This event was held on October 11, 2006.

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This seminar is an update on hospital incident command system and other incident management tidbits for hospital and health care facilities.

Accreditation

.15 CEUs will be given; designed to meet the requirements of the Minnesota Board of Nursing for 1.5 contact hours.

Featured Speaker

John Hick, MD, is a faculty emergency physician at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) and an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He serves as the Associate Medical Director for Hennepin County Emergency Medical Services and Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness at HCMC. He also serves the Minnesota Department of Health as the Medical Director for the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Medical Director for Hospital Bioterrorism Preparedness. He is the founder and current chair of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Hospital Compact, a 27 hospital mutual aid and planning group active since 2002. He is involved at many levels of planning for surge capacity and traveled to Greece to assist their healthcare system preparations for the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of a 15 member CDC/HHS team.

Sponsored By

The 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.

The Academic Health Center Office of Emergency Response.

Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training (MERET), a program of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and School of Public Health. Funded in part through a grant by the Health Resources.