Training Descriptions

Preparedness

Advanced Incident Management / Unified Command Course (TEEX MGT344) - TBD - The course trains emergency response supervisors and mid-to-upper-level managers in the skills necessary to effectively plan for and manage a large-scale incident by applying and implementing an all-hazards, multi-disciplinary, command and management team approach as described in the National Incident Management System's (NIMS) Incident Command System (ICS), Multiagency Coordination Systems, and Public Information Systems, with specific emphasis on the incident planning and resource management processes. The course concludes with a practical application, role-play exercise that is customized to the community in which the course is delivered. The AIM/UCC (MGT344) course complies with the NIMS National Standard Curriculum Training Development Guidance, of October 2005, and has been deemed to be both “ICS-400 compliant and equivalent training” by the DHS Office of Grants and Training (G&T) in conjunction with the DHS NIMS Integration Center(NIC).
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor CEU’s - 1.0, OEMS CEU's - 16

COML Type III Communications Unit Leader - TBD - This course trains emergency responders on how to serve as radio communications unit leaders during all-hazards emergency operations. This training will significantly improve communications across the multiple disciplines and jurisdictions responding to an incident. This COML training will qualify emergency responders as lead radio communications coordinators if they possess the necessary prerequisites, including knowledge of local communications; communications systems; and local, regional, and state communications plans. COML responsibilities include developing plans for the effective use of incident communications equipment and facilities, managing the distribution of communications equipment to incident personnel, and coordinating the installation and testing of communications equipment.
Prerequisite: IS-700, IS-800b., ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300

CEUs:  OEMS CEU's - 24

Communications Update - Interoperability - TBD - Join the New Jersey State Police, the Office of Information Technology/Office of Emergency Telecommunications Services, and RACES/ARES Communications personnel in a discussion regarding the direction of Public Safety Communications in our State. Information to be presented will include progress toward ReBanding , Interoperable Communications, RACES/ARES Amateur Radio, the "Narrowbanding" requirement [deadline of January 1, 2013] and, 9-1-1 / Where is it going from here.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  OEMS CEU's - 4

COOP MANAGER’S TRAINING COURSE - L548 - TBD - The Continuity of Operations (COOP) Manager’s Training Course is to provide COOP training for Program Managers and personnel with COOP responsibilities at the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal levels of government. The updated version talks about the new COOP policies and directives: HSPD-20, The National Implementation Plan, Federal Continuity Documents 1 & 2 and Continuity Guidance Circular 1 for nonfederal entities. Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to do the following: • Define COOP; • Explain the business benefits of COOP; • Identify the elements of a viable COOP capability; • Identify the processes, resources, and tasks necessary to implement and manage a successful COOP Program • Demonstrate the ability to teach a COOP Course Module • Introduce the changes in COOP defined by NSPD-51/HSPD-20, the NCP, FCDs 1 & 2, and CGC -1.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  OEMS CEU's - 24

Emergency Management Workshop (Basic) - TBD - An eight hour introductory course for personnel who are new to the field of emergency management. Subject material will include New Jersey Emergency Management Laws and Directives, the Integrated Emergency Management System, the Role of the Emergency Management Coordinator, Training, Exercising Programs and Disaster Recovery. This course may be attended by all New Jersey personnel in the emergency management field.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  OETS - 4 Hours, Public Health - Yes, OEMS CEU's - 8

Incident Command System (ICS) Forms Review - TEEX - This 4½-hour workshop provides a detailed introduction to emergency response supervisors and mid- to upper-level managers to the Incident Command System (ICS) forms used in the development of an Incident Action Plan (IAP). Participants will examine the primary forms used in an IAP, as well as supporting and other utility forms. In addition, participants will review the planning process and where, within that process, the forms are filled out and by whom. The workshop includes a practical application designed to instruct participants in the development of Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Realistic, and Time-based (SMART) control and management objectives. The scope of this course addresses a number of priorities and capabilities that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is encouraging state and local jurisdictions to establish. This course assists with establishing priorities for the national planning scenarios, national preparedness goals, the Universal Task List (UTL), and the Target Capabilities List (TCL).
Prerequisite: In order to be prepared for this intermediate-level course, all attendees should have completed all required NIMS/ICS training: • IS-700: Introduction to NIMS • IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS), or equivalent training • IS-200: Basic ICS, or equivalent training.

