Emergency Management

Course Summary

There are six modules in this course:

• Module 1: What Is an Emergency Operation Facility (EOF)?
• Module 2: Staffing an EOF
• Module 3: EOFs and Communication
• Module 4: Determining Information, Systems, and Equipment Needs
• Module 5: Activating and Deactivating the EOF
• Module 6: EOF Operations

There are review questions at the end of each section. These review questions will provide you with an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills presented in these sections. You also will be able to test your knowledge using H1N1 scenario in scenario's section, and play a puzzle game for the important key terms that you have learned throughout the course in a game section. Finally, there is a post-test at the end of the course.

Intended Audience

Public health administrators, managers, supervisors, and public health professionals that would be involved in managing an emergency operation facility during a crisis&

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the role of an EOF in public health.
• Identify factors that determine the staffing of EOFs.
• Describe the delegation and organization of EOF staff.
• Describe how communication works within an EOF.
• Determine information, systems, and equipment needs at EOFs.
• Identify the procedures involved during the activation and deactivation of EOFs.
• Describe interface issues and how to avoid them.
• Describe the contributions of SOPs, resource management, and managing staffing to EOF operations.
• Describe how EOFs coordinate with other agencies.
• Apply the knowledge gained in this course to a scenario.

Pre-requisites/Learning Level

No Pre-requisites

Competencies addressed

Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals identified:

Domain 4: Cultural Competency Skills

• 4A3. Describes the ways diversity may influence policies, programs, services, and the health of a community

Domain 5: Community Dimensions of Practice Skills

• 5A4. Supports relationships that improve health in a community
• 5A5. Collaborates with community partners to improve health in a community (e.g., participates in committees, shares data and information, connects people to resources)
• 5A8. Uses assets and resources (e.g., Boys & Girls Clubs, public libraries, hospitals, faith-based organizations, academic institutions, federal grants, fellowship programs) to improve health in a community

CEUs Offered

None

Cost

Free

Modality/format

Online Self-Pace

Length

1.5 hours

Presenter(s) and/or Content Experts

Technical requirements

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 
• Flash Player 
• Speakers

Registration requirements

Register a free account

Creation and/or update

September 6, 2013

Course Summary

Intended Audience: Members of an Incident Command System

Pre-requisites/Learning Level: None

CEUs Offered: N/A

Cost: Free

Modality/format: Online Self-Pace

Technical requirements:

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 
• Flash Player 
• Speakers

Creation and/or update: June 26, 2017

This presentation by Martha Salyers, MD, MPH, Public Health Regional Surveillance Team 6, gives you an overview of the Incident Command System, it's history, structure and application to Public Health. Target Audience These learning modules are applicable to all public health, medical, veterinary, pharmacy, emergency management, hospital and other professionals interested in public health preparedness. These modules are created by faculty and guest lecturers at the UNC-CH School of Public Health and are equivalent to graduate level content. Educational Objectives Define Integrated Emergency Management System (IEMS) Define Incident Command System (ICS) Discuss ICS history and structure Explore applications of ICS to Public Health This course is provided by the North Carolina Public Health Preparedness Center. You will need to complete a separate registration to have access to this course. Click the course title, then choose register on the course page. When you have finished, print off your certificate from North Carolina, then return to the LMS and choose Mark Complete from the action menu in the Learning Plan in your Workspace.

Goal/ Intended Audience The course introduces participants to the concepts and principles of the National Response Framework. It is intended for government executives, private-sector and nongovernmental organization (NGO) leaders, and emergency management practitioners. This includes senior elected and appointed leaders, such as Federal department or agency heads, State Governors, mayors, tribal leaders, and city or county officials – those who have a responsibility to provide for effective response. Course Objectives: - The purpose of the National Response Framework. - The response doctrine established by the National Response Framework. - The roles and responsibilities of entities as specified in the National Response Framework. - The actions that support national response. - The response organizations used for multiagency coordination. - How planning relates to national preparedness.

This toolkit provides first responders of all kinds a way to search for specific types of trainings, whether online or in-person, by type of threat, by length of course, and whether the course prepares responders for prevention or for recovery. Trainings included in the database include federally funded courses through providers located throughout the United States.

Course Summary

1. Title: Evidence Preservation for Emergency Department Personnel

2. Keywords/Themes:

3. Course Description:

There are three lessons in this course:

·         Role of Emergency Department Personnel During Forensic Epi Investigations

·         Identifying Evidence

·         Collecting, Preserving, and Storing Evidence There are practice exercises at the end of the lessons. These practice exercises will provide you with an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills presented in these lessons.

There is a post-test at the end of lesson 3

4. Intended Audience: prepare emergency department personnel who, in the course of their everyday duties with patients, might come into contact with evidence that could be linked to criminal acts

5. Learning Objectives:

6. Pre-requisites/Learning Level: No Pre-requisites

7. Competencies addressed:

8. CEUs Offered: N/A

9. Cost: Free

10. Modality/format: Online Self-Pace

11. Length: 1 hour

12. Presenter(s) and/or Content Experts:

13. Technical requirements:

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 
• Flash Player 
• Speakers

14. Registration requirements: Register a free account

15. Creation and/or update: June 20, 2017