Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
E010: Occupational Health and Safety
  • Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
  • 1.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course will provide a brief history of NIOSH and OSHA and their role in our nation’s workplaces. It will provide an awareness of current issues in occupational health and safety and preventive and control measures.
E011: Air Quality and Environmental Noise
  • Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:The course will convey the fundamentals of air quality and environmental noise. Specifically, air quality assessment, including air pollutant types, sources, problems and effects, measurement and factors will be addressed. Noise and sound properties, health effects/hazards and sources will also be covered.
E012: Housing Sanitation and Safety
  • Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
  • 3.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course provides an introduction to housing sanitation and safety issues in America. The relationship between home environmental factors and health is the focus of the course. Emphasis is placed on how to identify and remediate unhealthy home conditions. Specific health topics such as lead poisoning prevention, asthma and injury are the focus.
E013: Institutions and Licensed Establishments
  • Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
  • 3.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:Environmental Health Practice continues to have a long and successful history in protecting the public’s health. Public establishments, places where people congregate, and multi-dimensional places of residence require governmental oversight through inspection, licensure, and general assessment. The Environmental Health Worker that performs this important monitoring function requires a scientific knowledge base, specialized training, and field experience.
E014: Swimming Pools and Recreational Facilities
  • Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
  • 3.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course will describe the health risks associated with swimming pools, basic elements of swimming pool design and the inspection process for swimming pools and bodies of water used for recreational swimming.
E015: Disaster Sanitation
  • Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC)
  • 5.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course provides an introduction to the role of environmental health in emergency response. Relations with key partners and first and second priority actions are discussed. The course covers common issues found with water, wastewater, shelter, vector control, buildings and hazardous materials during a disaster event. Successful completion of the overall course examination is required in order to receive credit for the course.
Bioterrorism
  • Bioterrorism Preparedness
  • 3.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course will address the nature of Bioterrorism and discuss useful patterns of events, which may suggest that a disease outbreak might be other than spontaneous. The most likely Biological Agents for terrorist use as estimated by the CDC will be individually discussed and specific recommendations made on their identification, outbreak management and patient treatment.
Biological Response Preparedness for Emergency Medical Services
  • Bioterrorism Preparedness
  • 4.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course is offered to better prepare the emergency medical services, public health officials and other first responder agencies, including law enforcement officers, for an incident involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). A special emphasis is placed on biological response preparedness for emergency medical services, including an overview on both trauma and chemical injury triage using the nationally recognized Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) system.
Bioterrorism: The Public Health Threat
  • Bioterrorism Preparedness
  • 6.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course will provide a fundamental understanding of the threat of bioterrorism and the public health challenges resulting from this threat.
Bioterrorism: The Agents
  • Bioterrorism Preparedness
  • 8.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of the clinical and epidemiological features of potential bioterrorism agents. Course content includes: the origins and rationale for the CDC bioterrorism agent classification; important clinical and epidemiological features of category A agents; and important clinical and epidemiological features of Category B and C agents.

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