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At CALS Program, we’re changing the game for under-resourced and under-funded rural, remote, and global healthcare providers.
Our team of trusted partners and innovative problem solvers is committed to helping emergency departments overcome inadequate resources to provide the high-quality, life-saving care patients deserve. We’re driven to make a difference—and it’s a responsibility we don’t take lightly.
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Comprehensive Advanced Life Support
Rural health care providers face inadequate resources in the emergency department to deal with the wide range of clinical problems they were seeing. In response, a group of concerned doctors and nurses developed a comprehensive advanced life support curriculum that has today evolved into the CALS Program.
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Celebrating Dr. Darrell Carter’s Impact on Rural Emergency Care
CALS is honored to share that Dr. Darrell Carter has been named the 2026 Outstanding Educator Award recipient by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). Dr. Carter has dedicated more than 50 years to caring for patients at Avera Granite Falls Hospital and has been a visionary force behind the Comprehensive Advanced Life Support (CALS)…
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