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Introduction
True or False - The only way I can take a 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, Ohio? The answer is false. The All
Hazards Training Center 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 All Hazards Training Center has worked with hospitals
consortiums, as well as individual hospitals since 1989, developing and
delivering various worker safety oriented courses. These have included
courses such as: 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 basis at the universities training facilities in
Findlay, Ohio.
In addition, The All Hazards Training Center specializes in the
development and facilitation 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.
| | Public Health & 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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