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DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness Newsletter |
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Featured Classroom Course |
Core Disaster Life Support (CDLS)
Applicable for a broad range of audience categories including Emergency Medical Services, Healthcare, Public Health, Law Enforcement, and Fire Services, this half-day course incorporates the "all-hazards" approach to personal, institutional, and community disaster management. By using two unique mnemonics, the PRE-DISASTER Paradigm™ and the DISASTER Paradigm™, the course provides a great foundation for topics that will be reinforced and expanded in in the Basic Disaster Life Support™ (BDLS®) and Advanced Disaster Life Support™ (ADLS®) Courses. Sign up now to reserve a spot for our January 31st offering in Boston. |
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Featured Online Course |
Continuity of Operations Planning: Awareness
This one-hour online course provides an overview of the continuity of operations (COOP) planning process. Participants will gain an overview of COOP planning and its relationship to the emergency planning cycle, the manner in which COOP planning can support the continuation of the essential functions, and the range of COOP resources and templates. As a pre-requisite to our classroom Continuity of Operations Planning Made Practical course, the online module synthesizes what can be complex material into a framework that is more readily recognizable and actionable. Log into the Learning Center to take the course now! |
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Various Dates
This 8-hour course is delivered in two Modules: Module I, is 3.5 hours, and is primarily lecture. The content includes recognition of and initial defensive response actions to a chemical, biologic, radiologic, nuclear, explosive or natural disaster. Module II is a 3.5 hour practical training that expands on Module I and brings the responder to Operations Level training.
This course is available to be hosted at your agency site. If your agency is interested in hosting this course please contact the DelValle Institute at delvalle@bostonems.org or contact Lt. Brian Pomodoro at pomodoro@bostonems.org for more information.
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February 6 - February 8, 2013
This three-day course provides awareness and operations level training for responding to weapons of mass destruction and/or hazardous materials incidents in health care settings. Through classroom and hands-on activities, participants will learn to recognize hazards, respond defensively, and effectively isolate, decontaminate and manage contaminated patients...
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March 13, 2013
The goal of Basic Disaster Life Support™ (BDLS®) is to develop a commonality of approach and language in the healthcare community, improving the care and coordination of response in Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) disasters and public health emergencies...
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This course will provide individuals involved in continuity of operations (COOP) planning in healthcare institutions with a framework, processes, recommended strategies, best practices, and templates to apply to their organizational and departmental COOP plans... |  |
January 31, 2013
The CDLS® Course v.3.0 is a competency-based, awareness-level course that introduces clinical and public health concepts and principles for the management of disasters and public health emergencies...
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Emergency Planning for the Diverse Needs of Communities
April 3, 2013
April 11, 2013
This course will emphasize the role and responsibility of emergency management and ESF 8 stakeholders to become aware of, recognize, and incorporate the diverse needs of their communities into emergency management processes including an overview of the national guidance and legal foundations that support and/or require these actions. The course will provide examples of best practices, lessons identified, tools, web-based resources, diverse needs concepts, and contact information that will help participants to strengthen their planning processes to protect the diverse needs of communities in the event of a disaster...
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February 12 - 13, 2013
This two-day course will equip pre-hospital and hospital medical personnel with the skills needed to deliver and sustain a safe and effective response to bombing incidents. Through a combination of lectures, small group activities, and tabletop exercises, participants will gain an enhanced understanding and awareness of issues and considerations relating to bombing incidents...
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March 6, 2013
This 6-hour course will provide ESF 8 supporting agencies with a framework for the consideration of Functional Needs Support Services (FNSS) in shelter planning and operations as outlined by FEMA guidance issued in November 2010. FNSS services enable individuals to maintain their independence in a general population shelter...
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Various Dates
Learn what it means to be a Boston MRC volunteer! Orientation prepares you to volunteer in an emergency or at a special event such as the Boston Marathon. Successful completion of this course enables you to take advanced MRC training programs. |
The delivery of these courses is supported through grant funding from (1) U.S. Department of Homeland Security Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Homeland Security Grant Program, (2) the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Hospital Preparedness Program, and (3) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement. Please visit the course(s) of interest for more information on target audiences or click here to learn more about funding. |
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For more information about our online courses please click on the links below.
