EMS727 — Core Disaster Life Support (CD
Core Disaster Life Support (CDLS)CDLS is intended to provide a basic uniform standard of competencies, skills and knowledge to health care and public health responders for WMD response. In this course you will learn to define All- Hazards terminology, recognize potential public health emergencies and their causes, risks and consequences, define the D.I.S.A.S.T.E.R paradigm, list scene priorities of a mass casualty incident (MCI) response, describe pre-hospital and hospital medical components of a disaster incident response, describe personal protective equipment (PPE) and decontamination, describe the role of your local public health system, and consider planning initiatives. This program is presented as part of the GET READY 2006 Emergency Preparedness Conclave. Presenting Organization: Einstein/Jefferson Target Audience: public health care personnel and social workers, clergy, and mental health personnel, administrators and planners.