Frontline Disaster Planning Workshop
Handling Mass Casualties and Establishing Alternative Care Sites
September 22-23, 2009
Arlington, VA
This training has been cancelled
Registration & Continental Breakfast: 8:00 am
Program Starts: 8:30 am
Wrap-Up: 4:00 pm
About
this Workshop:
Is your city, organization, hospital, or public agency prepared to respond, provide care, transport, and sustain standards of care that apply to the population in your area? Do you know who the contact person is for your specific area? Do you have the capability and the capacity to care for the mass casualties that may occur in your area? Which agencies, organizations, hospitals and/or facilities in your area are available to respond, treat, transport and to care for your community in case of a disaster? How are supplies and equipment going to be used and reused should supplies become insufficient? How is your community going to handle a large number of casualty deaths?
This interactive workshop will focus on the processes involved in establishing organized systems to limit the loss of life during a scalable or mass casualty incident. The coordination, collaboration, and communication of efforts with police, fire, EMS, hospitals, CERT and other community resources will be discussed and utilized in the workshop. The workshop will identify what planning, guidance, and tools/resources are needed to ensure an effective community agency, health, and medical care response to a mass casualty event. The workshop will also assist you and your organization in developing a planning process to establish an Incident Command, Unified Command, an Emergency Response Coalition, and sustaining your alternate care site.
What
You Will Learn:
- How to determine what resources are available throughout a mass casualty incident and establish an alternative care site
- How to locate, collaborate, and establish an alternative care site for mass casualties
- How to develop, participate, run, and sustain your Emergency Response Coalition
- How to foster teamwork and proper coordination amongst all the stakeholders to effectively manage massive number of casualties
- How to establish an alternative care site with buy-in from community stakeholders
Attendees For This Workshop Will Walk Away With:
- How to establish an Emergency Response Coalition and preferred documentation
- List of recommended equipment needed for triage, evacuation, and alternate care sites
- Legal, moral, and ethical issues surrounding the allocation of scarce resources, alternate standards of care, and disaster response in a mass casualty event
- List of existing resources and available stakeholders for mass casualties, establishing alternative care sites, and mitigation and protection practices within local communities
- Set of guidelines for identifying appropriate facilities that can be used for establishing an alternative care site
- Classroom exercises will consist of mass casualty practice scenarios, establishing Incident Command, determination of allocation of resources, providing care for patients within the hospital and alternative care site settings, and how to recognize and manage the effects of stress on public agencies, community resources, families, and hospitals and their patients
Who
Should Attend:
- The session is designed for individuals tasked with emergency or disaster planning for their communities and organizations of all sizes:
- Local governments
- State agencies
- Non-profit organizations
- Fire, police, EMS, and EMA
- Hospital personnel, Bioterrorism/Disaster Preparedness Coordinators
- Colleges and Universities
- Private industry
Registration Fee:
- Government (Federal, State/Local): $629 per person
- Small Business: $729 per person
- Large Business: $799 per person
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Workshop Location:
The workshop will be held in the Homeland Defense Training & Publishing Training Center in the Jefferson Plaza Building at 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway (7th floor), Arlington, VA 22202. Public parking at the facility is available for $10.00 early morning special (before 8:00am) or $18.00 all day. The Jefferson Plaza Building is just two blocks from the Crystal City Metro Station on the blue and yellow line. Please note: the parking garage is located on Crystal Drive.
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For nearby hotel reservations, we recommend the Crowne Plaza Washington National Airport, which is connected to the Jefferson Plaza Two Building (where the Government Horizons training facility is) by a covered walkway. To secure a room, please call the hotel directly at 703-416-1600 and ask for the in-house reservations department, or send an email to Salesleads@bfsaul.com. Please mention you are attending a “Government Horizons” workshop, and government per diem will be offered if available.
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