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor CEU’s - 0.5, Public Health - Yes, OEMS CEU's - 4

New Jersey Boater Safety Course - NJ State Police Marine Bureau - The State of New Jersey Requires Operators of a personal watercraft (Jet Ski, Wave Runner, etc.), or a power vessel on the waters of the State of New Jersey to complete a “Boater Safety Course” and possess a New Jersey boat safety certificate. This is an approved program, reviewed and approved by the Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, for the issuance of New Jersey boat safety certificates at the time that the course is successfully completed. As required by regulation, an approved course must include a block of instruction on New Jersey laws and regulations, printed New Jersey course materials, and New Jersey State specific test questions. At the conclusion of the program, there will the required examination, and a temporary “Boat Safety Certificate” will be issued, (pink copy of SP421) by the approved course provider and a permanent certificate would have been sent to the individual by mail, at a later date.
Prerequisite: TBD

CEUs:  None

Respiratory Fit Testing Quantitive/Qualitative Fit Test - Train the Trainer - Dennis R. Boos EMT-B, Administrative Director, The University Hospital Community Training Center - This four hour class will review the requirements of OSHA 1910.134 standards, Respiratory Protection Requirements. Attendees will be provided with a brief overview of the requirements of fit testing, how to write a respiratory protection plan, visual aids to present the course in there facility, and other required documentation. Students will then be trained on how to provide quantitative and qualitative fit testing within there faciltiy by the use of fit testing kits and a portacount machine. This is a hands on class so space is limited. In order to practice fit testing procedures all attendees will need to be clean shaven and cannot have any facial hair that would intefere with the seal of the respirator.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor CEU’s - 0.5, Public Health - Yes, OEMS CEU's - 4

Special Needs - Collaboration Works: Inclusion in the Disaster Preparedness Cycle - Mary Goepfert MPA, APR, CPM - NJOEM Neil McDevitt, Program Director, Community Emergency Preparedness Information Network - This course will increase understanding of the roles and responsibilities in the disaster preparedness cycle among emergency managers, emergency responders, and special needs communities. Emergency responders and emergency managers will gain a better understanding of how to identify, meet, and serve these communities. Leaders and members of special needs communities will learn how to best interact with emergency managers and emergency responders. Special needs communities, emergency managers, and emergency responders will learn how collaboration can increase the effectiveness of local disaster preparedness and response efforts. The goal of this course is to encourage participants to ask questions about their own community in order to strengthen their ability to include everyone in disaster and emergency preparation efforts. Participants will walk away with tips and strategies for enhancing collaborative efforts and enhancing their emergency operations plans.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  Public Health - Yes. OEMS CEU's - 8

Suicide Terrorism Course - Mr. Joseph Buttich NJ OHSP - The Suicide Terrorism course is being presented as an awareness level program on the trends and tactics currently being used by suicide bombers. Terrorists rely on fear to attempt to bring about change, and this course will explain how they go about trying to accomplish their goal. The first responder will walk away with information that will give them a better understanding of the suicide bombers mindset, the attack planning cycle, and some of the techniques and equipment they use. They will be provided with examples of the characteristics shared by suicide bombers and explain some of the motivations associated with suicide bombings.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Official/Inspector Technical CEU’s - 0.5, OETS - 4 Hours, Public Health - Yes, OEMS CEU's - 8

Response

8-Hour Hazwoper Refresher - Barry R. Weissman, REM, CSP, CHMM, CHS-V, CIPS - OSHA requires annual recertification for those with Hazwoper training. This course will provide you with that renewal. Topics may not be taught in the order listed and depending on the audience, more or less time will be spent on these various topics): Air monitoring and equipment Safety rules Regulations update Decision making exercise Hazard evaluation Site history exercise Health and safety plan development Clothing and PPE Decontamination planning Engineering controls Chemistry-MSDS Physical characteristics Common toxic chemicals Various case studies Note: you can still attend, even if you have not attended a previous Hazwoper course.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor CEU’s - 0.5, OEMS CEU's - 8

Amateur Radio License Course - Lou Milone and Ed Taylor - The Amateur Radio Service offers a unique mix of technology, public service, convenience and fun. Some hams enjoy communicating across the country and around the globe, making new friends over the airwaves. Others like to build and experiment with electronics, experiencing cutting edge technologies. Some use their radios and skills during emergencies or disasters when all else fails. The goal of this course is to prepare students to take, and pass, the entry-level Amateur Radio (Technician) license examination. Course Materials provided will be from the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). The first day and a half will involve classroom instruction, with study assignments; the afternoon of the second day, attendees will take the ARRL/FCC VEC examination, and receive the results on-site. The cost for the ARRL License Manual and to complete the ARRL/FCC VEC test is $40.00; this fee is in addition to the NJEPA Conference Registration fee.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  Public Health - Yes, OEMS CEU's - 16

