Disaster Training & Education

The Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER) Coalition developed a new webpage to assist the kidney community in locating low/no cost training and education options. www.kcercoalition.com/education.htm provides a brief list of free online courses on emergency planning, disaster basics, healthcare focused planning, and more. If you know of a low/no cost program, please let us know!

All Hazards I: Identifying and Preparing for Potential Emergencies and Disasters.
This free online continuing education course will provide 1.0 continuing education contact hour for Florida nurses, social workers, and dietitians. This is an exciting opportunity for dialysis providers to fulfill the CMS Conditions for Coverage which outline staff training on disasters. For more information on the course, visit http://edu.flqio.org/ and click on "ESRD Courses."

FEMA Independent Study Courses at the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) http://www.training.fema.gov/is

The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) offers online, self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities and the general public. Courses are free-of-charge to those who qualify for enrollment. These courses can provide education on disaster planning, mock disaster exercise planning, and more. Some courses are healthcare-specific, including:

• IS-100.HC: Introduction to the Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals
• IS-197.SP Special Needs Planning Considerations for Service and Support Providers
• IS-200.HC Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations
• IS-808 Emergency Support Function (ESF) #8 – Public Health and Medical Services
  

CDC Public Health Training Network
http://www2.cdc.gov/PHTN/alpha.asp

South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness
http://www.soph.uab.edu/scphp/

The Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness
http://www.jhsph.edu/preparedness/training/online/index.html


If you would like to add a course or website to this list, please email sburris@nw7.esrd.net.