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| Public Health and First Receiver |
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Introduction
 True or False - The only way I can take an Public Health and First Receiver Training courses from the University of Findlay is through attending one of their regularly scheduled workshops at the University's training Center located in Findlay, OH.
The answer is false. SEEM specializes in custom designing Public Health and First Receiver Training courses to meet the client's individual needs and conducting them at the Client's location. This can provide significant savings in travel and subsistence costs, as well as "lost Opportunity" costs while the trainees are traveling.
Public Health & First Receiver Education, Training and Consulting Services
The University of Findlay has conducted mass casualty decontamination; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) selection, donning & doffing; and other related preparedness courses since 1989. Many of these courses are offered on a routinely scheduled bases at the universities training facilities in Findlay, OH.
In addition, SEEM specializes in the development and facilities of table top and full scale exercises, as well as our newest venture - Webcasting live, interactive Emergency Response Training Scenarios. Live, interactive WebCasts are ideal for training multiple levels within an organization from multiple locations in a fully integrated exercise that does not require all of the trainees to travel to the same location. These scenarios can also be archived for future use.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the First Receiver
Trainees will learn about the various levels of protection, how PPE protects you, how chemical and biological agents attack the PPE, permeation rates for various contaminants, and how to protect yourself, your patients, and the rest of your staff. We will also teach you how to conduct Respirator Fit Testing for your employees, including providing you with written Fit Testing Operating Procedures, and record keeping documents. This course can be presented in a 4-hr. format, or combined with HazMat/WMD Awareness for an 8-hr. course.
Hospital Decontamination Operations
This course is designed to help you establish and train your Decon Team. Trainees will participate in a dynamic class that provides practical, hands-on exercises especially designed for First Receivers. All the training meets OSHA and JCAHO guidelines and recommendations. Training is done using your equipment, so that employees can gain valuable experience with what they will rely on, and utilize during a real incident (including a 216 sq. ft. portable Decon tent). This course can be offered in a 4-hr., 8-hr., or 16-hr. versions depending upon what you are trying to accomplish with your team.
Public Health and First Receiver Preparedness
Practical hands-on training will be the primary focus of this course, which is designed to improve the preparedness level of your staff during a real incident. Topics include: overview of the disaster process; how to recognize chemical, radiological, and biological events; media relations and risk communication; the National Incident Management System (NIMS); PPE and HazMat Awareness; and decontamination guidelines. This course can be offered in an 8-hr., or a 16-hr. format to meet your needs.
| | Public Health and First Receiver Project Summaries | | Hospital Decontamination Operations | | SEEM delivers First Receiver oriented decontamination training to a large health organization in Ohio and several individual hospitals across the state. These organizations are pleased with The University of Findlay’s ability to conduct the class on different shifts to make the training available to all necessary employees. The customized program delivers the information needed to perform decontamination operations in a hospital environment for potentially contaminated victims. The program meets and exceeds all OSHA and JCAHO regulatory requirements, is focused on the needs of the First Receiver, and matches classroom lectures with practical hands-on training using the hospital’s own decontamination equipment. The training also encompasses a review of the hospital’s current emergency response plan so all trained employees understand what their role and function will be in a live incident. If your hospital has not purchased equipment, The University of Findlay can bring state-of-the-art decontamination equipment including a 216 square foot decontamination tent to your hospital for the training. Over 300 trainees across the state of Ohio have completed this training to date. | | Hospital Decontamination Planning & Consulting | | SEEM also has developed decontamination plans, decontamination room blueprints, and helped in purchasing equipment to set up Decontamination Teams at various hospitals. One program developed by SEEM involved a hospital serving two counties and requiring a complete program developed and implemented. SEEM was able to develop a complete customized decontamination plan, compile equipment lists, prepare recommendations on PPE and respiratory protection, assist with purchasing the agreed upon equipment, and conduct the necessary training to implement the team within three months. | | National Incident Management System and Mass Casualty Decontamination Training | | SEEM developed a two-day workshop for both the city and county Health Departments that was tailored to meet the specific needs of each department. More than twenty nurses, doctors, sanitarians, commissioners, inspectors and general staff participated. Topics covered in day one centered on practical exercises, review of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and evaluating internal and external capabilities. Day Two focused on respiratory protection, personal protective equipment (PPE) and hands-on exercises involving a mass casualty incident requiring Level C protection and communications with other agencies and first responders. The City and County Health Department conducted the training in order to be more prepared for a potential terrorist attack. An advanced program is currently in the planning stages. | | Webcast – Biological Contamination, Mass decontamination, and Public Health Medical response | | Please see the Webcast description of the Chlorine leak from a rail car for a description of what a Webcast is and what advantages it provides.
This Webcast, the second in an ongoing series of live, interactive “broadcasts” over the Internet, focused on a biological contamination event. The event itself was a political rally at the University, where a perpetrator released an aerosol biological contaminant – T-2-Mycotoxin. This particular biological agent causes skin and eye irritation, as well as respiratory problems. The event moves from the release at the University to multiple victims showing up at the local hospital either via self transport, or via ambulance. The victims initially enter the Emergency Department, contaminating it as well as the security guards. Large scale mass decontamination equipment is then mobilized to decontaminate the victims prior to triage. Pre-recorded video segments were used to include specific detail on Customized Decontamination Shelters, detailed information on the health effects of the T-2 Mycotoxin, information from the Public Health officials on their role in incidents like this, and direction form the State Department of Health Officials on what their role would be. |
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