SOUTHAVEN, Miss., May 22, 2009 – Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto will offer a SuperSitter course for preteens and teens on Monday, June 1, 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 DeSoto Rooms near the north entrance of Baptist DeSoto, please call 901-226-5764.

Baptist DeSoto is a 339-bed hospital that offers diagnostic, surgical and rehabilitation services. In 2001, the hospital completed an expansion project that nearly doubled its size, expanded its labor and delivery services and added open-heart surgery and radiation therapy. In April 2001, the Baptist DeSoto Outpatient Diagnostic Center and Women’s Center opened, which houses DeSoto County’s first open MRI, mammography services and other diagnostic tools. In November 2006, Baptist DeSoto opened a new, 11-story tower, featuring all-private rooms, expanded operating suites and a new emergency room.

For more information, please call 662-772-4000 or visit desoto.baptistonline.org.

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