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This project, a collaboration of many
partners in South Carolina, is addressing the training needs of
practicing health care professionals for bioterrorism and public
health emergency event recognition and response. Originally funded
in 2003, the Disaster Preparedness and Response Training Network was refunded in 2005 through a $3.8 million, three-year grant from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
Emergency preparedness and response issues include all forms of terrorism, natural disasters and tragic accidents. The goal of this program is to equip the health care workforce with the knowledge, skills, abilities and core competencies to recognize indications of a terrorist event; meet the acute care needs of patients, including pediatric and other vulnerable populations; participate in a coordinated, multidisciplinary response to emergencies; and rapidly and effectively alert the public health system if such an event was to occur.
Activities include providing regional and statewide training programs, serving vulnerable populations including children and the elderly, and addressing high risk target areas including rural communities, ports/coastal areas, and nuclear/chemical facilities. Also included is the establishment of a Disaster Preparedness and Response Training Network Resource Center.
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Charleston Area Convention Center
Friday, August 15 and Saturday, August 16, 2008.
Participants will have the opportunity to select from the following educational subject areas on day one: Pre-Hospital Care (EMS), Emergency Nursing, Disaster Medicine and General Interest.
The second day features a panel of experts who will consider the decisions communities face trying to prevent, prepare for, or respond to massive public health emergencies.
Nursing and EMT Continuing Education Credits available.
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South Carolina AHEC
Hospital Emergency Response Team Training
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“Critically Ill but contaminated patients could arrive at your hospital any of the day or night with no warning following an industrial, agricultural, or transportation accident or a deliberate act of terrorism. Are you prepared to provide the care they need without endangering your staff or chancing the shut-down of your facility because of chemical or radiological contamination?”
Please join South Carolina AHEC for one of our hospital emergency response training courses being held throughout the state. This course is believed to be the first instance of a statewide training effort utilizing a national standard to adapt the methods of the industrial and public safety hazardous materials (Haz-Mat) team for hospital personnel to perform in the hospital environment for the benefit of contaminated patients and to protect hospital patients, staff, and facilities.
Don't miss this opportunity to participate in a statewide program for disaster preparedness and response training. For more information on this program please click here. |
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Medical Reserve Corps Training |
Continuing Education Credit available
Upon completion of this two day program, the participant will be able to:
- Demonstrate the basic knowledge as outlined in the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Core Competencies Matrix regarding the ability to protect the health and overall well being of themselves and others.
- Describe the impact of an event on the legal, ethical, and mental health issues that may arise in MRC team members, families and others.
- Describe the chain of command and be able to apply that knowledge as team member within an incident command structure, such as a mass casualty event or point of distribution.
- Format: Lectures, Exercises
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Visit the Resource Library
This resource is a collaborative effort that allows 2003 and 2005 ASPR grant awardees
to catalog and share material for training and curricular development in the area of
Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness.
Material can be browsed by author, category, product type, format and
target audience. In addition, it has full Google search capability.
All material produced through ASPR grant funding
is considered to be within the public domain.
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Disaster Preparedness and Response Training Network Evolves to Better Address Training Needs
The catastrophic tsunamies, hurricanes and earthquakes of 2005 have reinforced the need for coordinated responses from local communities during an emergency. The Disaster Preparedness and Response Training Network (DPRT) continues to address the training needs of health care professionals by building on work initiated in 2003.
“From the beginning, the Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness Training Network taught us that local communities need to be prepared to address the emergency issues in their communities for at least the first 72 hours. We will continue to deliver this message during the next three years as we include local communities and elected officials in our training exercises”, states Beth Kennedy, Project Director for the DPRT Network.
During the first two years of the South Carolina AHEC Bioterrorism and Public Health Emergency Network, awareness programs were attended by over 12,000 health professionals, students and first responders. Programs were offered to community practitioners, hospital workers, long term care and community health center personnel, and academic faculty and students.
“The first two years of training laid an excellent foundation by providing health care professionals with a very good understanding of the issues pertaining to public health emergencies”, explains Dr. David Garr, the DPRT Network’s Principal Investigator and South Carolina AHEC Executive Director. “The next three years will provide professionals with the skills they will need in the event their community is seriously impacted by an event.” |
Don't miss this opportunity to
participate in a statewide program for disaster
preparedness and response training. Contact your local AHEC office for programs in your region. Additional information about South Carolina AHEC's mission can be found at www.scahec.net. |
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Funded by ASPR Grant # T01HP01418 |
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