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Medical Countermeasures: POD Planning, and Response (MGT-319) (04-11-0319) - 003

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Brief Description: This is for health officials to coordinate plans for mass distribution of medical countermeasures

Full Description: Description:
This course is a guide for local health officials and their partners to coordinate plans to provide mass distribution of medical countermeasures in response to a large-scale public health incident. This course focuses on planning considerations, recommendation to achieve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) 48-hour standard for Mass Prophylaxis, and the local community’s Mass Prophylaxis and Point of Dispensing (POD) site preparedness. The course material is applicable to pandemic influenza, bio-terrorism, and other public health emergencies

Course Objectives:
-Discuss the roles and responsibilities for local, state, and federal levels across a broad range of
complex preparedness challenges related to medical countermeasures
-Identify the different POD models and standards for selecting POD locations
-Apply the POD command structure for initial planning, execution, and demobilization of a
jurisdictional response in POD operations
-Demonstrate the essential functions of POD setup and operations
-Identify the planning and training needs to operate a POD site
-Discuss the concerns of the community jurisdictional medical countermeasures plan

Prerequisites:
You must be a US Citizen to take this course. If you are not please let us know by email for further instruction at OEM.TRAINING@DHSES.NY.GOV

All participants must have a FEMA Student Identification (FEMA SID) number. Students can search for their existing/create a new FEMA SID at: https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid/.

Any and all other prerequisite requirements will be managed by the consortium provider. If any additional prerequisites are required as part of the enrollment process the consortium partner will contact you directly prior to the course.

Target Audience:
-Law Enforcement
-EMS
-Hospital Personnel, physicians, and nurses
-Mental Health
-Public Health Services
-Public Works
-Emergency Management
-Tribal, county, state and federal medical
-Private Industry
-School Personnel
-Volunteer Organizations
-CERT
-Dispatchers
-Medical Reserve Corps

Cost:
There is no fee for the course. Food, lodging, and transportation costs are the responsibility of the participant.

Completion:
Participants, who actively participate, attend all course contact hours and pass a written test will receive a Certificate of Completion for the course.

Training Dates: 04/03/2024 - 04/04/2024

Prerequisites: Do you require reasonable accommodations in order to attend this course (if you select yes then you will be contacted by our office before the first day of class to discuss further).
Are you a United States citizen?

Registration Dates: 12/05/2023 - 03/26/2024

Available Seats: 6

Hours: 16h 0m

Fee: None Specified

Training Location: 24 - Kings County
Day One - SUNY Downstate Basic Science Building; Lecture Hall 6; 395 Lenox Road
Day Two - SUNY Downstate Health Science Education Building, Atrium, Auditoria ABC; 395 Lenox Road
Brooklyn, NY 11203

Resources Required: Participants enrolled in an in-person, classroom-based course delivery will need access to a laptop or mobile device/tablet during the class session to complete course testing and evaluations electronically.

Reporting Instructions: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Dress is business casual.

Signup Details: No Show Policy: Failure to attend a class you have registered for can result in restriction on future course attendance and agency notification. It is the students responsibility to notify us in a timely manner if you cannot attend.

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Medical Countermeasures: POD Planning, and Response (MGT-319) (04-11-0319) - 003