Courage to Be Safe® Train - the - Trainer - TBD - National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Everyone Goes Home Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives Program Firefighters must have the courage to face a multitude of risks in order to save lives and protect their communities. Their courage allows them to willingly risk their own lives so that others can be saved. A different type of courage is required to stay safe in potentially dangerous situations, avoiding needless risks and tragic consequences. This provocative and moving presentation is designed to change the culture of accepting the loss of firefighters as a normal occurrence. Building on the untold story of LODD survivors, it reveals how family members must live with the consequences of a firefighter death and provides a focus on the need for firefighters and officers to change fundamental attitudes and behaviors in order to prevent line of duty deaths. The central theme promotes the courage to do the right thing in order to protect yourself and other firefighters and ensure that "Everyone Goes Home" at the end of the day. Courage to Be Safe® consists of a PowerPoint presentation on a CD, as well as an instructor guide and sample handout materials. This program is a must see for all who care, share, and have a feeling for the safety of all firefighters.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor/Inspector/Official Technical CEU’s - 0.5, OEMS CEU's - 16

Electrical Safety Awareness for Emergency Responders - William Stevenson, JCP&L - Emergency responders provide a valuable and necessary public protection service when they stand by scenes of electrical emergencies until we’re able to respond. This presentation has been prepared to help emergency response personnel identify and report damage to electrical facilities during electrical emergencies. We will discuss power system damage that can occur during storms and traffic accidents. These situations can pose a significant danger to the public and the emergency workers. We will review rapid reporting of such problems is a key factor in restoring service and protecting the public. We will review what should be done when electrical facilities are involved in an emergency situation. What the primary function is until the utility responds is to set up a secured safety zone protecting the emergency workers, the public and protect exposures.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor/Inspector/Official CEU’s - 0.5, Public Health - Yes, OEMS CEU's - 4

Elevator Emergencies - Deputy Chief Daniel F. Speigel, Wildwood, NJ Fire Department; Firefighter Mark Becica, Baltimore City Fire Department - Emergency personnel with inadequate training in responding to stalled elevators are exposed to an increased risk of injury and death to both the victims and themselves. Learn how to safely and effectively remove passengers from stalled elevators as well as basic elevator procedure. Topics include: nomenclature, safety, how an elevator functions, construction, elevator safety devices, equipment needed, initial response steps, restarting a stalled elevator, lock-out/tag-out procedures, elevator doors, use of hoistway door keys/pick tools, poling, fireman service (Phase I/Phase II), and manually lowering a hydraulic elevator.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor/Inspector/Official CEU’s - 0.5 OEMS CEU's - 4

EMS Response to the Large Scale Incident (LSI)-Awareness - UNDNJ University Hospital EMS - This entry level program prepares the Emergency Medical Services provider for response to a “high profile” or large scale incident. Topics to be included are planning, scene safety, triage and sorting of multiple casualties, treatment and transport of the injured. This course was developed by the The Incident Support and Operational Planning Unit (ISOP), an area of responsibility within the UMDNJ Center for BioDefense.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  OETS - 4 Hours, OEMS CEU's - 4

EMS Response to the Large Scale Incident (LSI)-Operations - UMDNJ University Hospital EMS - This 16 hour course builds on those skills reviewed in the Level-I Awareness program, and will provide the participant the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities and other tools too effectively and efficiently operate in a leadership role at a Large Scale Incident. The expectation is that upon completion of the program, the participant will be able to successfully function within the EMS Branch of the Incident Command System as the Triage, Treatment or Transport Group Supervisor or the Staging Area Manager. Modules Include: • EMS Branch Overview • Triage Group • Treatment & Medical Group • Transport Group • EMS Staging Area • Practical Exercise
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  OEMS CEU's - 16

FEMA H-465, ICS-300, Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents for Operational First Responders - TBD - This course expands on the principles covered in the basic ICS courses. It provides more description and detail of the organization and operation of ICS, the management of resources, describes the duties of all positions and provides examples of how the essential principles are used in incident and event planning, and trains emergency response supervisors and managers in the skills necessary to effectively plan for and manage large-scale incidents, by applying the all-hazards command and management structures found in the National Incident Management System (NIMS)—specifically, the Incident Command System (ICS), Multi-Agency Coordination Systems, and Public Information Systems. This program is 24 hours in duration.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor CEU’s - 1.5, OETS - 1 Hour, Public Health - Yes, OEMS CEU's - 24