The delivery of these courses is supported through grant funding from (1) U.S. Department of Homeland Security Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Homeland Security Grant Program, (2) the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Hospital Preparedness Program, and (3) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement. Please visit the course(s) of interest for more information on target audiences or click here to learn more about funding. |
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Emergency Preparedness News, Updates and Affiliated Trainings |
A Quick Guide: FEMA Reimbursement for Acute Care Hospitals
The Yale New Haven Health System Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response has developed a 19-page overview of FEMA's reimbursement process. The Quick Guide outlines the tasks and corresponding timelines that must be met by acute care hospitals to successfully apply to FEMA for reimbursement of disaster related expenses incurred as a result of the event. To download a free copy of the Quick Guide, visit http://tinyurl.com/FEMAquickguide
Pre-Storm Checklist for Healthcare Facilities
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York has stated that hospitals and other healthcare facilities will need "more than $3 billion to restore services." Storms will continue to occur in the future and it is vital for healthcare facilities to increase their preparedness measures. T
he Yale New Haven Health System Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response has added to the preparedness effort by developing a Pre-Storm Checklist for healthcare facilities. To view this checklist, visit h http://tinyurl.com/prestormchecklist
Four Online Tools for Tracking the Flu
With a Public Health Emergency declaration in Boston, and widespread flu throughout the entire nation, tracking the flu has become increasingly important. Amongst the plethora of tracking tools, a few of the most popular are Google Flu Trends, CDC Influenza App, Flu Near You, and the Facebook app Help, My Friend Gave Me the Flu. To learn more about each of these tools, visit http://tinyurl.com/flutrackingtools
FEMA Building Multiuse Storm Shelters along Texas Coast
A new storm-defense system is currently taking shape along the Texas Gulf Coast; 28 buildings will be erected along hundreds of miles of coast with help from FEMA. The new buildings are being constructed with hopes of protecting sick, elderly, and special-needs residents who might be unable to evacuate ahead of a hurricane. When not needed as shelters, the buildings will serve as recreation or community areas. The funding for this system is a party of FEMA's initiative to help homeowners and communities build shelters to protect them from extreme weather. Nationwide, more than $683 million has been awarded in 18 states as part of this initiative. To learn more about the storm-defense system, visit http://tinyurl.com/stormshelters
Thirteen Reasons Why Crisis and Emergency Communication Plans Fail
Having a crisis and emergency communication plan is fruitless if it fails when it is needed most. As we begin 2013, 13 great plan failures have been outlined. From the "Fly Solo Plans" to the "Approval Paralysis Plans," the 13 plans encompass the most common failings or weaknesses of current crisis and emergency communication plans. To learn more about these plans, visit http://tinyurl.com/plansfail |
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Focus on the DelValle Institute | |
On Friday, January 11th, the DelValle Institute released new upgrades to our Learning Center. The upgrades are designed to improve the online learning experience. From now on, individuals will be able to:
- Register for both classroom and online courses using a single Learning Center username and password
- Use the My Dashboard screen to view course history and the latest announcements from the DelValle Institute
- Browse our classroom, online, or webinar courses in the course catalog, and click on the "More Info" link to read more about a particular course
If you have previously registered for one of our courses, you should have received an email from us containing instructions to verify your Learning Center account. If you did not receive this email, if you have trouble logging into your account, or if you experience any problems registering for courses, please contact us at delvalle@bostonems.org or 617-343-1370.
We hope you enjoy the new features as much as we do! We value the input of participants in our programs as we continue to add new courses and other materials to the Learning Center. Please feel free to send your questions, suggestions, and comments to delvalle@bostonems.org.
The DelValle Institute would also like to say a special thank you to the staff members who spent countless hours making these upgrades possible. |
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The Institute has great partners in emergency preparedness trainings for public health and healthcare providers in Massachusetts:
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DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness
785 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
Phone: (617) 343-1370 Fax: (617) 343-1121
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Boston EMS, the provider of emergency medical services for the City of Boston, is committed to compassionately delivering excellent pre-hospital care and to protecting the safety and health of the public. The DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness is a program of Boston EMS, a Bureau of the Boston Public Health Commission.
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