Prepare for Emergencies

Train Staff on Proper Procedures during Emergencies and Pandemics

Healthcare staff responding quickly and appropriately is the key to saving lives in an emergency situation. The Emergency Preparedness for Healthcare Personnel Library trains staff on preparedness skills such as proper evacuation procedures, triage for pandemic situations, and recognizing security concerns during an emergency. These courses are designed to help your organization meet federal, state, and Joint Commission training requirements and improve employee competence.

Impact:
Save Lives

• Follow appropriate triage and evacuation procedures
• Identify security concerns that affect evacuations
• Review how the Health Care Incident Command Structure is activated

Achieve Compliance

• Meet CMS and Joint Commission training requirements

Improve Employee Competence

• Reinforce accountability
• Build confidence

Features:

• Interactive learning activities, web links, and exercises
• Brief quizzes to test comprehension of the material
• Documentation of an individual’s completion of a course

This library is essential for:

• Meeting Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services emergency preparedness training requirements

This library supports:

• The National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza guidelines
• Homeland Security preparedness recommendations
• CDC guidelines
• The Health Care Incident Command Structure (ICS)
• WHO Global Influenza Plan

Courses in the Library

• Emergency Preparedness for Healthcare at Work and at Home
• Introduction to Radiological Emergency Preparedness
• Mental Health Aspects of Emergencies for Non-Mental Health Professionals
• Pandemic Influenza for Healthcare Workers
• Introduction to Evacuations
  

Subject Matter Experts
Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response has subject matter experts in Infectious Disease, Epidemiology, Toxicology, Emergency Response / Management / Planning, Behavioral Health, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Radiation, other CBRNE, and additional specialties with healthcare and first
receiver / responder experience.