FEBRUARY 19, 10:30 AM - NOON INTERACTIVE SESSIONSOregon's Virtual Joint Information Center
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Marina 5
Interactive
Session Number: 14
Oregon’s award-winning Virtual JIC is a secure Web site where public health, hospital, and other emergency response public information officers (PIOs) can post and share information for public release during an emergency event. The site provides a one-stop source for up-to-date event information, including situation status, key messages, media releases, and links to other credible information sources, as well as forms, tools, and role-based position descriptions for PIOs staffing a physical JIC. This session will demonstrate the Web site and how it is used during public health emergencies.
Our Experience with HSEEP Full Scale Exercises
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Marina 6
Interactive
Session Number: 28
The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) has adopted a capabilities-based planning approach to evaluate preparedness, emphasizing the need to analyze a diverse array of capabilities necessary for effective prevention, protection, response, and recovery efforts. This session will highlight two full-scale public health laboratory exercises that were conducted in 2008 in Florida and Mississippi and provide guidance on planning, developing, and coordinating a full-scale HSEEP exercise.
Tools, Training, and Technical Assistance: Supporting Health Care Providers With Business Resiliency*
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Fairbanks C
Interactive
Session Number: 66
The health care community’s many partners each have a significant impact on the health of our residents; it is therefore important to strengthen their capacities and capabilities. Public Health - Seattle & King County engaged over 120 nonhospital-based health care providers through a series of business resiliency workshops that resulted in increased emergency readiness and coordination across health care sectors. Presenters will share lessons learned, challenges faced, and the findings of a comprehensive project evaluation. Examples of user-friendly preparedness tools will be provided.
*This Session is an Advanced Practice Center Training
Earning a Higher CRI Score: Or Why I Put Together this Binder
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Marina 2
Interactive
Session Number: 86
Fulfilling the requirements of the Local Technical Assistance Review tool is key to both protecting our communities during a mass prophlyaxis event and improving CRI scores. The presenters will explain the methodology they used to increase their score during the past two program years. This has included focusing on reviewing the tool for items covered in other programs; using existing partnerships and forming new ones to meet requirements; and documenting everything along the way.
Public Health First Responders: Creating an Initial Dispensing Team
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Bel Aire South
Interactive
Session Number: 99
Public health first responders are critical to a successful response to certain emergencies or events. The Initial Dispensing Team (IDT) consists of highly trained medical and nonmedical public health employees who can be rapidly activated in response to a public health threat requiring mass dispensing of vaccines or medications to at-risk individuals. In this session you will learn concrete steps to create an IDT in your jurisdiction and examine a competency-based training curriculum.
Training Standardization of MRC Core Competencies
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Point Loma A
Interactive
Session Number: 109
Recognizing that Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) volunteers are an important public health resource and can play a critically important role when surge capacity is challenged, the Center for Bioterrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine developed an online standardized MRC volunteer training program which is approved for continuing education and continuing medical education units. This session will highlight the training, evaluation results, and participant follow-up. Plans for ongoing and enhanced training will be discussed.
Response Initiative - a 21st Century Strategy for Recruiting, Training and Retaining Volunteers
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: CANCELED
Interactive
Session Number: 126
Representatives from the Montgomery County (TX) Health Department present the Response Initiative, a Web-based training and development program that improved a small agency’s ability to recruit, train, and retain public health volunteers, and is now being used in Houston and the surrounding Southeast Texas region.
**THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELED**
Response to a Biological Actionable Result during the Democratic National Convention 2008
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Coronado
Interactive
Session Number: 133
The morning of then-Senator Obama’s acceptance speech in Denver , the state health department was notified of a BioWatch Actionable Result near the convention site. The state health department chose not to follow federal guidance on phase I sampling, opting to conduct the sampling themselves without personal protective equipment in order to prevent a media and public information crisis. This session will focus on the decisions that were made, and suggested changes in the BioWatch program and the phase I sample protocols.
Mass Prophylaxis Fusion Training for Jurisdictions
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Bel Aire North
Interactive
Session Number: 149
MGT: 319: Bioterrorism: Mass Prophylaxis Preparedness and Planning is among the first public health preparedness courses offered through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Adaptable to a variety of local jurisdictions, the course addresses planning and best practice to help jurisdictions prepare an effective mass prophylaxis campaign. Test scores and continuing education information serve as measures for evidence-based learning. Key audiences include public health, law enforcement, and school district officials; emergency management planners; and representatives of volunteer agencies.
From Coffee to Commitment: Partnering with Private Industry for SNS Planning
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Seabreeze
Interactive
Session Number: 159
In 2005 the Tennessee Department of Health initiated a partnership with a national food production company to provide RSS services in southeast Tennessee. Drawing on its expertise, the company proposed improvements to the layout and operation of the RSS site which have been incorporated into RSS planning across Tennessee. This session will describe how the partnership began, its maintenance and improvement, its impact on the future of SNS planning in Tennessee, and lessons learned.
Training the Masses: A Regional, Modular Approach to CRI Training for Non-Medical Workers
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Fairbanks A
Interactive
Session Number: 166
This session will present how the Maryland Office of Preparedness and Response and the Baltimore-Towson CRI Metropolitan Statistical Area developed a standardized approach to training that allowed counties to take a regional modular approach to training nonmedical workers at Points of Dispensing (PODs). Through collaborative local, state, and private partnerships, the counties deliver POD training that allows private businesses and other governmental agencies to effectively establish and run their own nonmedical model PODs with minimal reliance on the health department.
