Partnering in Emergency Preparedness

March 15, 2006, Brooklyn Center, MN
Organized by the Metro Clinic Coordination Workgroup

The seminar offered clinic emergency preparedness planning guidance, information, and workshops conducted by local experts from the metro area. The target audience included both clinics that are new to emergency preparedness planning and clinics that are advanced in developing their emergency plans.

Most proceedings of this seminar are available below.

Modules with Continuing Education Credits

Disaster Mental and Behavioral Health

Infection Control and Personal Protective Equipment

Writing an Emergency Operations Plan

Certificates listing continuing education credits (both CEUs and nursing contact hours) are offered for the three sessions listed above. In order to access any of these modules, participants must fill out a brief Participant Data Form, which is available upon clicking on any of these modules. In addition, participants will be directed to a brief pre-test, which must be completed to access each module. After viewing each module, participants will be directed to a post-test, which must be completed in order to obtain a certificate. We also encourage all participants to fill out the evaluation form available upon completing each post-test.

Returning Users Please click on the above module links and log in to begin a module.

New Users To begin using the above MERET training modules, please register with our site.

Conference Proceedings Online

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Introduction

Healthcare Surge Capacity in Disasters / John L. Hick, MD, HCMC. 00:29:35 (HH:MM:SS)

Pandemic / Avian Influenza

Metropolitan Hospital Compact / Mark Lappe, EMT-P, BS, HCMC. 00:18:03

Preparing for Pandemic Influenza / Mary Ellen Bennett, HCMC, and APIC representative, Metro Hospital Compact. 00:28:29

Pandemic Influenza: History, Sociology, and Epidemiology / Michael Olesen, Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Abbott Northwestern Hospital. 00:25:59

Partnering in Emergency Preparedness: MDH Perspective / Pat Tommet, RN, PhD, CNP, Hospital Preparedness Program, MN Dept of Health, Office of Emergency Preparedness. 00:21:53

Breakout Sessions

Emergency and Risk Communications / Bill Belknap, PIO, Public Health Protection, Hennepin County. 01:05:24

Patient Care Coordination /Cheryl Petersen-Kroeber, BS, MN Dept of Health, Office of Emergency Preparedness and Jo-Ann Champagne,BA, EMT-P, MN Dept of Health, Office of Emergency Preparedness, 00:45:25

Real Life Emergency: Electrical Outage — the Fairview Emergency Response / Denzil Mellors, Emergency Management Specialist, Fairview Health Services. 00:49:33

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: The Minnesota Response

Camp Ripley / Patricia Hadfield, BSN, MS, Nursing Supervisor, HCMC. 00:22:27

RHRC Emergency Coordination Center / Katherine Grimm, MPH, HealthEast. 00:18:59

Technical Requirements

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