Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Select EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Resources

02/04/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 2/4/2019. This Web page from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) includes links to select resources that emergency medical services (EMS) personnel can use in their planning and response efforts. Resource categories are Topic Collections, Tip Sheets and Fact Sheets, Webinars, Tools, and issues of The Exchange. (Text)

Methyl Bromide: Health Effects and Incident Management

02/01/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: United Kingdom Department of Health (DH). Published: 2/2019. This Web page provides information on health effects and incident management for methyl bromide (also known as bromomethane and monobromomethane), for use in responding to chemical incidents. Methyl bromide emits toxic fumes of hydrogen bromide, bromine, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide when heated to decomposition. (PDF)

ASPR (Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response) Healthcare and Public Health Risk Identification and Site Criticality (RISC) Toolkit Webinar

01/29/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 1/29/2019. This one-hour webinar from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) provides a brief overview of the Risk Identification and Site Criticality (RISC) Toolkit, describes how users have implemented the RISC Toolkit, and shares success stories and lessons learned from using the toolkit. Speakers discuss implementation by a large health system perspective, and key RISC assessment themes. (Video or Multimedia)

Preparing U.S. Hospitals for Ebola

09/11/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published: 9/11/2018. This one-page document describes and illustrates the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's strategy to help healthcare facilities and state health officials prepare for patients with possible or confirmed Ebola. This strategy identifies which hospitals will provide different levels of care for patients being assessed and treated for Ebola: frontline healthcare facilities, Ebola assessment hospitals, and Ebola treatment centers. (PDF)

USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) Agency Activities for Agroterrorism Prevention, Detection, and Response

09/01/2018 12:00 AM EDT

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Published: 9/2018. This 46-page report from the USDA Office of Inspector General summarizes a review to determine if the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), and Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) had developed plans and initiated actions to prevent, detect, and respond to agroterrorism threats or attacks. Agroterrorism is a threat to national security and could result in human illness and death, destruction of crops and livestock, and economic loss to farmers and ranchers. (PDF)