteer (CERV) team to work with state associations to educate, certify, and prepare chiropractors to respond to local, state, or national emergencies.

COCSA is a national nonprofit federation comprised of 58 state chiropractic associations from across the country, while the CERV Team is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing teams of chiropractic responders to be deployed during times of state and national disasters.

The development of the CERV team is the direct result of the chiropractic profession’s involvement with the Dallas Convention Center Medical Unit following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Rebecca Burton, DC, created a rehab/chiropractic unit within the Dallas Convention Center’s onsite emergency care hospital. More than 90 chiropractors volunteered to provide chiropractic care to evacuees, emergency relief workers, and volunteers.

Burton and Zonsite, LLC, a wellness and technology firm in Dallas, formed CERV, which has been invited by Homeland Security to be part of a formal emergency response when a national disaster is declared.

CERV will offer a basic disaster orientation and training program that is CEU-certified by Texas Chiropractic College. CERVoffers reduced membership, training, and certification fees for members of state and national chiropractic associations.

For more information, visit www.cocsa.org, www.Ihelpcerv.org, or contact Bill DeWhitt, CERV team director of business development, at 972-934-8472.

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