Course addresses pediatric patient needs in the event of a large-scale disaster Nearly 18 million children under 18 years old live in the six U.S. Gulf Coast States and Puerto Rico, but only 47 percent of hospitals nationwide have a disaster plan that includes pediatric patients. The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) and the…
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – When friends invited Gigi Kenna to attend a course called “When Disaster Strikes: Prepare, Act, Survive,” she didn’t know what to expect. However, since hurricanes, floods and other disasters regularly impact her coastal city of Calabash, North Carolina, she figured it couldn’t hurt to be prepared for disaster. In the day-and-a-half…
TEEX has rolled out a free online course, Disaster Recovery Awareness, to help communities navigate the disaster recovery process. The course is designed to introduce the key elements involved in disaster recovery, from developing a recovery plan to finding disaster assistance resources.
