The COVID-19 pandemic has changed healthcare delivery, and healthcare organizations are facing unprecedented challenges as a result of these changes. Healthcare organizations are working quickly to assess the effect of the changes on the methods they use to deliver care to ensure patient and provider safety, and on their day- to-day operations. Understanding the challenges […]
FEMA Releases COVID-19 Operational Guidance for Hurricane Season FEMA released "COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season" to help emergency managers and public health officials best prepare for disasters, while continuing to respond to and recover from COVID-19. The guide provides actions emergency managers and public officials can take to prepare for […]
The National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center is offering a webinar on ventilator strategies and innovative approaches to handle critically ill patients with COVID- 19 presenting with acute hypoxic respiratory failure. Register Here
The National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center is offering a webinar to identify the importance of assessment and on-the-fly planning when caring for an unplanned influx of patients needing dialysis. Register Here
ASPR TRACIE, in collaboration with the HHS/FEMA Healthcare Resilience Task Force, is hosting this webinar featuring interagency partners discussing various funding options for establishing alternate care sites (ACS), the operation and ongoing administration of ACS, and for direct patient care costs. Speakers from HHS ASPR, CDC, CMS, HRSA, and FEMA will provide an overview of […]
The National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center is offering a webinar to describe best practices used to help with COVID-19 operational response planning, identify innovative approaches to tracking and mapping COVID-19 cases including required resources and discuss how the Incident Command System (ICS) model facilitates informed decisions to effectively plan and respond to […]
Join our experts for the next webinars in our respiratory protection series: We’ll take a deeper dive into respirator implementation consideration topics such as OSHA fit testing requirements and procedures, equipment troubleshooting, and best practices. Q&A will be available following the presentation. Register Here
In this National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center webinar, they will review the strategies and guidance available to help communities stand up rapid COVID-19 testing in a safe and effective way. Register Here
In this National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center town hall forum, NETEC subject matter experts will be on hand to answer frequently asked questions surrounding the use of Personal Protective Equipment in the care of COVID-19 patients. Register Here
The National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center is offering a webinar to identify strategies and innovative practices for the identification and management of COVID19 patients and for safe continuity of care for all. Register Here