Medical Countermeasures: Point of Dispensing (POD), Planning and Response
MGT319 – 16.00 Hours
Schedule
| Details Buttons | Dates | Location | Class | Price | Register Buttons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/13/24 – 11/14/24 | Knoxville, IA | FP MGT319 588 | Register | ||
| 11/21/24 – 11/22/24 | Alexandria, VA | FP MGT319 594 | Register | ||
| 12/03/24 – 12/04/24 | Olympia, WA | FP MGT319 593 | Register | ||
| 12/09/24 – 12/10/24 | Belleville, IL | FP MGT319 595 | Register | ||
| 12/12/24 – 12/13/24 | Kansas City, MO | FP MGT319 598 | Register | ||
| 12/17/24 – 12/18/24 | Prestonsburg, KY | FP MGT319 591 | Register | ||
| 01/14/25 – 01/15/25 | Pearl, MS | FP MGT319 596 | Register | ||
| 01/15/25 – 01/16/25 | Jacksonville, FL | FP MGT319 597 | Register | ||
| 01/22/25 – 01/23/25 | West Palm Beach, FL | FP MGT319 599 | Register | ||
| 02/05/25 – 02/06/25 | Nashville, TN | FP MGT319 578 | Register | ||
| 02/12/25 – 02/13/25 | Gray, LA | FP MGT319 620 | Register | ||
| 02/17/25 – 02/18/25 | Charleston, SC | FP MGT319 623 | Register | ||
| 02/18/25 – 02/19/25 | Johnson City, TN | FP MGT319 605 | Register | ||
| 03/05/25 – 03/06/25 | Stockton, CA | FP MGT319 602 | Register | ||
| 03/10/25 – 03/11/25 | San Diego, CA | FP MGT319 621 | Register | ||
| 03/26/25 – 03/27/25 | Amarillo, TX | FP MGT319 603 | Register | ||
| 04/16/25 – 04/17/25 | Upper Marlboro, MD | FP MGT319 608 | Register | ||
| 04/29/25 – 04/30/25 | Mocksville, NC | FP MGT319 609 | Register | ||
| 05/07/25 – 05/08/25 | Victoria, TX | FP MGT319 611 | Register | ||
| 05/15/25 – 05/16/25 | Abilene, TX | FP MGT319 612 | Register | ||
| 05/20/25 – 05/21/25 | El Paso, TX | FP MGT319 613 | Register | ||
| 05/28/25 – 05/29/25 | Sioux Falls, SD | FP MGT319 614 | Register | ||
| 06/04/25 – 06/05/25 | Santa Fe, NM | FP MGT319 615 | Register | ||
| 06/10/25 – 06/11/25 | Riverside, CA | FP MGT319 616 | Register |
This schedule is subject to change without notice. If you have not received confirmation of the class prior to the class start, please contact the division at (866) 878-8900 or [email protected] to get the latest schedule.
Course Description
This course is a guide for local health officials and their partners to coordinate plans to provide mass distribution of medical countermeasures in response to a large-scale public health incident. This course focuses on planning considerations, recommendation to achieve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) 48-hour standard for Mass Prophylaxis, and the local community’s Mass Prophylaxis and Point of Dispensing (POD) site preparedness. The course material is applicable to pandemic influenza, bio-terrorism, and other public health emergencies.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Completion Requirements
Participants Must Provide
- A photo identification on the first day of class. See the Participant Handbook for approved forms of identification and additional guidelines.
Attendance Requirements
Class attendance is an essential part of the education process and participants in TEEX courses are expected to attend all class sessions and field exercises. This course requires participants to attend a minimum of 80% of the class hours as a component of successful course completion. During the course, your instructor will review any additional attendance requirements, for example a field exercise that cannot be missed
Recommended
- Terrorism Awareness for Emergency First Responders (AWR160-W)
- Medical Management of CBRNE Events (PER211)
- Familiarity with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS). For more information about NIMS and ICS, see the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) independent study courses IS-100, IS-200, and IS-700 (or their equivalents).
- Medical Countermeasures Awareness for Public Health Emergencies (AWR314)
Upon successful completion, you will be able to:
- Discuss the roles and responsibilities for local, state, and federal levels across a broad range of complex preparedness challenges related to medical countermeasures.
- Identify the different POD models and standards for selecting POD locations.
- Apply the POD command structure for initial planning, execution, and demobilization of a jurisdictional response in POD operations.
- Demonstrate the essential functions of POD setup and operations.
- Identify the planning and training needs to operate a POD site.
- Discuss the concerns of the community jurisdictional medical countermeasures plan.
Suggested Audience
Disciplines include, but are not limited to:
- Law Enforcement (LE)
- Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
- Hospital personnel, physicians, and nurses
- Mental Health
- Public Health Services
- Public Works (PW)
- Emergency Management Organizations
- Tribal, county, state, and federal medical
- Private Industry
- School Personnel
- Volunteer Organizations
- Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)
- Dispatchers
- Medical Reserve Corps
Continuing Education And Professional Credits
Note: Live Online Instructor-Led (webinar) courses are not eligible for TCOLE credit.
- Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- American Academy of Family Practitioners (AAFP)
- Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE)
- Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
Other Information
DHS/FEMA information
As part of a Department of Homeland Security/ Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA) funded Homeland Security National Training Program Cooperative Agreement this course is provided at no cost to your jurisdiction. The 2-day (16 hour) course is aimed at providing pertinent information to all first responders and receivers that could be involved in the response to a CBRNE event.
Continuing Education Credits
ENA continuing education credit is approved by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
Requesting Course Delivery Dates
Course delivery dates are at the discretion of the requesting agents or jurisdiction and must be consecutive.
- An interested jurisdiction/agency contacts their respective State Administrative Agency Training Point of Contact (SAA TPOC) to request a National Training and Education Division (NTED) instructor-led course.
- It is then at the SAA TPOC’s discretion to approve or not approve the training request.
- If the SAA TPOC agrees to the training request he/she contacts the training partner directly with information about the specific course to schedule, the number of participants interested in attending the course, and a listing of preferred dates.
Government Programs
- GSA contract number: GS-07F-0357V. GSA customers, to register please contact [email protected] or call (866) 878-8900.
- For DHS/FEMA Funded Courses, please contact [email protected] or call (866) 878-8900