Initial Response

  • What is the scope of the incident and the response?
  • How will it affect service delivery?
  • Where are the impacted communities?
  • What population is impacted?
  • What is the anticipated medical surge?
  • Determine communication means
  • Evaluate healthcare organization, staff and supplies
  • Healthcare facility status
  • Consider healthcare facility incident command status
  • Determine health department status
  • Identify who need to know
  • Identify resources to be deployed
  • Consider healthcare facility decompression initiatives
Sep
24
When: Tuesday, Sep 24, 2019, (All day)
Where:

Fairfield Arts and Convention Center

200 N Main St, Fairfield, IA 52556

Healthcare Continuing Education Course

 


Program Title

 

START Triage

Course Number

 

20/YR REL 6100 608

Intended Audience

 

Nurses and EMS professionals who would be expected to respond in a disaster as well as other healthcare professionals who might be called upon to respond or assist in a large scale disaster or if a disaster involved their local facility.

 

Sponsor

 

Indian Hills Community College in Cooperation with Jefferson County Preparedness Committee

 

Program Purpose

 

To prepare individuals who might respond to or assist in a disaster situation to understand how the START Triage system works and be prepared to help or utilize it if needed.

 

Faculty

 

Cathy Giberson REMT-P, LPN, CCP, RT( R)

Program Objectives

 

 

Upon completion of the program, the participant will be able to:

  1. 1.     Define triage and a mass casualty incident
  2. 2.     Understand the methodology of the START triage system
  3. 3.     Outline proper use of SMART triage tags
  4. 4.     Identify key difference in triage of pediatric patients
  5. 5.     Given scenarios, demonstrate competency using the START triage method and tags

 

Credit

The following will be awarded with 100% attendance:

  • 2.8 Contact hours for nursing approved by Iowa Board of Nursing, Provider #12
  • 3 CEH’s for all levels of EMS by Provider # 1500, EMS Sponsor # 19-1500-314 FE

For most other healthcare professions in Iowa, it is the licensees’ responsibility to determine if the continuing education programs they attend meet the requirements of their professional licensure board. As a courtesy, IHCC lists contact hours for other professions which we feel the class will meet continuing education requirements for.

  • 3 CEH’s for Nursing Home Administrators
  • 3 Contact hours for Department Heads in Long Term Care
  • 3 Contact hours for Residential Care Administrators
    • 3 Contact hours for fire fighters

 

Dates

 

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Location

 

Fairfield Arts and Convention Center

Sign-in Time

 

0830 for the morning session OR 1230 for the afternoon session

Program Time

 

0900 to 1200 OR  1300 to 1600

Cost

 

$ 10.00

Register By

 

September 17, 2019  - Class size limited to 60 students per session

Registration

 

Email Cathy Giberson at cgiberson2016@gmail.com or phone 641-919-0565 and leave a message, name and phone number and number of participants

 

Contact

 

Cathy Giberson 641-919-0565

Refund Policy

 

No refunds will be given for individuals cancelling their registration the day of class or for those who fail to cancel and don’t show.

 

Continuing Education and Workforce Solutions: Lori Reeves lori.reeves@indianhills.edu  

Nursing Continuing Education Approval: Pat Knoot, RN

 

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