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What Training
Will I Need?
Emergency preparedness
and response is a highly coordinated effort that allows communities
to maximize their capabilities during times of extraordinary disorganization
and stress.
You may already know how to perform some of the medical and health
functions we so desperately need. In most cases, your training as
an MRC volunteer will focus primarily on learning your local emergency
and health procedures, trauma response techniques, use of specialized
equipment, and other methods to enhance your effectiveness as a
volunteer.
Perhaps the
most important part of your training will be learning to work as
part of a team. An organized, well-trained MRC unit will be familiar
with its community's response plan, will know what materials are
available for use, will know its response partners, and will know
where its skills can be put to best use and in a coordinated manner.
Please check in again at the end of the summer
for the Walpole MRC Fall Training Schedule.
Other
Course
Descriptions
Red Cross
Shelter Operation
This course prepares volunteers to provide effective and sensitive
manage shelter operations as a team meeting the needs of people
displaced as a result of a disaster.
Basic First
Aid
After successfully completing this course, attendees will receive
a Red Cross Basic First Aid Certification.
Red Cross
Mass Care
This course will provide an overview of the Red Cross Disaster Relief
Operations and how Mass Care workers deliver quality service in
the time of need.
Terrorism
This course is being taught by a Walpole Police Ltd and will include
a general overview of Terrorism in the US
Heartsaver
CPR with AED
After successfully completing this course, attendees will be able
to use a defibrillator and will receive a Red Cross CPR certification.
Introduction
to MRC for new Recruits
Learn what a Medical Reserve Corp is all about. This is your time
to ask questions and join the Walpole MRC.
Avian Flu
The facts about the Avian flu and how it's contracted
ICS/NIMS
Incident Command System and National Incident Management system
this describes the command structure at the scene of a disaster
Family Preparedness
This class goes over the steps you need to take to prepare yourself
and your family for a disaster
Walpole's
Emergency Dispensing Sites Plan
Learn what the specific plan for Walpole is, where the dispensing
sites are, and what the role of the Medical Reserve Corp will be.
Behavioral
Health Disaster Response
The presentation on bioterrorism agents will include a general overview
of the Category A agents, including anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox,
tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers. The overview will cover
the characteristics of each agent, clinical description, reservoir,
transmission, incubation period, infectious period, and general
epidemiological features, such as the distribution or incidence
in populations. The presentation will provide information regarding
the reporting requirements and laboratory services available for
confirmation. It will also identify the specific infection control
measures for each agent, including the applicable isolation and
quarantine requirements to contain person-to-person spread. The
presentation will also identify the supporting role of the Massachusetts
Department of Public Health in outbreak management. Educational
materials, such as relevant fact sheets for each agent, will be
distributed.
Presentation Credits 1.5 CMEs and 1.8 Nursing Contact Hours
Website
Trainings
It is important
for volunteers to understand the National Incident Command System
(NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS) in order to work well
on an emergency scene together. Town employees involved in emergency
situations have to be trained in them. There are 2 very good introductory
courses that can be taken on the web and you can get certificates
for successfully completing the courses. They can be found on:
IS-700
National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
This course introduces NIMS and takes approximately three hours
to complete. It explains the purpose, principles, key components
and benefits of NIMS. The course also contains "Planning Activity"
screens giving you an opportunity to complete some planning tasks
during this course. The planning activity screens are printable
so that you can use them after you complete the course.
IS-100
Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100
This course describes the history, features and principles, and
organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also
explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident
Management System (NIMS).
Terrorism
and Public Health Training
Mass
Dispensing Sites: A Primer for Volunteers
We encourage all of our MRC Volunteers to take this important course.
Please let the Health Department know when you have completed it.
Another great
website course that you can receive certification and learn about
mass dispensing sites. It's a primer for volunteers is:
http://cpheo1.sph.umn.edu/massdisp/index.html
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