Instructed By: TEEX
Course Description: This two day course prepares participants to effectively, appropriately, and safely plan for and respond to a disaster incident involving children, addressing the specific needs of pediatric patients in the event of a community based-incident. Pediatric specific planning considerations include mass sheltering, pediatric-triage, reunification planning and pediatric decontamination considerations. This is not a hands-on technical course, but instead a management resource course for stakeholders like pediatric physicians, emergency managers, emergency planners, and members of public emergency departments like EMS, Fire, Police, Public Health, and Hospitals in field of disaster response and preparedness work.
Course Topics:
Introduction to Pediatric Response
Emergency Management (EM) Considerations
Implications for Planning and Response
Functional Access Needs Considerations
Mass Sheltering
Pediatric Triage and Allocation of Scarce Resources
Pediatric Reunification Considerations
Pediatric Decontamination Considerations
Target Audience:
Community and Hospital-based Emergency Managers
EMS Personnel
Hospital Administration and Emergency Room Personnel
Public Safety/ Public Health Personnel
School Administrators
MRC Personnel
Private Sector
Law Enforcement
Please note there is a two-step registration process to register for this event. You must register both on MITRAIN and the TEEX site to be admitted into the class.
To Register on MITRAIN:
1. Go to the MI-TRAIN website at http://www.train.org/mi-train .
2. Enter your login name and password and click on the Login button.
3. At the top right of the page, click on the magnifying glass, type 1055362 in the Search TRAIN box and then push Enter.
4. Click on the course title: Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness (MGT-439)
5. Find the session you wish to attend and click on the Register button next to that session.
6. You will receive a message saying you have registered for the course.
To Register on TEEX: Go to https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspxMO=mCourseCatalog&D=FP&C=MGT439&S=441 and fill out the information prompted to answer.
Questions Contact: Region 3 Healthcare Coalition
Jennifer Stefaniak
Phone: 989-899-7417
JenniferStefaniak@region3hcc.org