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Yale New Haven Center for
Emergency Preparedness
and Disaster Response
1 Church Street, 5th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510
Tel. (203) 688-3224
Fax (203) 688-4618
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Preparedness Report
The Preparedness Report is a bi-weekly digest of informational links that contain current news clips, press releases and new information from a variety of sources on the subject of emergency preparedness and disaster response.
Preparedness Reports are presented in pdf format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in order to read the file.
Avian influenza
Our new informational section on avian influenza provides up-to-date information on avian influenza, including signs and symptoms, treatment, when you should seek further medical attention, avian flu resource links and most importantly, how you can prepare and protect yourself and your family.
The Joint Commission
Information from The Joint Commission on Accrediation of Healthcare Organizations
In the news
Articles and events related to emergency preparedness from around the world.
- Are you ready if disaster strikes?
An Emergency Preparedness Disaster Guide has been produced with Yale-New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response for Branford, East Haven, Guilford and North Branford. It was produced in partnership with Shore Publishing, CT Department of Emergency Management and Home Land Security and the East Shore Health District. Download the guide.
- Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) Training – Video Story
It could be a tornado. A radiation threat. A transportation system incident. Or an influenza epidemic. Such multiple casualty incidents (MCIs) are all emergencies that can be disastrous for hospitals and the community they serve. The federal government developed the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and they are now requiring it to be used in emergency management, including by hospitals. NIMS recognizes the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS), now in its fourth iteration, as an appropriate approach under the unified system NIMS creates. Jonathan Best, Emergency Management Specialist at the Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response, recently led a two-day training session at St. Alexius Medical Center in North Dakota. View video and read text from this event here.
- Emergency Disaster Preparedness Guide
Shore Publishing has released the 2007-2008 Emergency Disaster Preparedness Guide for East Haven, Branford North Branford, Guilford and Madison. Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response is featured in this official emergency town guide. Click here to download a PDF Guide.
- Hospitals Step Up Disaster-Preparedness, Wall Street Journal
In a Wall Street Journal article featured on September 6, 2006, Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response was cited as one of four centers around the nation that has been preparing for potential mass casualties. Since September 11, 2001, Katrina and other events, disaster readiness is at the forefront. Disaster preparedness has involved education and training, surge supplies, drills and exercises and coordination among all levels local, state and federal agencies.
Full story
- First Responder's Guide to Handling a Suspicious White Powder Incident
- The State of Connecticut Emergency Credentialing Program
The Connecticut Department of Public Health working in collaboration with numerous health care professional organizations, has implemented a voluntary statewide emergency credentialing system to pre-qualify the credentials of health care practitioners who are willing to assist in the event of a bioterrorist or other public health event. On behalf of the Department of Public Health, the Yale New Health System Center of Excellence for Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response is assisting DPH in the administration of the program, and maintenance of the volunteer database.
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- Center receives CDC designation
The Yale-New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response recently received designation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a Center for Public Health Preparedness (CPHP). As the only health system based CPHP, the Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response will share the education and training programs it has developed and implemented in Connecticut to a broader national audience.
Executive summary and full report available.
Volunteer Resources
NIMS
At the request of the Health and Resources Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response (YNH-CEPDR) EM 103 with NIMS and EM 140 with NIMS courses were reviewed by the NIMS Integration Center. Taken together, these courses provide a solution to address elements 9 through 11 of the NIMS Implementation Activities for Hospitals and Healthcare Systems. These courses meet all of the required objectives defined by the NIMS National Standard Curriculum Training Guidance as demonstrated on the YNH-CEPDR NIMS Competency Crosswalk, which can be accessed at
http://www.ynhhs.com/emergency/YNH_CEPDR_NIMS_CompetencyCrosswalk.pdf
NIMS Compliance Brochure:
http://www.ynhhs.org/emergency/NIMS_Brochure-Final.pdf
EM 103 w/NIMS and EM 140 w/NIMS have also been approved as being NIMS compliant for healthcare education and training requirements by the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health and the State of Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
Podcast
Important information on emergency preparedness is available for you audio player. Find out more.
Contact us Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
1 Church Street, 5th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510
Telephone: (203) 688-3224
Fax: (203) 688-4618
E-mail: center@ynhh.org |