Incident Command System for Executives & Elected Officials - Bill Kelleher, NJSP - This program is an orientation for executives, administrators and policy makers. It provides a basic understanding of ICS for individuals who establish or implement policy but who are normally not part of the on-scene ICS organization. It also provides an introduction to the National Incident Management System, A nationwide template that enables all government, private sector, and non-governmental organizations to work together during emergency incidents. This program will be completed in approximately one 2-hour session.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor CEU’s - 1.5, Public Health - Yes, OEMS CEU's - 8

Mass Fatalities Incident Response - G386 - CANCELLED - TBD - This 2 and a half day course is designed to prepare response personnel and other responsible professionals to handle a mass fatalities incident effectively by properly caring for the dead and the living – both responders and survivors. Course Objectives  Assess the local Mass Fatalities Annex to determine your jurisdiction’s preparedness for a mass fatalities incident  Describe the critical operational activities: Notification, staging, search and recovery, morgue operations, media relations, and family assistance  Explain how a Family Assistance Center is used to support families and to aid identification of the deceased  Identify the requirements to ensure that the psychological needs of mass fatalities responders are addressed  Recognize the importance of Critical Incident Stress Debriefings for responders at a mass fatalities incident  Identify the resources that are available at the local, State, and Federal levels during a mass fatalities incident  Apply the principles of ICS in response to a simulated incident
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor CEU’s - 1.5, OEMS CEU's - 16

Natural Gas Safety for Emergency Responders - TBD - Emergency responders provide a valuable and necessary public protection service when responding to natural gas emergencies. This presentation and discussion forum has been prepared to help emergency response personnel identify, report, and respond to natural gas emergencies. Natural gas incidents can pose a significant danger to the public and the emergency workers. We will review actual incidents and what should be done when natural gas facilities are involved in an emergency situation. What the primary function is until the utility responds and measures to protect the public, responders and property. In summary, this presentation and discussion with utility workers having a combined 125 years of natural gas experience and 84 years of fire fighting experience will aid participants in safely managing a natural gas incident and provide suggested standard operating procedures to manage natural gas emergencies.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor/Inspector/Official Technical CEU’s - 0.5, OEMS CEU's - 4

NC4 Incident Management System and External Situational Awareness (ESA) - TBD - E Team is a tested and proven incident management system. It provides a common operating picture that enables you to prepare better, respond faster, and recover sooner to events. E Team is a robust system that provides users the capability to track multiple complex incidents and events, and report all information accurately and with minimal effort. The training workshop will consist of: Overview and demonstration of the latest E Team release (R 9) Customizing your E Team application: How the system can easily be scaled down for ease of use for the end users - Custom Forms Overview and Demo - Overview and Demo of the new Mapping Component Overview and Demo of the Analysis and Reporting Engine (ARE) - how to quickly and efficiently retrieve and report information entered in your system Overview and demonstration on the use of data sharing ESA enhances your Situational Awareness, enabling rapid, effective and efficient response to incidents which could cause operational disruption or impact employee health and safety. This application enables organizations and personnel within to quickly learn about relevant risks to your facilities, employees and operations. It ensure that your staff responsible for your facilities learn about incidents and events quickly, thereby: Reducing the operational impact of daily incidents and crises, maximizing awareness and planning time to mitigate risk, avoiding costly outages to critical operational functions and reducing damage to facilities. The training workshop will focus on two (2) key functional points within the application. Alert Profiles, which are set up by the individual users, enables these users to customize the level of information that gets distributed. We will cover in detail how to set up, modify and delete alert profiles for both regular incidents and weather specific incidents. We will also go over some "best practice" alert profiles that work very well in an operational environment. Setting up your points of Critical Infrastructure or Locations of Interest is the final area covered during the workshop. We will demonstrate adding, deleting and modifying location information and the steps necessary to ensure locations are properly added to alert profiles.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor CEU’s - 0.5, OETS - 4 Hours, Public Health - Yes, OEMS CEU's - 4

