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EMERGENCY
MEDICAL
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Disaster/Operational/Out-of-Hospital Medicine |
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UNM
Emergency Medicine Residency Requirements |
Disaster Medicine experience:
EM residents are expected to become familiar with the
challenges that health care systems and communities face when preparing for
and responding to large scale health emergencies. Such emergencies could
include outbreaks of infectious diseases; release of harmful chemicals;
events causing multiple casualties such as transportation accidents,
building collapse, or industrial accidents; natural disasters; terrorism
attacks; and other events that threaten the health of the public.
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Learning Objectives: |
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1.
Discuss
the health and hospital system implications of a WMD terrorist event
(biological,
chemical, nuclear, and explosive threats). |
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2.
Discuss
the health and hospital system implications of a natural disaster. |
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3.
Discuss
the health and hospital system implications of an infectious disease
outbreak. |
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4.
Discuss the major national
policies and programs designed to improve preparedness to a large scale
public health or medical emergency. |
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5.
Describe the major roles of
the public health system during a large scale emergency. |
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6.
Meet Federal requirements
for NIMS and ICS training.
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Required Activity: |
The courses in
this section are federal requirements. Specifically the requirements are
that “all federal, state, local, tribal, private
sector and non-governmental personnel with a direct role in emergency
management and response must be National Incident Management System (NIMS)
and Incident Command System (ICS) trained. This includes all emergency
services related disciplines such as
EMS, hospitals,
public health, fire service, law enforcement, public works/utilities,
skilled support personnel, and other emergency management response, support
and volunteer personnel.”
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As an emergency
medicine physician you are considered a “First Line Single Resource” and
must complete the first tier of training, which includes: |
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IS-700, National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction; |
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ICS-100, Introduction to Incident Command System; and |
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ICS-200: Basic ICS (also know as ICS Single Resource and Initial Action
Incidents)
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The most efficient
way to complete this requirement is to do the FEMA Independent Study
Program, which offers on-line course that you can complete at your own pace.
The wed address for the on-line programs is listed bellow and click on the
“Our Courses” option.
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http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/
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Save your
certificates from these courses – you may need them at some later date to
document that you completed the training. |
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Required Reading: |
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1.
Kuehl, Chapters 71
Note: A copy of the "Prehospital Systems and Medical Oversight" by
Kuehl that can be "checked out" from the Residency Office. Please contact
Sandra Mirabal @ 272-6524,
SMirabal@salud.unm.edu |
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