185406 Course Overview/CDC Public Health and Clinician Took Kits

Saturday, October 25, 2008: 9:10 AM

Florie E. Tucker, RN, MSN, MBA , Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Roswell, GA
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted public health research during 2003 for the public health workforce as well medical personnel in hospitals. Both target audiences indicated that they lacked sufficient training in radiation emergency preparedness. In response to these findings, CDC developed two tool kits focused on radiological terrorism preparedness. The first, a tool kit for emergency services clinicians, contains multiple CE-approved video and interactive CD-ROM training programs, a pocket guide reference for radiological injury, pamphlets providing medical diagnosis and treatment information on Acute Radiation Syndrome, Perinatal Radiation Exposure, and Cutaneous Radiation Injury, and public information fact sheets. This tool kit was mailed to 1500 hospital trauma centers nationwide.

The second tool kit, designed for public health officials involved in preparing for response to radiation emergencies, is ready for release. This tool kit contains multiple video training films, guidelines on population monitoring, guidelines on handling radioactive deceased, and radiation emergency fact sheets.

CDC would like to use the APHA conference as a training program for educating public health officials about the two tool kits and about radiological terrorism preparedness in general.

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss key principles of radiation exposure that impact public health planning for a radiological terrorism incident. 2. List three potential radiological and nuclear terrorism incident scenarios that could result in mass casualties. 3. Describe how an effective communications plan can positively impact public health preparedness for a radiological terrorism incident. 4. Describe the public health role in conducting radiological population monitoring following a radiological terrorism incident. 5. Discuss the role of local government in emergency response planning for a radiological terrorism incident. 6. Discuss key considerations in public health planning for distribution of pharmaceutical countermeasures following a radiological terrorism incident. 7. Describe how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tool kits for radiological terrorism preparedness could be used in emergency response planning.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a Master's prepared registered nurse with 30 years of experience, including clinical educator, nursing faculty and public health education roles. I have four years of CDC experience working in radiological terrorism preparedness. I developed and produced CDC's tool kit for public health officials on radiological terrorism preparedness.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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