Resources
Helpful information and links to important resources both locally and nationally.
Florida’s Poison Control Centers
Mission & Services:
The mission of the Florida Poison Control Centers is to provide exceptional care for individual patients and for supporting public health through information, surveillance, education and research.
The Florida Poison Information Center Network was created by an act of the Florida Legislature in 1989 (FS 395.1027) in response to the overwhelming need for emergency poison information in the state. The Network, incorporates three poison centers located in Jacksonville, Miami and Tampa, and currently receives approximately 500 calls each day from Floridians and residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Florida’s three Poison Control Centers provide an invaluable service to the citizens of Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands by offering poison prevention and confidential management information through a nationwide, toll-free 1-800-222-1222 hotline. Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, calls are answered by specially trained physicians, nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, toxicology fellows, and board-certified toxicologists who have immediate access to the latest, in-depth poison assessment and prevention techniques.
Please add the Poison Help line (1-800-222-1222) as a contact in your phone.
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Disasters in Seconds – Pediatric MCI Exercise Kit
There is a time and place for real life actors, makeup artists and gooey, drippy moulage when it comes to disaster training… because it’s cool!!
But trying to coordinate with schedules, paying for overtime, and getting patients to act out their actual injuries can be a LOT of work.
Disasters In Seconds alleviates all of these issues, takes one person about 20-30 minutes to set up, and at the end of the day all fits back in one bag.
You will be ready to practice your triaging skills and gain additional pediatric knowledge! You also get to practice moving patients to appropriate tarps or areas using teamwork, and ultimately through training on a more regular basis, be more prepared for a real-life disaster.
There are no waivers, no supervision, no safety concerns needed. There is also no secondary trauma for the victims!
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Contact [email protected] to schedule use of Disasters in Seconds – Pediatric MCI Exercise Kit
Family Reunification Resources
American Academy of Pediatrics
Family Reunification Following Disasters: A Planning Tool for Health Care Facilities
Family Separation and Reunification in Disasters
Western Massachusetts Region Homeland Security Advisory Council (WRHSAC)
Family Reunification Template Training Modules
FEMA
CDC
Caring for Children in a Disaster – Reunification
READINESS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SCHOOLS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
Family Reunification Resource Guide
ASPR
Tips for Healthcare Facilities: Assisting Families and Loved Ones after a Mass Casualty Incident
EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center
Patient Tracking & Family Reunification
COOP(Continuity of Operations Plan) and CEMP (Comprehensive Emergency Management Planning) by BOLDplanning
The Southwest Florida Healthcare Coalition is happy to be able to sponsor these tools, so they can be offered to you at no cost as a value-added Coalition member benefit.
5 Ways These Tools Can Help You:
- Quickly create a COOP and CEMP that meet state and federal requirements
- Invite team members to work together in real-time
- Mobile-friendly, with a companion app that allows you to access your emergency plans on the go
- Planning tutorials and best practices embedded in the software
- Make data-driven decisions with the reporting features
COOP planning is a preparedness effort to ensure an organization’s Essential Functions (ESFs) continue to be performed during a critical situation. Any event that makes it impossible for employees to work in their regular facility could result in the activation of a COOP plan.
A COOP answers the following basic questions for an organization facing a disruption:
- Where could/would we go?
- How would we communicate and what would we say?
- What do we do and what functions are most important?
- What equipment is needed to continue our job?
Through insightful analysis, skillful facilitation, and expert guidance, BOLDplanning’s CEMP process helps you develop a big-picture Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP).
Your CEMP will follow guidance from FEMA’s Comprehensive Preparedness Guidance (CPG 101 & 201), the National Response Framework (NRF), and the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
The Florida Healthcare Coalitions website to access these tools is loacted at flhcc.boldplanning.com
- You will need to contact [email protected] to set up a plan and provide you access to the application.
“I really like the bold planning product for the healthcare facilities to put their CEMP’s together. It is a great tool. Collier uses it for our COOP planning. What’s really nice is that once the plan is complete it can be printed as a whole document. Then these facilities can complete the criteria to submit it as a single document.”
Amy R. Howard, FPEM
Emergency Management Coordinator,
Multi-Hazards Planner
Collier County, FL
FLHCC COOP Coalition Member Guide
FLHCC COOP – Final Single Quick Start Guide
FLHCC CEMP Coalition Member Guide
FLHCC CEMP – Final Single Quick Start Guide
NETEC: Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPRs) for Respiratory Protection
The National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center’s mission is to set the gold standard for special pathogen preparedness and response across health systems in the U.S. with the goals of driving best practices, closing knowledge gaps, and developing innovative resources.
