2024: Western Region Health Coalition Emergency Management Seminar
2024: Western Region Health Coalition Emergency Management Seminar
2024 Western Region Health Coalition Emergency Management Seminar
Healthcare Readiness and Response to HAZMAT Events
RECORDED SEMINAR
(recorded on 5/14/24)
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REGISTRATION LINK FOR RECORDED SEMINAR:
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QUESTIONS: please contact the Finger Lakes Regional Training Center
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The 2024 Western Region Health Coalition Emergency Management Seminar will provide participants with relevant information and best practice suggestions to better prepare for, manage and recover from Hazardous Material events.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
Based on presentations, participants will be able to:
- Identify ways in which hospitals, EMS, public health and emergency management can prepare for, respond to and recover from a hazmat event in the community
- Learn about the state and federal resources that are available for deployment and use during a chemical incident
- Describe effective methods utilized by agencies and hospitals to respond to hazmat incidents
- Review best practices to provide support to staff after an event
TARGET AUDIENCE
Hospitals, EMS, public health, emergency managers and other healthcare/first response agencies who may play a role in a disaster that affects the health delivery system in the community
AGENDA - PRESENTATIONS/SPEAKERS/BIOS
*topics and speakers subject to change*
RECORDED ON May 14, 2024 @ 8:00am - 12:45pm |
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0800-0815 |
Welcome/Opening Remarks |
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| Speaker: | Timothy Tull WRHEPC Workgroup/Seminar Committee Chair Vice President, Chief Safety and Security Rochester Regional Health |
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0815-0910 |
Decontamination Operations for Hospital First Receivers: SUNY Upstate & Brighton Towers Event 2023 |
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| Recorded Video Segment | 0:13 - 50:14 | ||
| Speaker: | Christopher Dunham, MBA Director of Emergency Management SUNY Upstate Medical University |
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Summary:
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This presentation is a review of an actual event in Syracuse that involved multiple agencies responding to an unknown agent impacting responders.
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| Handouts: | Decontaminatino Operations for Hospital First Receivers: SUNY Upstate & Brighton Towers 2023 | ||
0915-1010 |
CHEMPAK Activation & Deployment for Emergency Medical Services |
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| Recorded Video Segment: | 50:15 - 1:56:54 | ||
| Speakers: | Stephen M. Brucato, BS, EMT-P Capital Region District Chief New York State Department of Health - Emergency Preparedness and Response Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems Matt Wiley, MPA, AEMT Section Chief New York State Department of Health - Emergency Preparedness and Response Bureau of Emergency Medical Services |
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| Summary: Objectives: |
This presentation will cover the best practices for planning and activation of CHEMPAK assets from the EMS perspective. It will also discuss protocols and policies for use of those assets by Emergency medical Services providers and agencies.
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| Handouts: | CHEMPAK Activation & Deployment for Emergency Medical Services | ||
1015-1110 |
Creating a Culture that “Cares”: Supporting Healthcare Workers To Facilitate Recovery and Enhance Resilience |
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| Recorded Video Segment | 1:57:05 - 2:45:15 | ||
| Speaker: | Rebecca Gomez, PsyD Clinical Health Psychologist Office of Clinician Well-Being Wellstar Health System |
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Summary:
Objectives: |
This presentation will offer an overview of one healthcare system's approach to supporting healthcare workers through critical incidents and periods of high stress. It will highlight key components of an urgent response program, as well as propose resources and strategies for ongoing recovery
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| Handouts: | Creating a Culture that "Cares" Handouts | ||
1115-1230 |
HAZMAT PREPAREDNESS - PANEL DISCUSSION |
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| Recorded Video Segment | 2:43:23 - 3:54:35 | ||
| Moderator | Patricia J Mason, BA, BS Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Guthrie Corning Hospital/Guthrie Cortland Medical Center |
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| Panelists: | -Robert Johnson - Rochester General Hospital -Liz Rogers - Rochester General Hospital -Ryan Hejmanowski - Kaleida Health -Joe Syracuse - UB Toxicology Research Center/Atlantic OHSA Training Center -Stephen Brucato - NYSDOH Bureau of EMS -Matthew Wiley - NYSDOH Bureau of EMS -additional panelists may be added- |
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Panelists will tackle questions and challenges related to: training and certification, protocols and procedures, equipment and resources, response times, internal and external coordination/collaboration, training and drills, waste management, documentation and reporting, monitoring and evaluation, community outreach and education, adaptability to emerging threats | ||
1230-1245 |
CLOSING REMARKS/EVALUATIONS/CERTIFICATES |
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| Speaker | Anne D’Angelo, MS, RN Program Director, Finger Lakes/Western Region Health EP Training Center University of Rochester Medical Center |
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CERTIFICATION
A Certificate of Attendance will be available to all attendees that complete a post-session evaluation.
This activity qualifies for a total of 4 hours of Non-Core NYS EMS credit. EMS Attendees must attend the entire seminar to claim EMS CME.
SEMINAR PLANNING COMMITTEE
- Timothy Tull
Vice President, Chief Safety and Security and Seminar Planning Committee Chair
Rochester Regional Health
- Anne D’Angelo, MS, RN
Program Director, Finger Lakes Regional Training Center and Seminar Planning Committee Co-Chair
University of Rochester Medical Center
- Rodney Buchanan, DNP, RN, CFRN
Hospital Administrator
Westfield Memorial Hospital
- Jamie Damcott
Project Coordinator/Medical Staff Office
Westfield Memorial Hospital
- Nicole Gerber, PhD, RBP, CEM, CHEC
Emergency and Safety Program Manager/Biosafety Officer
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Ryan Hejmanowski, CHEP, CHEC II
Manager, Corporate Emergency Management
Kaleida Health
- David Lanning
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
Arnot Health Systems
- Patricia J Mason, BA, BS
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
Guthrie Corning Hospital/Guthrie Cortland Medical Center
- Joanna Miller, MBA
VP Risk, Quality and Disaster Management
Orleans Community Health - Medina Memorial Hospital
- Leiya Miller
Emergency Preparedness/Public Health Tech - Environmental Health
Allegany County Department of Health
- William Peterson
Emergency Management Specialist
Kaleida Health System
- Lynn M. Sigeti, BS, RN
Regional Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
Hospital Association of FL & Western NY
- Eileen Spezio
Senior Administrative Assistant, Finger Lakes Regional Training Center
University of Rochester Medical Center
WORKSHOP SPONSOR
This seminar series has been partially funded through a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) under the 2023-2024 New York State Department of Health Office of Health Emergency Preparedness awarded to the University of Rochester Medical Center - Finger Lakes Regional Health Emergency Preparedness Training Center (HTC)