Description:
The Medical Countermeasures Readiness Track consists of three modules that explain the public health response to an incident that requires mass prophylaxis. Topics covered include an in-depth review of the Strategic National Stockpile Program, the requirements for the implementation of Isolation and/or Quarantine, and the policies and procedures needed to run a Mass Dispensing campaign.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the purpose of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Program
- Identify the types of assets that can be deployed to support local, state, and tribal response efforts
- List the steps needed to request SNS assets and identify the government officials, emergency management, and public health personnel responsible for requesting SNS assets during an all-hazard event
- Become familiar with the different types of data needed to submit a request for SNS assets
- Describe the planning process for developing and/or revising a state, county, or tribal SNS plan
- Explain the major goal of a mass dispensing operation
- Determine the number of Points of Dispensing (POD’s) required for a given population
- Define POD throughput
- List and describe the different mass prophylaxis dispersing methods
- List at least three characteristics that render a community site ideal for a POD
- Describe the types of preventative measures that can be taken to enhance safety and security at a POD
- Describe the set-up and operation of a mass vaccination clinic or a POD
- Define isolation and quarantine
- List the diseases requiring quarantine under United States law
- Describe the legal authority a public health department has with regard to isolation and quarantine
- List the ten principles of community containment
- Understand some of the key issues in writing an isolation and quarantine response plan
- Describe ways public health can help to ensure effective community containment measures
- Understand the public health role during isolation and quarantine
PHEP Capabilities:
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions
Responder Safety and Health
Medical Materiel Management and Distribution
Medical Countermeasure Dispensing
Topic:
Medical Countermeasures & Points of Dispensing
Format:
Online Course
Time:
1.5 hours
Level:
Introductory
University:
University of Arizona
PERLC:
Mountain West Preparedness and Emergency Learning Center
Bundles:
Medical Countermeasure Dispensing
Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions
Medical Materiel Management and Distribution