COLLIERVILLE, Tenn., May 6, 2009 – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville will offer a SuperSitter course for preteens and teens on Wednesday, June 3, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The course will cover baby-sitting issues, including safety, first aid and appropriate play and discipline. The course is open to both boys and girls, ages 11 and older.

Each participant will receive a folder with guidelines for baby-sitting, as well as instructions for making a first aid kit. Dolls also will be available for hands-on training. A certified childbirth and family education instructor will teach the course, which costs $50.

To register for the course, which will be held in the classroom at Baptist Collierville, please call 901-226-5764.

Baptist Collierville opened its doors in May 1999. With all the amenities of home, this full-service hospital sits on a 75-acre park-like campus and features extra-large patient rooms and a walking trail. Medical services include a full-service emergency room, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, inpatient and outpatient surgery, an ICU, a six-bed step-down unit, inpatient and outpatient diagnostics, the Baptist Sleep Disorders Center, a women’s center and 68 acute care beds.

For more information about other classes and services at Baptist Collierville, please call 901-861-9000 or visit collierville.baptistonline.org.

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