A series of sessions covering issues and controversies in emergency readiness and response. Are you prepared to take the lead in your hospital, public health agency, or health service organization during a disaster? How would you make decisions about allocating scarce resources? What is the role of the incident command system in a health service delivery system? These and many other questions are addressed.

Past Emergency Readiness Rounds

• Minnesota Disaster Response: Lessons Learned in 2007
  This event was held on March 5, 2008.
• Healers’ Healing and Resiliency in the Aftermath of Disaster: Harnessing Our Resources across Individual, Family, and Social Systems
  This event was held on September 5, 2007.
• The Ethics of Public Health Emergencies: The Case of Pandemic Flu
  This event was held on May 9, 2007.
• Oh, the Places You'll Go: Providing Care in Non-Traditional Settings During an Emergency
  This event was held on April 25, 2007.
• Legal Implications for Public Health Professionals in Emergencies
  This event was held on March 7, 2007.
• Psychological Issues Following Disaster
  This event was held on February 7, 2007.
• Risk Communication: Public Engagement in Public Health Practice
  This event was held on January 17, 2007.
• Personal and Family Emergency Preparedness
  This event was held on December 6, 2006.
• Planning for and Engaging Special Populations in Emergency Preparedness
  This event was held on November 8, 2006.
• Implementing Incident Management in Your Health Care Facility
  This event was held on October 11, 2006.
• Community Healthcare Disaster Planning in Minnesota
  This event was held on September 6, 2006.
• Healthcare Response to a Pandemic: Ethical Resource Allocation During a Pandemic
  This event was held on June 28, 2006.
• Healthcare Response to a Pandemic: Issues of Space, Staff and Stuff
  This event was held on May 9, 2006.

Original development sponsored By

• University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness (UMNCPHP), a program of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Funded in part through a grant by CDC.
• Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training (MERET) – A program of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and School of Public Health. Funded in part through a grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
• AHC Office of Emergency Response (formerly known as the Emergency Preparedness Program).

Contact

For questions contact Tonya Fitzgerald at 612-625-4409 or tdfitz@umn.edu.

CPHP is a program of the Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach (CPHEO) of the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. CPHP is supported in part through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), grant cooperative number U90/CCU524264. Debra Olson, DNP, MPH, RN, is the Principal Investigator

MERET is a joint project of the University on Minnesota School of Nursing and CPHEO. MERET is funded under grant #TO1HPO6412 from the Office of the Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), DHHS, Bioterrism and Curriculum Development Program. Carol O’Boyle, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, is the Principal Investigator.