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Community Based Emergency Response Seminar (CBERS) Course

Webinar

Self-Care for Responder During COVID-19  Target Audience: Any disaster or emergency responder Emergency Management Disaster Shelter Workers EOC Staff EMS/Fire/Law Enforcement Emergency Dispatch Emergency Department Staff Local Health Districts and OCME Staff Anyone who responds to emergencies or disasters as part of their job. Participants will learn about: The various types of stress caused by providing care to others during COVID. […]

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Medical Countermeasures POD Planning and Response VILT Course

Webinar

Course Description This course is a guide for local health officials and their partners to coordinate plans to provide mass distribution of medical countermeasures in response to a large-scale public health incident. This course focuses on planning considerations, recommendation to achieve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) 48-hour standard for Mass Prophylaxis, and […]

VHASS Monthly Training

WebEx

Training will cover the following topics: Topic: VHASS Account Signups, Account Maintenance & Text Alerting To join via webinar: Meeting link Meeting number: 180 209 4222 Password: VHASS_training

CVHC Monthly Meeting

CVHC 7818 E Parham Rd, Henrico, VA

December meeting was moved to the 3rd Friday due to the Holiday. Click Here to Join the Meeting Meeting number: 736 337 966 Password: Cvhc_meeting Join by video system: Dial [email protected] You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter the meeting number above Join by phone: +1-415-655-0001 Access code: 736 337 966

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VHASS Communications Drill – Medically Vulnerable Populations (Non-Hospital)

WebEx

The Regional Healthcare Coordination Center (RHCC) will be conducting a regional emergency communications drill with all healthcare organizations that serve medically vulnerable populations (Long Term Care, Dialysis, Hospice/Home Health, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, ICF/IID, etc.). At 9AM the RHCC will create a VHASS Event called “Regional Communications Drill – Date” and send a text message alert […]

NETEC Webinar: Lessons Learned in Navigating Simultaneous Disaster Response Scenarios

Webinar

In this National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center webinar they will describe how the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) structure can be utilized for managing a “dual” response as derived from case-based scenarios involving COVID-19 and Wild Fire/Hurricane emergency situations, identify key considerations in preparation for natural disasters during a pandemic including PPE, […]

VHASS Monthly Training

WebEx

Training will cover the following topics: Topic: How to Update your Status Board - Why is the information important? "Where to find VHASS resources" To join via webinar: Meeting link Meeting number: 180 761 8130 Password: vhass_training

Introduction of HICS for Hospitals

Webinar

Course Information: HICS is an incident management system based on principles of the Incident Command System (ICS), which assists hospitals and healthcare organizations in improving their emergency management planning, response, and recovery capabilities for unplanned and planned events. HICS is consistent with ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles. The principal beneficiaries of […]

Introduction to HICS for Long Term Care

Webinar

Course Information: Nursing homes provide essential services that must be protected at all times, including those extraordinary occasions we call emergencies or disasters. Yet it is difficult to predict when an incident may occur that threatens the ability of a nursing home to safely care for its residents, staff, and visitors; or conduct normal operations […]

Introduction of HICS for Hospitals

Webinar

Course Information: HICS is an incident management system based on principles of the Incident Command System (ICS), which assists hospitals and healthcare organizations in improving their emergency management planning, response, and recovery capabilities for unplanned and planned events. HICS is consistent with ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) principles. The principal beneficiaries of […]