NLM Events at the Preparedness Summit, St. Louis, MO March 26-29

NLM Events at the Preparedness Summit, St. Louis, MO March 26-29

Staff from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) will be busy at the 2019 Preparedness Summit, being held in St. Louis, MO, March 26-29, 2019.

Exhibit Booth
March 27^th 12:00 pm – 6:30 pm March 28^th 10:00 am – 3:30 pm If you are attending, please stop by booth #209 in the exhibit hall to learn more about what is happening at the Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC). For those of you unable to attend, below is a summary of NLM presentations.

Wednesday, March 27

1:30 pm – 5:00 pm WORKSHOP: Disaster Information Specialist Certificate Program Speakers: Stacey Arnesen, Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center (NLM DIMRC) The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Disaster Information Specialist Program promotes the role of information specialists in the provision of disaster-related health information resources. The Program facilitates a network of information professionals ready to take on the role of "information responder" in their communities and organizations. It provides opportunities to enhance skills in supporting the disaster workforce through training classes, monthly webinars, and connections with others of similar interests. Attendees can earn the Medical Library Association Disaster Information Specialization by attending this workshop.

12:00 pm – 3:30 pm POSTER: Virtual Reality Training System for Incident Command System Proficiency Author: Victor Cid, National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center (NLM DIMRC) DIMRC's Training System enhances learner engagement, collaborative practice, remote training, data collection, simulation realism, institutional effects of training, use of real information tools during training, and others. Our free system has a training designer and a simulator with multiplayer gaming technology to enable collaborative training.

Thursday, March 28

10:30 am – 12:00 pm Decision Support and Chemical Disaster - Combined Session Moderator: Stacey Arnesen NLM DIMRC Speakers: Aubrey Miller, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS); J. Perren Cobb, Critical Care Institute at Keck Hospital of USC; Kristen Pogreba Brown, University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health; Erik Gaull, Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center

Part A: NIH & University of Arizona Disaster Research Response Workshop: Clinical and Community Responses to a Chemical Public Health Emergency This session will discuss how the NIH Disaster Research Response (DR2) Program, University of Arizona, Tucson, Pima County, and other stakeholders worked together to develop and implement timely studies to understand large scale clinical and community health impacts from a chemical disaster.

Part B: Decision Support for Large-Scale Hazardous Releases IMAAC is a 24/7 federal resource available to provide decision support to state/local officials during large-scale CBRN releases. The presentation covers IMAAC's capabilities and services using case studies from the 2017 Arkema Chemical plant fire following Hurricane Harvey and the 2015 Maryville, Tenn. train derailment and Acrylonitrile release.

12:00 pm – 3:30 pm POSTER: Sharing and Management of Disaster Related Data Authors: Stacey Arnesen, Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center (NLM DIMRC); Lisa Federer When it comes to disaster-related data, it’s important to ensure that data are properly collected and then shared with the appropriate stakeholders to get information out to everyone who needs it. This poster provides best practices for data management and data sharing and how they apply to disaster-related data.