Mass Casualty Incident Triage
Course Description:This course is intended for pre-hospital care providers who may be called on to respond to a mass casualty incident resulting when a large numbers of victims are injured or exposed to hazardous materials or WMD agents.
Category
  • Bioterrorism Preparedness
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 4.00 Participation/CE
Fundamentals of Health Risk Assessment in Public Health
Course Description:This course provides a survey of the theory and practice of human health risk assessment. The basic components of risk assessment are explained and real-life applications of each component and of risk assessment as a whole are discussed.
Category
  • Environmental Health in Disasters
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 4.00 Participation/CE
Introduction to Human Health Risk Assessment
Course Description:This course presents the basic principles of qualitative health risk assessment of environmental chemicals, including an overview of the qualitative skills necessary to evaluate the probability of injury, disease or death in the general population from
Category
  • Environmental Health in Disasters
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Environmental Health Issues in Disasters
Course Description:This course takes a closer look at the fundamentals of environmental health through the lens of a disaster situation.
Category
  • Environmental Health in Disasters
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Environmental Sampling and Monitoring in a Disaster
Course Description:In the event of a natural or man-made disaster, it is anticipated that the first several days will be dedicated to emergency response and rescue operations.
Category
  • Environmental Health in Disasters
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 4.00 Participation/CE
Environmental Health and Shelters
Course Description:This course was developed by Captain Mark D. Miller, MPH, RS, USPHS (Retired).
Category
  • Environmental Health in Disasters
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 3.00 Participation/CE
Recognition and Safe Handling of Chemical Terrorist Agents
Course Description:This course provides an in-depth guide to the initial public health response to a chemical terrorist attack including:
Category
  • First Responder Preparedness
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
Practice-based Scenarios for Recognition, Detection and Exposure Assessment of Chemical Terrorist Agents
Course Description:This course provides a practice-based guide to the initial public health response to a chemical terrorist attack including:
Category
  • First Responder Preparedness
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 3.00 Participation/CE
Communication Gap: Linking First Responders and First Receivers
Course Description:This course hopes to bridge the communication gap between first responders (e.g., EMS staff in the field) and first receivers (e.g., emergency room personnel at a hospital) in the event of a terrorist attack.
Category
  • First Responder Preparedness
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 3.00 Participation/CE
Planning, Implementation and Exploitation of a Field Exercise
Course Description:Using the examples of field exercises Lifesaver 2004 & 2005, the course will discuss the principles of counter-terrorist preparation and incident command leading to outcome oriented exercises.
Category
  • First Responder Preparedness
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 6.00 Participation/CE

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