Our vision is a sustainable infrastructure and culture of readiness for managing suspected and confirmed special pathogen incidents across the United States public health and healthcare delivery systems.
Personal protective equipment is an essential element of healthcare worker safety, protecting against various occupational hazards. PAPRs are an important type of protective gear that plays a critical role in maintaining respiratory health and safety in different work environments.
Learn more and access the full guide from NETEC.
Welcome to the NETEC Resource Library
Aging Advocate -Improving Care For Older Adults
R.E.A.C.H. is an acronym both the first responder and care partner can use to maximize safety and promote a peaceful interaction for the person living with dementia.
R.E.A.C.H. is an easy self-paced training module with practical situations that may arise. We use videos that demonstrate helpful approaches using the R.E.A.C.H. acronym to de-escalate a situation involving persons with dementia and their families. We include a wandering scenario and an in-home medical incident that consists of an emergency response team. The videos focus on the care partner and the first responder and detail how to work together to improve the emergency response for individuals with dementia. Our goal is to be proactive rather than reactive and guide a person living with dementia to the best outcomes.
First Responder Dementia Guide
Know How to Respond to Persons Living with Dementia in Emergency Situations
R.E.A.C.H. 1st Responders Care Partners 2024 Training FDOH
FSU R.E.A.C.H. Training Certificate
These videos were created by partnering with Aging Advocate and the FSU College of Medicine REACH Program. Please take a look at the hyperlinks for more information about our program. The First Responders and Care Partner training videos landing page are also directly posted on a YouTube Channel playlist. The landing page has key takeaways, handouts, and other content that can be used in training.
National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health (NCDMPH)
NCDMPH VISION
The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health will be the United States’ academic center of excellence leading disaster health education and research. In collaboration with our federal partners, we will facilitate science and education to inform policy, operations, and funding decisions that improve our readiness, save lives and mitigate injuries in disasters.
NCDMPH MISSION
The Mission of the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health is to improve the United States disaster health readiness through advancements and improvements in education, research, practice, and policy.
BACKGROUND
NCDMPH is uniquely positioned as a bridge between federal agencies and academia.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21 established NCDMPH in 2007 to be an academic center of excellence in disaster medicine and public health under five federal agency partners: the Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, and Department of Veterans Affairs. NCDMPH is both a federal organization and an academic center located in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences working with military, nonprofit, private and federal collaborators to advance the mission.
DISASTER HEALTH CORE CURRICULUM
FIRST AID FOR SEVERE TRAUMA™ (FAST™)
PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM TRAINING IN DISASTER RECOVERY (PH STRIDR)
Stop the Bleed
Over 3 Million People Have Learned to STOP THE BLEED
You can, too! The American College of Surgeons STOP THE BLEED® program has prepared over 3 million people worldwide on how to stop bleeding in a severely injured person.
With three quick actions, you can be trained to save a life. Bleeding is the number one cause of preventable death after injury. That’s why we want to train you to STOP THE BLEED®.
Get Trained!
STOP THE BLEED® Course Deck PDF
Florida Committee on Trauma
How to Make an Affordable Limb Model
Bleeding Control Prop for Tourniquet Practice: Advanced Bleeding Control
Stop the Bleed Training Moulage Leg
DIY Hemorrhage Control Simulator
Mobile Applications
iOS Android
FERNO Pediatric Transport Devices
Pedi Mate Plus Attachment Video Pedi Mate PLUS Model 678 User Manual
Neo-Mate Attachment Video NeoMate Model 679 User Manual
Kangoofix Attachment Video Kangoofix User Manual
FL-PEDReady-safe-transport-Educational-Presenation-2023
Florida EMSC and PEDReady safe pediatric transport
Ambulance crash data
Children’s Safety Network
The Children’s Safety Network works with state and jurisdiction Maternal & Child Health and Injury & Violence prevention programs to create an environment in which all infants, children, and youth are safe and healthy. Our goal is to equip states and jurisdictions to strengthen their capacity, utilize data and implement effective strategies to make reductions in injury-related deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits.
What we do
- The Children’s Safety Network, in cooperation with the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) is implementing a child safety learning collaborative for state and jurisdiction health departments.
- In partnership with HRSA MCHB, CSN facilitates a national Children’s Safety Now Alliance, with participation by leaders and experts representing national organizations, federal agencies, universities, and states with a commitment to child safety. The Alliance is guided by a Steering Committee, which works to create new synergy among public and private stakeholders and to support the activities of the CS CoIIN strategy teams.
- CSN provides training and technical assistance and resources on injury and violence prevention planning, programs, and evidence-based practices to state and jurisdiction health departments and health and safety services and systems.
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