Prepare Your Clinicians
for Emergencies
Healthcare staff responding quickly and appropriately is the key to saving lives in an emergency situation. The Emergency Preparedness Special Topics for Clinicians Library trains clinical staff on topics such as patient movement during evacuations, bioterrorism and radiological preparedness, and special needs for pediatric and geriatric populations.
These courses are designed to help your organization meet federal, state, and Joint Commission training requirements and improve employee competence during a disaster.
Impact:
Save Lives
- Follow appropriate evacuation procedures
- Identify security concerns that affect evacuations
- Address challenges in pediatric and
geriatric triage
Achieve Compliance
- Meet CMS and Joint Commission training requirements
- Meet state bioterrorism 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
- Clinical staff who treat geriatric or pediatric patients
This library supports:
- Homeland Security Preparedness recommendations
- CDC guidelines
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission recommendations
Courses in the Library
- Advanced Radiological Preparedness for Clinicians
- Bioterrorism Preparedness for Clinicians
- Small Victims, Big Challenges: Pediatric Triage, Treatment, and Recovery in Disasters
- Geriatric Preparedness, Triage, and Treatment in Disasters
- Patient Movement During 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.
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