About the Course: This eight-hour planning and management-level course provides public- and private-sector emergency managers, community policy makers, public health, and public safety personnel with the general knowledge necessary to begin planning for situations requiring the isolation and quarantine of a large portion of a local, rural population. A rural community's ability to collectively respond to an emergency requiring isolation and quarantine is not only essential to minimizing the negative impacts to the community at risk, but also to minimizing the long-term negative economic and health effects on the American public as a whole.

• Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Introduction to Isolation and Quarantine

• Legal and Ethical Issues

• Roles and Responsibilities

• Communication Strategies

• Tabletop Response Activity

Target Audience:

• Public Health Professionals

• Emergency Managers

• Hospital Management

• First Responders-Law, Fire, & EMS

• Volunteer Organizations-CERT, Churches

• Local Government Representatives

• Community Leaders

Register at: https://www.train.org , Course ID 1059812

For Questions about this course contact:

Mark Becmer

Region 7 Healthcare Coalition Coordinator

Phone: 989-748-4975

Email: rc@mir7hcc.com