Here a Plan, There a Plan, Everywhere a Plan, Plan
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Harbor Island 2
Interactive
Session Number: 185
All-Hazards Plan, Multi-Agency Coordination Plan, COOP Plan, Incident Specific Plans, Annexes and Appendices: How do you to make sense of all these types and components of plans and create a cohesive All-Hazards Plan? This session will share with you resources and templates that were used to develop the various response plans for the Minnesota Department of Health. You'll learn a common sense approach to connecting all these types of plans into one comprehensive all-hazards plan.
All-Hazards Preparedness in a Network of Medical Clinics Serving the Urban Poor
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Fairbanks B
Interactive
Session Number: 193
This session provides in-depth material and information concerning all-hazards planning and response for medical clinics. Specifically, the session includes materials developed by and for a network of 13 FQHC-funded clinics and 4 associated shelters in the Pittsburgh, PA region. Products to be shared include a regional all-hazards preparedness and response plan, an on-line orientation and training for clinic employees, a semi-functional exercise based on a chemical spill, and an detailed after-action report.
Lessons Learned From a Public Health Emergency and a POD Exercise: A Hepatitis A Experience *
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Harbor Island 1
Interactive
Session Number: 214
This session will describe the events of a 5-day Point of Dispensing (POD) in Erie County , New York , where 10,153 persons were offered postexposure prophylaxis for Hepatitis A, and present lessons learned and corrective actions applied to the implementation of a follow-up drive-through POD. Discussion will examine utilization of the Incident Command System, POD flow, implementation of just-in-time training, integration of volunteers, and liability issues, as well as comparison of the PODs regarding through-put, patient satisfaction, and staff/volunteer evaluation.
*This Session is an Advanced Practice Center Training
Cross-Jurisdiction Cross-Discipline Public Health Tabletops
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Marina 3
Interactive
Session Number: 243
Exercises that simulate public health emergencies allow us to assess preparedness plans and systems. However, exercising plans and engaging municipal partners are ongoing challenges for local health departments with limited resources. The Massachusetts Virtual Epidemiologic Network (MAVEN) is the cross-jurisdictional functional exercise of a new Web-based epidemiologic surveillance system currently in development. Panelists will discuss promoting cross-disciplinary, cross-jurisdictional training for public health events; engaging municipal leadership and state agencies; and ways that practices have improved as a result of these activities.
Coordinating from the Bottom Up: Supporting Healthcare Delivery System Emergency Response
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Point Loma B
Interactive
Session Number: 254
Oregon health responders have identified five functions necessary to enable the regional health care delivery system to achieve an effective response during a health emergency: 1) information regarding health care impacts; 2) optimal distribution of resources; 3) policy guidance; 4) provider information; and 5) information regarding nonhealth care impacts. A regional Health/Medical Coordination Center (HMCC) was designed to serve as a centralized information coordination center. After learning about the HMCC model, participants will share how they fulfill these necessary functions.
Tools for Disaster Data Collection Across Federal Response Teams: A Forum for Collaboration
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Harbor Island 3
Interactive
Session Number: 296
The Disaster Data Collection Tools Workgroup is providing input and seeking consensus on data collection tools to bring consistency to federal public health and medical response teams and improve situational awareness. This session will present progress, solicit input on draft recommendations, and discuss areas not yet addressed. Guidance will be sought on the interface between federal teams and state and local partners. Federal, state, and local partners engaged in data collection during disasters are encouraged to participate.
Addressing the Needs of Vulnerable Populations in Public Health Emergency Preparedness Planning
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Marina 4
Interactive
Session Number: 303
Effective implementation of disaster plans requires participation and compliance from all populations, including vulnerable populations (VPs). In this interactive session, we will present a planning framework and a set of tools to help health departments identify the needs of VPs in their communities. We will review promising practices to address these needs and align planning with required functions for all-hazards events. Successful models for collaboration with representatives of VPs during the planning process will be offered.
A Cooperative Approach to Alternate Care Site Planning: Emphasizing the Role of Laboratory Medicine
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Fairbanks D
Interactive
Session Number: 304
This session will provide an overview of developing regional and state-wide partnerships to establish alternate care sites in response to emergencies and disasters. Presenters will provide real world examples of laboratory planning activities related to alternate care sites. Cooperative partnerships among institutions, including public health agencies, to obtain supplies, establish procedures, increase communication capabilities, and provide training for laboratory personnel and others in the larger context of an austere care setting will be emphasized.
Development of Electronic Preparedness and Response Reporting and Tracking Tools Within an Immunization Registry
Thursday February 19th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Catalina
Interactive
Session Number: 312
Typically used to increase and maintain vaccination coverage levels, immunization registries can also be used as disaster response reporting and tracking tools. Participants will learn how to identify the needs of emergency response teams in their community, collaborate with immunization experts within the registry infrastructure to incorporate preparedness information, and work with information technology experts to implement the process. The work performed at the Texas Department of State Health Services will be used as a best practice model.
**THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELED**
