EMS/Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Preparedness and response programs are key to maximizing recovery from any large-scale incident including man-made or natural disasters, pandemics and other public health crises. Programs cover bombing incidents, specific needs of pediatric patients in an emergency response and medical management of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive events. Other courses guide local health officials and their partners in coordinating plans to provide mass distribution of medical countermeasures in response to public health incidents. Disaster preparedness for hospitals and healthcare organizations provides training to this critical part of community infrastructure. Together, these courses address key requirements in multiple core capabilities including: mass care services, community resilience, health and social services, public health and medical services, long-term vulnerability reduction, risk and disaster resilience assessment, environmental response, physical protective measures, operational coordination, on-scene security and protection, situational assessment, and public and private resources.

EMS Public Health Emergency Preparedness

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Funding Options DHS/FEMA Veterans Benefits GSA

Delivery Types Online Face-to-Face Blended Online Instructor-Led

Emergency Medical Services

Course Number	Title	Description	Division
AWR111	Internet-Basic EMS Concepts for CBRNE Events	Quick View Course Description close AWR111 – Internet-Basic EMS Concepts for CBRNE Events Is it natural or weaponized? Exposure or contamination, what’s the difference? Why did everyone in the room become sick? Where does Emergency Medical Services (EMS) fit into the Incident Command System (ICS) tree? Learn the answers to these questions and more by taking the web-based Basic Emergency Medical Services Concepts for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) course. AWR111-W can be completed by someone initially seeking information about this topic or by a health care provider wanting to enhance their knowledge concerning CBRNE events. Full course information and schedule Contact Information Natali Lopez Phone: (979) 500-6774 Email: natali.lopez@teex.tamu.edu	ESTI
MGT348	Medical Preparedness and Response for Bombing Incidents	Quick View Course Description close MGT348 – Medical Preparedness and Response for Bombing Incidents This course is designed for personnel from any professional background who may become part of a community response to a bombing event. This interactive, instructor-facilitated program employs case studies and research-based information designed to enhance medical preparedness for and response to blast effects. Breakout sessions address considerations and concerns specific both to medical responders and emergency planners. Students are encouraged to ask questions and to create a to-do list of items they don’t have the answers to, so they have a list of tasks to address when they return to their jurisdiction. Full course information and schedule Contact Information EMS/Public Health Customer Care Phone: (979) 314-1120 Email: EMSPH@teex.tamu.edu	ESTI
MGT439	Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness	Quick View Course Description close MGT439 – Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness This course prepares students to effectively, appropriately, and safely plan for and respond to a disaster incident involving children, addressing the specific needs of pediatric patients in the event of a community based-incident. Pediatric specific planning considerations include mass sheltering, pediatric-triage, reunification planning and pediatric decontamination considerations. This is not a hands-on technical course, but instead a management resource course for stakeholders like pediatric physicians, emergency managers, emergency planners, and members of public emergency departments like EMS, Fire, Police, Public Health, and Hospitals in field of disaster response and preparedness work. Full course information and schedule Contact Information EMS/Public Health Customer Care Phone: (979) 314-1120 Email: EMSPH@teex.tamu.edu	ESTI
PER211	Medical Management of Chem, Bio, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Events	Quick View Course Description close PER211 – Medical Management of Chem, Bio, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Events What if a catastrophic event occurs? Will you be ready? Will you need a special level of protection? Is decontamination necessary? Do you have the right medications? PER 211, Medical Management of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives, (CBRNE) Events answers these questions and more as you learn how to distinguish between different agents of concern that could be used in a major incident. This course is a combination of facilitated discussions, small-group exercises, Human Patient Simulator hands-on scenarios, and traditional classroom discussions. Exercises are conducted in a CBRNE scenario using both adult and pediatric Human Patient Simulators to reinforce classroom lectures and interaction. This course promotes critical thinking skills while utilizing the RAPID-Care concept. The multi-discipline make-up of the participants helps to strengthen information sharing, communications, and medical surge capabilities. Full course information and schedule Contact Information EMS/Public Health Customer Care Phone: (979) 314-1120 Email: EMSPH@teex.tamu.edu	ESTI
PRE100	Active Shooter Exercise Development Workshop	Quick View Course Description close PRE100 – Active Shooter Exercise Development Workshop The goal of the Active Shooter Exercise Development Workshop is to provide first responder and city, county, and state officials with the knowledge, skills and abilities to lead an Active Shooter Tabletop Exercise. Scope Past Active shooter events have proven the need for realistic exercises delivered in the community. This course answers that need by providing a train the trainer (TtT) course on how to design and deliver a Tabletop exercise (TTX). This course will also provide template materials needed to deliver five (5) different TTXs, with one (1) of the five TTXs delivered in the afternoon of the training day. Full course information and schedule Contact Information Preparedness Program Phone: (979) 458-5645 Email: preparedness@teex.tamu.edu	ESTI

Public Health

Course Number	Title	Description	Division
AWR314	Medical Countermeasures Awareness for Public Health Emergencies	Quick View Course Description close AWR314 – Medical Countermeasures Awareness for Public Health Emergencies The Medical Countermeasures Awareness for Public Health Emergencies course is a web-based course that enhances community preparedness by providing awareness-level training on the roles and responsibilities of the local public health community and its partners. The course covers local and federal resources and capabilities that may exist to help provide post-exposure prophylaxis for a large population in response to a catastrophic CBRNE or other public health event. It also reviews actions taken by a local jurisdiction during a public health emergency that require response at the local level and deployment of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). Full course information and schedule Contact Information Natali Lopez Phone: (979) 500-6774 Email: natali.lopez@teex.tamu.edu	ESTI
MGT319	Medical Countermeasures: Point of Dispensing (POD), Planning and Response	Quick View Course Description close MGT319 – Medical Countermeasures: Point of Dispensing (POD), Planning and Response 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. Full course information and schedule Contact Information EMS/Public Health Customer Care Phone: (979) 314-1120 Email: EMSPH@teex.tamu.edu	ESTI
MGT341	Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Organizations within the Community Infras	Quick View Course Description close MGT341 – Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Organizations within the Community Infras The Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Organizations Within The Community Infrastructure course provides information specific to healthcare organizations vulnerability to a disaster. During this FEMA sponsored course, participants will be introduced to the various natural, technological, and civil hazards to which healthcare organizations may be vulnerable and the potential impacts of those hazards. Federal guidelines and legislation that serve to aid in the preparedness for, and response to, incidents involving these hazards are discussed, as are current emergency management standards for the healthcare community. Participants review response and recovery issues that should be addressed by medical facilities and organizations in preparation for a large-scale incident, including identification of critical resources necessary for response and recovery. Full course information and schedule Contact Information Infrastructure Training & Safety Institute OSHA Training Institute Education Center Phone: Email: itsi@teex.tamu.edu	ITSI
PER320	Personal Protective Measures for Biological Events	Quick View Course Description close PER320 – Personal Protective Measures for Biological Events Personal Protective Measures for Biological Events provides students with an overview of personal protective equipment (PPE), and includes an experiential learning activity (ELA) practicing donning and doffing PPE Level C. Additionally, there is a review of the different types of decontamination and an ELA practicing technical decontamination. Full course information and schedule Contact Information Michael Geesling Training Manager Phone: (979) 458-3401 Email: michael.geesling@teex.tamu.edu	NERRTC