This event was held on March 5, 2007.

The presentation will be available online.

Watch or Listen to the Presentation and Receive a Certificate

Watch or listen to the presentation. Once you have completed the pre-test, enter your email address to view the video. Successful completion of a brief participant data form, pre-test, post-test and evaluation will allow you to receive up to 1.0 contact hours (.1 CEU).

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Audience

Public health and healthcare professionals/staff, Medical Reserve Corps members, emergency management staff, first-responders, mental/behavioral health workers, students, faculty, and others interested in disaster preparedness.

As a result of this training, participants can learn to:

• Describe insights gained and how they could be applied to future emergency/crisis situations.
• Identify how lessons learned apply to their organization.
• Share lessons learned with their organization.
• Discuss the roles of volunteers in disaster responses.
• Describe lessons learned/challenges in coordinating or participating in a multi-agency response.

Accreditation

.1 CEU will be given; Designed to meet the requirements of the Minnesota Board of Nursing for 1.8 contact hours.

Speakers

Tom Ward, EMT-P, Emergency Medical Services Supervisor, Hennepin County Medical Center.

Kathy Berlin, RN, University of Minnesota Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator, Academic Health Center Office of Emergency Response.

Nancy Vanderburg, RN, BSN, PHN, Public Health Preparedness Consultant, MN Department of Health Office of Emergency Preparedness, SE Region of Minnesota.

Cathy Clark, MA, Acting Director, MN Department of Transportation, Emergency Management Section.

Pat Tommet, RN, PhD, CNP, Healthcare System Preparedness Unit Supervisor, MN Department of Health Office of Emergency Preparedness.

Questions

Contact Natalie Migliarini, MERET Program Associate, at 612-626-2596 or migli010@umn.edu.

Sponsored by

• University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness (UMNCPHP), a program of the University of Minnesota School Of Public Health. Funded in part through a grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Grant cooperative number U90/CCU524264.
• Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training (MERET), a program of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and School of Public Health. Funded through grant #T01HP006412 from the Office of the Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), DHHS.
• The Academic Health Center Office of Emergency Response.