EMS/Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Preparedness and response programs are key to maximizing recovery from any large-scale incident including man-made or natural disasters, pandemics and other public health crises. Programs cover bombing incidents, specific needs of pediatric patients in an emergency response and medical management of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive events. Other courses guide local health officials and their partners in coordinating plans to provide mass distribution of medical countermeasures in response to public health incidents. Disaster preparedness for hospitals and healthcare organizations provides training to this critical part of community infrastructure. Together, these courses address key requirements in multiple core capabilities including: mass care services, community resilience, health and social services, public health and medical services, long-term vulnerability reduction, risk and disaster resilience assessment, environmental response, physical protective measures, operational coordination, on-scene security and protection, situational assessment, and public and private resources.

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Emergency Medical Services	AWR111	Internet-Basic EMS Concepts for CBRNE Events	Is it natural or weaponized? Exposure or contamination, what’s the difference? Why did everyone in the room become sick? Where does Emergency Medical Services (EMS) fit into the Incident Command System (ICS) tree? Learn the answers to these questions and more by taking the web-based Basic Emergency Medical Services Concepts for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) course. AWR111-W can be completed by someone initially seeking information about this topic or by a health care provider wanting to enhance their knowledge concerning CBRNE events. Show less Is it natural or weaponized? Exposure or contamination, what’s the difference? Why did everyone in the room become sick? Where does Emergency Medical Services (EMS) fit into the Incident Command System (ICS) tree? Learn the answers to these questions and more by taking the… Show more	DHS/FEMA Online	ESTI	Learn More about Internet-Basic EMS Concepts for CBRNE Events
Emergency Medical Services	MGT330	Support that Saves: A Guide to Building and Sustaining Peer Support	Education is the first step in building an effective peer support program. Support that Saves: A Guide to Building and Sustaining Peer Support is a three-day training opportunity that covers all elements of building and maintaining an effective peer support program. Peer support programs provide many benefits to first responders, including acknowledging the difficulties of response work, strengthening teams, and equipping them to cope effectively. Peer support programs:Provide training to identify risk factors for behavioral and mental health problems.Reduce stigma by encouraging conversations surrounding mental health and normalizing difficult experiences.Create an environment where people feel comfortable approaching one another.Link peers to outside professional resources for additional care when necessary.This course enables first responders in culturally competent, trauma-informed, peer-supportive care principles, so they are prepared to support the mental health needs in their communities in an individual or team setting. Show less Education is the first step in building an effective peer support program. Support that Saves: A Guide to Building and Sustaining Peer Support is a three-day training opportunity that covers all elements of building and maintaining an effective peer support program. Peer support programs… Show more	DHS/FEMA Face-to-Face	NERRTC	Learn More about Support that Saves: A Guide to Building and Sustaining Peer Support
Emergency Medical Services	MGT348	Medical Preparedness and Response to Bombing Incidents	This course is designed for personnel from any professional background who may become part of a community response to a bombing event. This interactive, instructor-facilitated program employs case studies and research-based information designed to enhance medical preparedness for and response to blast effects. Breakout sessions address considerations and concerns specific both to medical responders and emergency planners. Students are encouraged to ask questions and to create a to-do list of items they don’t have the answers to, so they have a list of tasks to address when they return to their jurisdiction. Show less This course is designed for personnel from any professional background who may become part of a community response to a bombing event. This interactive, instructor-facilitated program employs case studies and research-based information designed to enhance medical preparedness for and response… Show more	GSADHS/FEMA Face-to-Face	ESTI	Learn More about Medical Preparedness and Response to Bombing Incidents
Emergency Medical Services	MGT439	Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness	This course prepares students to effectively, appropriately, and safely plan for and respond to a disaster incident involving children, addressing the specific needs of pediatric patients in the event of a community based-incident. Pediatric specific planning considerations include mass sheltering, pediatric-triage, reunification planning and pediatric decontamination considerations. This is not a hands-on technical course, but instead a management resource course for stakeholders like pediatric physicians, emergency managers, emergency planners, and members of public emergency departments like EMS, Fire, Police, Public Health, and Hospitals in field of disaster response and preparedness work. Show less This course prepares students to effectively, appropriately, and safely plan for and respond to a disaster incident involving children, addressing the specific needs of pediatric patients in the event of a community based-incident. Pediatric specific planning considerations include mass… Show more	DHS/FEMA Face-to-Face	ESTI	Learn More about Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Medical Services	PER211	Medical Management of Chem, Bio, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Events	PER 211, Medical Management of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) Events answers these questions and more as you learn how to distinguish between different agents of concern that could be used in a major incident. This course is a combination of facilitated discussions, small-group exercises, Human Patient Simulator hands-on scenarios and traditional classroom discussions. Exercises are conducted in CBRNE scenarios using both adult and pediatric Human Patient Simulators to reinforce classroom lectures and interaction. This course promotes critical thinking skills while utilizing the RAPID-Care concept. The multi-disciplinary audience helps to strengthen information sharing, communications, and medical surge capabilities. Show less PER 211, Medical Management of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) Events answers these questions and more as you learn how to distinguish between different agents of concern that could be used in a major incident. This course is a combination of facilitated… Show more	GSADHS/FEMA Face-to-Face	ESTI	Learn More about Medical Management of Chem, Bio, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Events
