UPCOMING CHAPTER MEETINGS
Tuesday, August 6
Metro Foothills Healthcare Coalition Chapter Meeting
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Jefferson County Public Health
645 Parfet Street, Lakewood, CO 80215
Mt. Bierstadt Room
Tuesday, July 23
North Central Region Healthcare Coalition Governance Board Meeting
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Trailhead Institute
1385 S. Colorado Blvd, Suite A622, Denver, CO 80222
Friday, July 26
Boulder HAMR Healthcare Coalition Chapter Meeting
7:00am – 10:00am
Location: TBD
Tuesday, July 9
Tri-County Healthcare Coalition Chapter Meeting
9:30am – 12:30pm
Location:
Parker Adventist Hospital
9395 Crown Crest Blvd
Parker, CO 80138
UPCOMING HEALTHCARE COALITION EVENTS
UCHealth Disaster Conference 2019
UCHealth Disaster Conference 2019
August 8 and 9, 2019
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center
Aurora, CO
The conference will be focusing on learning from the lived experiences of professionals who have worked mass casualty incidents, survived disasters, and delivered care in the most challenging of situations. This group of physicians, nurses, medics and firefighters are willing to relive their worst days to help YOU respond well.
UCHealth Disaster Conference Flyer and Registration Information
Denver Healthcare Facility Emergency Planning Workshop
Denver Healthcare Facility Emergency Planning Workshop
September 5, 2019
8:30am – 12:30pm
Denver Post Auditorium
101 West Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80202
The workshop is a forum to discuss emergency planning and address Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) emergency preparedness rule requirements.
Intended for anyone subject to the CMS emergency preparedness rule.
Denver Healthcare Facility Emergency Planning Workshop Flyer and Registration Information
Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness
Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness
August 12 and 13, 2019
8:00am – 5:00pm
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Registration
https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=FP&C=MGT439&S=296
Please register by July 15th
Location: Children’s Hospital Colorado, Mount Princeton Meeting room, 2nd floor conference center
When: August 12/13
Time: 8-5
POC: Tim Klippert 720-777-3959
Breakfast and Lunch provided
16 CE’s for Nurses
15 CE’s for Physicians
Description
This course prepares students to effectively, appropriately, and safely plan for and respond to a disaster incident involving children, addressing the specific needs of pediatric patients in the event of a community based-incident. Pediatric specific planning considerations include mass sheltering, pediatric-triage, reunification planning and pediatric decontamination considerations. This is not a hands-on technical course, but instead a management resource course for stakeholders like pediatric physicians, emergency managers, emergency planners, and members of public emergency departments like EMS, Fire, Police, Public Health, and Hospitals in field of disaster response and preparedness work.
Topics
- Introduction to Pediatric Response
- Emergency Management (EM) Considerations
- Implications for Planning and Response
- Functional Access Needs Considerations
- Mass Sheltering
- Pediatric Triage and Allocation of Scarce Resources
- Pediatric Reunification Considerations
- Pediatric Decontamination Considerations
ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND EXERCISE OPPORTUNITIES
July 14: Annual Natural Hazards Workshop
August 28 – 30: 2019 Public Health in the Rockies
September 10 – 11: 2019 Region VIII Infrastructure Resilience Conference
RECORDED WEBINARS
National Association of County & City Health Officials: Cultural Competence in Preparedness Planning
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR): Pediatric Issues in Disasters
ASPR: Healthcare Challenges after Radiological Incidents
ASPR: Healthcare Response to a No-Notice Incident: Las Vegas
ASPR: Healthcare System Readiness for Highly Pathogenic Infectious Diseases
ASPR: EMS & Infectious Diseases: Challenges & Resources for Provider Protection
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Public Health Radiological/Nuclear Preparedness Webinar
CMS Emergency Preparedness Webinars (free): see All Clear Emergency Management website for details
Open request for Training: First Responder/Emergency Planner Trainings – Access and Functional Needs
Dates through 2019-2020 – American Red Cross – Community Active Threat Trainings
Dates through 2019 – Patriot VE Team: Amateur Radio Training & Testing
Dates through 2019 – Emergency Preparedness Tabletop Exercise (TTX) Workshops: see MoodyWorks32 Emergency Preparedness Consulting website for details
Dates through 2019 – CMS Emergency Preparedness Webinars (free): see All Clear Emergency Management website for details
Additional Training Opportunities
The NCR HCC encourages all members to take the Incident Command System (ICS) courses ICS-100 and IS-700. These course are free and available online through the FEMA website.
Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Training Calendar
Additional training opportunities are available through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s CO.TRAIN site:
*Please note that registration on the CO.TRAIN website is required to view available courses*
JOB POSTINGS
Northeast Region Healthcare Coalition: Regional Planner
Custer County: Director of the Office of the Emergency Management
Tri-County Health Department: Emergency Preparedness and Response Planner
Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management: Mitigation Projects Team Supervisor
Banner Health: Emergency Management Program Management