Burn Evaluation and Care for Emergency Medical Personnel Course

Faculty:
James Cross, MD, FACS, Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Surgery, Director University of Alabama at Birmingham Burn Center
Ziad Kazzi, MD, Assistant Professor, Emory University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicologist, Georgia Poison Center

This 5 hour course is intended for Emergency Medical Personnel who would be the first to treat burn victims.  The Burn Evaluation and Care for Emergency Medical Personnel Course, adapted from the American Burn Association materials and trainings, introduces information relevant to the care of casualties from burn injuries.       click here for more information

H1N1 and Social Distancing - What it All Means

People have heard a lot of reports about H1N1 in recent months without being given practical information that can be applied to everyday activities. The South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness has developed a short video that addresses one of these activities - social distancing. When you or someone in your family contracts H1N1, what precautions should you take so that you don't spread the virus to other people? Can you leave your house? How does social distance differ for children and the elderly? We have compiled information from the CDC, Health and Human Services and the latest research to answer these questions and more.
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For more information, you can view our booklet How to Manage the Flu (PDF)  

CHDS Announces Winner of Second Annual Essay Contest

The Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) is pleased to announce Valerie Yeager as the winner of the 2009 homeland security essay competition. Yeager’s winning essay entitled, Emergency Response, Public Health and Poison Control: Logical Linkages for Successful Risk Communication and Improved Disaster and Mass Incident Response, was selected from 147 other entries. Her paper explores the possibilities of linking emergency response and public health with the poison control system for increased collaboration and coordination during disasters and emergencies. If successful, these linkages will ensure that the U.S. is more capable of effectively preventing, responding and recovering from disasters and emergencies. 


 

Listen to CBS nationally syndicated radio interviews with Dr. Josh Klapow on psychological first aid:

• Psychological First Aid: Building Resiliency for "Us" and "Them"
• Community Partnerships and Perspectives - Basic Level
• The Pharmacist's Role in Disasters
• Consequences of a Foreign Animal Disease in a Rural Community
• Psychology of Terrorism and Psychological Counterterrorism: 7 Things You Should Know
• Orientation to the Essentials of Public Health – Introductory Level
• Cross-Border Collaboration
• Productive Communication Skills
• Continuity of Operations Planning
• Environmental Strike Teams
• Mass Casualty Medical Command
• Special Needs Populations in Disaster Response
• Two Years Later: Continued Psychological Difficulties of First Responders and the Affected General Population
• Understanding and Responding to the Needs of Children After Large-Scale Disasters 
   

• Centers for Public Health Preparedness Resource Center - Free online emergency response and educational resources developed by the CDC-funded Centers for Public Health Preparedness. Information is added and updated regularly.
   
• Preparedness Minute and Public Health Action Minute videos