Rail and Bus Safety for Emergency Responders - Timothy Meade Senior Training Specialist NJ TRANSIT RAIL OPERATIONS - The objective of this training is to provide to all first responders a basic overview of New Jersey Transit’s Emergency Response Procedures. The training starts with a video of an actual passenger train emergency and a full response by Emergency Services, and will proceed into the Emergency Response Guidelines presentation. This covers the following subjects: brief history and system map of NJ Transit, safety awareness, railroad response agencies, train crews, a from-the-ground-up familiarization with rail equipment. It will also include a review of tunnel hazards, station hazards, high and low level platforms, locomotive emergency shutdown procedures, emergency brakes, emergency door release handles, trap doors, emergency window operations and how to stop a train. All students will be provided with handouts of this presentation for future reference. The second half of this session will cover bus safety. The objective of this training is to provide to all first responders a basic overview of buses operated by NJ TRANSIT Bus Operations. • General information – Bus weight, height, and maximum passenger capacity. • Entrance and exit doors – Opening size, location of exterior switch and air dump valves. • Wheelchair lift – Location of lift and switches. • Fuel tanks – Location and capacity. • Batteries – Location, weight of batteries, and how to properly disconnect the batteries. • Engine compartment – Fluid capacity, how to disable the vehicle from the rear and potential hazards in the engine compartment. • Fire suppression system – Location of components and how to activate system in an emergency. • Driver’s compartment – Location of items such as master switch, engine start switch, entrance door switch, emergency and parking brake valves. • Interior – Location and operation of roof escape hatches and emergency exit windows.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor/Inspector/Official Technical CEU’s - 0.5, OEMS CEU's - 4

Transportation Disaster Response – A Course For Emergency Responders NTSB Training Center program # TDA402 - TBD - This three day program is designed specifically for emergency responders and planners, and provides participants with the tools to most effectively manage a major transportation disaster. Audio/video materials, case studies, recent examples and panel discussions are employed to illustrate key principles of the unique aspects of responding to major transportation disasters.  Integrating ICS and investigative processes during a transportation disaster  Responding to transportation events involving terrorism and/or hazardous materials  Maximizing resources in site security and support staffing  Responding to media inquires and managing press at the scene  Communicating with the local community and families of the victims  Providing assistance to family members  Forensic aspects of recovery and identification  Long-term issues facing the affected community following a major disaster Upon completion of this course the participant will be able to:  Improve their organization’s on-scene coordination and communication  Manage limited resources more effectively  More effectively manage the operational challenges during a major accident  Address the issues that a major disaster can have on an organization’s staff and local community  Interact more knowledgeably with federal officials at the accident site  Avoid pitfalls and mistakes unique to major transportation accidents
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  OETS - 4 Hours, Public Health - Yes, OEMS CEU's - 24

USAR Command and Control at Structural Collapse Incidents - NJ TF-1 - This course will describe how the Incident Command System is utilized in the response to structural collapse incidents.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor CEU’s - 0.5, OEMS CEU's - 4

Weather

Hurrevac 2010 – The Next Major Revision to the Hurrevac Program - TBD - Hurrevac is a program that is used by 7,000 emergency managers in over 1,600 counties and parishes which are at risk of hurricanes. The program originated in the late 1980s with revisions to the software occurring annually. Major revisions have historically occurred every ten years, the last being in 2000. Hurrevac 2010 has been redesigned to take advantage of advancement in web technology. A new interface has been developed that will use models that people are now accustomed to seeing in other programs—most notably treeviews, dockable toolbars, and tabbed browsing. The intention is to make this version as intuitive as possible. For example, tree views are used in Windows Explorer and are good at hiding complexity when you don’t need it. That way the experienced user has plenty of capability, but the novice user is not overwhelmed. Hurrevac 2010 has also been designed to take advantage of web based GIS services which will allow the user to automatically receive updates from the National Hurricane Center without having to hit the data download button. The updates are downloaded into a GIS format that is automatically compatible with the leading GIS programs which are currently used in New Jersey. This training session will demonstrate the features of the new interface and will serve as a sneak peak of the software. We will compare and contrast the procedures between the 2009 and 2010 versions and give an overview as to how the data can be exported from Hurrevac into existing systems your emergency management office currently uses.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  NJ Division of Fire Safety Instructor CEU’s - 0.5, Public Health - Yes, OEMS CEU's - 4

