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Emergency Preparedness Training

CHC has produced six training programs to prepare home care agencies for the H1N1 virus and other pandemic flu outbreaks, terrorism, bioterrorism and natural disasters. All are available at no charge following registration. These programs have been made possible by a grant from the New York State Department of Health and the Health Resources Services Administration.

Questions? Please contact Tony Zullo of CHC at 518/463-1167, ext. 833 or zullo@nyshcp.org.

Home Care Emergency Preparedness Series

The first three programs (audio files and workbooks) are available in English and Spanish. Programs 4 through 6 are webinars in English only. All programs are available at no charge after registering.

To download an audio file, do a right click where it says "download the audio file," choose "Save Target As" or "Save Link As" and save the file to your computer.

Workbooks are Adobe Acrobat documents. To view or print them, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer. This program can be downloaded (at no charge) from Adobe.

Each webinar consists of four files of various types, included here as a compressed zip file. To download a webinar to your hard drive, click on the link and then choose "SAVE." This ".exe" file is self-extracting--you don't need the WinZip program on your computer.

After the zip file has downloaded, choose "Run" in the next dialogue box and then select the folder where you would like to put the individual files. (Creating a new folder or downloading to your desktop may make things easier for you.) Once those files are extracted, double-click on the "index" file (or go to "File, Open" in your web browser and open the file "index" in the appropriate folder) to play the webinar. If you have questions about this process, you may contact Tony Zullo at 518/463-1118, ext. 833 or zullo@nyshcp.org
Program 1: General All-Hazard Emergency Preparedness and Public Health Emergencies
for home health aides and paraprofessionals

The role of paraprofessionals in an emergency, general all hazards emergency preparedness, personal protective equipment, and biological, chemical and radiological agents. Faculty: Barbara Citarella, President, RBC Limited.

Download the mp3 file: English Spanish

Download the workbook: English Spanish

Program 2: Pandemic Flu and Other Public Health Emergencies
for home health aides and paraprofessionals

Pandemic flu, communicating risk to others, what to expect in the home and psychological support and consideration. Faculty: Barbara Citarella, President, RBC Limited.

Download the mp3 file: English Spanish

Download the workbook: English Spanish

Program 3: Working Together in Public Health Emergencies
for community volunteers, home health aides and paraprofessionals

An introduction to home care, different types of home care workers and the types of patients they treat. A review of how volunteers can help home care patients and what can be done to prepare for a community emergency. Faculty: Karen Murphy, Principal Consultant, Adept Resources.

Download the mp3 file: English Spanish

Download the workbook: English Spanish

Program 4: Surge Capacity
for agency owners and administrators

Learn the process for accurately determining how many additional clients your agency can handle in an emergency, and what steps you should to take to handle additional clients. Faculty: Katharine Logan, NYS Department of Health.

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Program 5: Shelter in Place and Transportation Assistance Levels
for agency owners and administrators

Learn how to safely take care of clients who are confined to their homes in an emergency, the three levels of transportation assistance, and how to transport clients safely in an emergency. Faculty: Katharine Logan, NYS Department of Health.

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Program 6: Incident Command System & Health Provider Network

Learn the chain of command in an emergency—-who reposts to whom, who takes charge when, and how the use of common terminology is essential. Review the resources that are available on HPN and how to access and utilize the information provided there. Faculty: Katharine Logan, NYS Department of Health.

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Questions?
Please contact Tony Zullo of CHC
at 518/463-1167, ext. 833
or zullo@nyshcp.org.

 

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