Prepare for Pandemic Influenza

Train Your Staff on Appropriate Actions to Take during a Pandemic

Scientists and public health officials predict that global conditions are conducive to a severe pandemic flu outbreak that could result in up to 1.9 million deaths in the United States and approximately 9.9 million Americans’ needing to be hospitalized. Unlike the seasonal flu, humans have no previously developed immunity against pandemic flu, which has the potential to infect a large portion of the world’s population in a very short period of time. For example, in the 1918 Influenza Pandemic it is estimated that anywhere from 70 to 100 million people were killed worldwide. In order to help your facility prepare for this potential disaster, HealthStream has partnered with Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response to offer the course Planning and Response to Pandemic Influenza for Health Care Workers. The courseware outlines pandemic influenza types and provides effective steps an organization must take in order to prepare for a flu pandemic and prevent transmission of the disease among patients and staff.

Impact:
Save Lives

• Train staff on how to reduce unnecessary patient deaths due to influenza

Improve Patient Safety

• Educate staff on their role in the transmission of influenza

Be Prepared

• Train staff on appropriate response during a pandemic
  
• Review how the Health Care Incident Command Structure is activated during a pandemic

This course supports:

• The National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Guidelines
  
• Homeland Security Preparedness Recommendations
• CDC Guidelines
  
• Health Care Incident Command Structure (ICS)
  
• WHO Global Influenza Plan

Course Outline

• Outline the definition of pandemic influenza
  
• Describe the types of influenza viruses and their potential for change
  
• Describe strategies on how to prepare and respond personally and within your role in the clinical setting
  
  

Subject Matter Experts
Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response

The Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response’s mission is to reduce loss of life, injury and illness by developing and delivering services within Connecticut, across the nation and around the world that advance healthcare planning, preparedness, response and recovery from emergency events and disasters through collaborative partnerships and coordinated programs. In 2002, the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health designated YNH-CEPDR as a Center of Excellence for bioterrorism preparedness and response.