Emergency Medical Services	PRE100	Active Shooter Exercise Development Workshop	The goal of the Active Shooter Exercise Development Workshop is to provide first responder and city, county, and state officials with the knowledge, skills and abilities to lead an Active Shooter Tabletop Exercise.ScopePast Active shooter events have proven the need for realistic exercises delivered in the community. This course answers that need by providing a train the trainer (TtT) course on how to design and deliver a Tabletop exercise (TTX). This course will also provide template materials needed to deliver five (5) different TTXs, with one (1) of the five TTXs delivered in the afternoon of the training day. Show less The goal of the Active Shooter Exercise Development Workshop is to provide first responder and city, county, and state officials with the knowledge, skills and abilities to lead an Active Shooter Tabletop Exercise.ScopePast Active shooter events have proven the need for realistic exercises… Show more	Face-to-Face	ESTI	Learn More about Active Shooter Exercise Development Workshop
Public Health	AWR314	Medical Countermeasures Awareness for Public Health Emergencies	The Medical Countermeasures Awareness for Public Health Emergencies course is a web-based course that enhances community preparedness by providing awareness-level training on the roles and responsibilities of the local public health community and its partners. The course covers local and federal resources and capabilities that may exist to help provide post-exposure prophylaxis for a large population in response to a catastrophic CBRNE or other public health event. It also reviews actions taken by a local jurisdiction during a public health emergency that require response at the local level and deployment of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). Show less The Medical Countermeasures Awareness for Public Health Emergencies course is a web-based course that enhances community preparedness by providing awareness-level training on the roles and responsibilities of the local public health community and its partners. The course covers local and… Show more	DHS/FEMA Online	ESTI	Learn More about Medical Countermeasures Awareness for Public Health Emergencies
Public Health	MGT308	Responding Effectively to Complex Incidents	An Incident Commander’s (IC) mission is to ensure that incidents are managed as effectively and safely as possible. Complex incidents are particularly challenging to manage because they often evolve rapidly, involve significant hazards, and/or require innovative solutions. Complex incidents require a response from multiple jurisdictions/agencies, each of which may have a unique perspective when arriving on-scene. To effectively manage these incidents, the diverse response partners must act collaboratively, and this requires ICs to rapidly bring their differing response priorities, objectives, and strategies into alignment. This course discusses how to overcome the unique challenges that complex incidents present. Topics include the need to rapidly recognize the incident’s magnitude and cooperate with other commanders, strategies for promoting interdisciplinary collaboration before an incident occurs, strategies for deconflicting competing priorities, how and when to establish a unified command, and how and when to transfer command. Show less An Incident Commander’s (IC) mission is to ensure that incidents are managed as effectively and safely as possible. Complex incidents are particularly challenging to manage because they often evolve rapidly, involve significant hazards, and/or require innovative solutions. Complex incidents… Show more	DHS/FEMA Face-to-Face	ESTI	Learn More about Responding Effectively to Complex Incidents
Public Health	MGT319	Medical Countermeasures: Point of Dispensing (POD), Planning and Response	This course is a guide for local health officials and their partners to coordinate plans to provide mass distribution of medical countermeasures in response to a large-scale public health incident. This course focuses on planning considerations, recommendation to achieve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) 48-hour standard for Mass Prophylaxis, and the local community’s Mass Prophylaxis and Point of Dispensing (POD) site preparedness. The course material is applicable to pandemic influenza, bio-terrorism, and other public health emergencies. Show less This course is a guide for local health officials and their partners to coordinate plans to provide mass distribution of medical countermeasures in response to a large-scale public health incident. This course focuses on planning considerations, recommendation to achieve the Centers for… Show more	GSADHS/FEMA Face-to-Face	ESTI	Learn More about Medical Countermeasures: Point of Dispensing (POD), Planning and Response
Public Health	MGT341	Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Orgs within the Community Infrastructure	The Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Organizations Within The Community Infrastructure course provides information specific to healthcare organizations vulnerability to a disaster. During this FEMA sponsored course, participants will be introduced to the various natural, technological, and civil hazards to which healthcare organizations may be vulnerable and the potential impacts of those hazards. Federal guidelines and legislation that serve to aid in the preparedness for, and response to, incidents involving these hazards are discussed, as are current emergency management standards for the healthcare community. Participants review response and recovery issues that should be addressed by medical facilities and organizations in preparation for a large-scale incident, including identification of critical resources necessary for response and recovery. Show less The Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Organizations Within The Community Infrastructure course provides information specific to healthcare organizations vulnerability to a disaster. During this FEMA sponsored course, participants will be introduced to the various natural, technological, and… Show more	GSADHS/FEMA Face-to-Face	ITSI	Learn More about Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Orgs within the Community Infrastructure
Public Health	PER320	Personal Protective Measures for Biological Events	Personal Protective Measures for Biological Events is a one-day course focusing on the challenges faced by first responders and clinical health care professionals in prehospital and hospital environments as they deal with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) needs and potential contamination issues while dealing with highly infectious diseases. The course provides participants with an overview of PPE and includes experiential learning activities on donning and doffing Level C PPE and technical decontamination. Additionally, participants review the different types of decontamination. Show less Personal Protective Measures for Biological Events is a one-day course focusing on the challenges faced by first responders and clinical health care professionals in prehospital and hospital environments as they deal with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) needs and potential contamination… Show more	DHS/FEMA Face-to-Face	NERRTC	Learn More about Personal Protective Measures for Biological Events