12/05/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: MESH (Managed Emergency Surge for Healthcare) Coalition. Published: 12/5/2019. This web page provides links to presentations from the 2019 National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference, held on December 2-5, 2019. Presentation topics include Building a 21st Century National Disaster Medical System: Preparing for the Medical and Public Health Implications of a Catastrophic Disaster; ASPR (Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response)'s Healthcare Preparedness Program: Integrating Healthcare Coalitions Into a National Disaster Medical System; and the Role of Non-Hospital Surge Partners in Disasters. (Presentation Slides)
12/05/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Preparedness and Response (CDC CPR). Published: 12/5/2019. This web page provides information about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Import Permit Program (IPP), which regulates the importation of infectious biological materials that could cause disease in humans in order to prevent their introduction and spread into the U.S. The program ensures that the importation of these agents is monitored and that facilities receiving permits have appropriate biosafety measures in place to work with the imported agents. (Text)
12/04/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Published: 12/4/2019. At the seventh annual Johns Hopkins-Pulitzer Symposium held on December 4, 2019, Bloomberg School faculty and award-winning journalists from the Pulitzer Center shared their findings from trauma’s frontlines and explored ways to heal its wounds. This one-hour, 35-minute recording features speakers who discussed survivors of traumatic events around the world, who endure devastating psychological effects—often without access to mental health services. (Video or Multimedia)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Healthcare Ready. Published: 12/2019. This two-page fact sheet illustrates Healthcare Ready’s major activities related to helping meet specific patient needs during a disaster response. Topics are Prescription Refill Needs, Needs of Specific Patient Groups, Transportation Dependencies, and Comfort Items and Over-the-Counter Medicines. (PDF)
12/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Academies Press (NAP). Published: 12/2019. This 10-page report summarizes the presentations and discussions of a workshop held in June 2019 to explore multi-generational approaches and policy strategies to promote health and well-being, using the opioid crisis as a case study. Multi-generational approaches and policy strategies that are successful in fostering children's health in this crisis may be adaptable in the future. The workshop discussed how all children affected by the opioid crisis, whether born with withdrawal symptoms or struggling as an older child surrounded by uncertainty, need dedicated attention, likely including specialized services, to achieve optimal levels of health and well-being. (Text)
11/19/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Published: 11/19/2019. This 54-minute webinar features leaders involved in efforts to create pre-hospital evidence-based guidelines (EBG) and model protocols for the emergency medical services (EMS) administration of naloxone. Speakers' topics are Management of Suspected Opioid Overdose With Naloxone by EMS Personnel: A Systematic Review; The Naloxone Evidence-Based Guideline; and Facilitating EMS Evidence-Based Guideline Projects: A Pathway to the Future. (Video or Multimedia)
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