SkyWarn® Advanced Program - NOAA / National Weather Service - The effects of severe weather are felt every year by many Americans. To obtain critical weather information, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, established SKYWARN® with partner organizations. SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service. Although SKYWARN® spotters provide essential information for all types of weather hazards, the main responsibility of a SKYWARN® spotter is to identify and describe severe local storms. In the average year, 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 5,000 floods and more than 1,000 tornadoes occur across the United States. These events threatened lives and property. Training is conducted by NOAA/NWS Meteorologists, and will discuss how and why thunderstorms develop, weather patterns conducive to severe weather, processes necessary for tornado development, the impact of wind shear on storm behavior and the relation of instability to updraft intensity.
Prerequisite: SkyWarn Basic Program

CEUs:  Public Health - Yes, OEMS CEU's - 4

SkyWarn® Basic Program - NOAA / National Weather Service - The effects of severe weather are felt every year by many Americans. To obtain critical weather information, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, established SKYWARN® with partner organizations. SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service. Although SKYWARN® spotters provide essential information for all types of weather hazards, the main responsibility of a SKYWARN® spotter is to identify and describe severe local storms. In the average year, 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 5,000 floods and more than 1,000 tornadoes occur across the United States. These events threatened lives and property. Training is conducted by NOAA/NWS Meteorologists and covers: • Basics of thunderstorm development • Fundamentals of storm structure • Identifying potential severe weather features • Information to report • How to report information • Basic severe weather safety
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  Public Health, OEMS CEU's - 4

Hospital / Medical

Advanced Disaster Life Support®(ADLS®) - Cooper Hospital UMC in cooperation with AtlantiCare - ADLS® is an advanced practicum course for the trained BDLS® provider. It is an intensive, 2-day course that allows students to demonstrate competencies in casualty decontamination, specified essential skills, and mass casualty incident information systems/technology applications. Using simulated, all-hazards scenarios and mass causality incidents, ADLS® makes use of four interactive sessions in which participants treat simulated patients in various disaster drills and situations. Training is focused on the development of hands-on skills to allow participants to apply the knowledge learned in BDLS®. ADLS®’s interactive scenarios and drills utilize high-fidelity mannequins and volunteer patients to simulate a realistic experience in treating pathologic patient conditions not routinely encountered by the responders and health care providers. Hands-on exercises teach practical skills, such as decontamination and use of protective equipment, and provide instruction in topics that traditionally are not addressed in health care education curricula. Day 2 of ADLS® is the "hands on" day of training. Four skills stations reinforce the previous day’s learning. These skills stations are as follows: MASS Triage™ - This challenging station allows the students to practice the concepts of the disaster paradigm with an emphasis on patient triage. Simulated disaster victims must be triaged and treated correctly while attempting to manage a chaotic scene and request appropriate resources. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Decontamination - This station teaches important concepts about the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and decontamination technique. Students are given the opportunity to wear PPE and participate in a simulated decontamination while attempting to render medical care. Disaster Skills - This station teaches information about vital skills necessary for medical disaster management. Students are taught about the Strategic National Stockpile and proper Mark-I kit use. Students are also allowed to practice Small pox immunization. Human Patient Simulator - Recognition of victims of a chemical and biological disaster is paramount. This station is designed to reinforce the detection and proper treatment of conditions that may occur during disasters that we do not normally treat. Treatment of chemical, biological, and traumatic patients is covered. The use of high fidelity human patient simulators allows the student to see, hear, and feel information that would normally be provided by an instructor, creating a more realistic experience than standard mannequins can provide.
Prerequisite: Basic Disaster Life Support™ (BDLS®)

CEUs:  OEMS CEU's - 16

Basic Disaster Life Support™ (BDLS®) - Cooper Hospital UMC in cooperation with AtlantiCare - BDLS® is targeted to multiple disciplines including emergency medical service (EMS) personnel, hazardous materials personnel, public health personnel, and health care providers. The goal of teaching multiple disciplines simultaneously is to develop a commonality of approach and language in the health care community, improving the care and coordination of response in Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) disasters and public health emergencies. The BDLS® course is a review of the all-hazards topics including natural and accidental man made events, traumatic and explosive events, nuclear and radiological events, biological events, and chemical events. Also included is information on the health care professional’s role in the public health and incident management systems, community mental health, and special needs of underserved and vulnerable populations. The recognition and management of the disaster scene and victims are reinforced through a unique approach, introduced in the Core Disaster Life Support Course, called the D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R paradigm. The D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R paradigm organizes the students’ preparation and response to disaster management. It emphasizes an all-hazards approach to mass casualty incident management and facilitates ongoing qualitative and quantitative assessment of an incident.
Prerequisite: None

CEUs:  OETS - 8 Hours, OEMS CEU's - 8