ICS Web Training Course IS-800
The IS-800 course is available through FEMA’s website. The course introduces participants to the concepts and principles of the National Response Framework.
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Workplace Violence Training: Health Care System Approaches to New Law
2018 Disaster Conference
This presentation provides an overview of Dignity Health’s approach to a new workplace violence law. The session provides an outline of their approach, an evaluation of the law’s impacts, reviews implementation timelines, and reviews logistical steps for meeting new requirements.
Suspicious Activity Reporting: Training for Hospitals
Hospitals can help deter crime, violent incidents, and terrorism through reporting of suspicious activity.
FEMA Training
The Federal Emergency Management Agency provides a range of training and preparedness resources that can significantly enhance hospitals’ emergency response capabilities. These include specialized courses for health care professionals to provide essential knowledge and skills for managing various emergency situations. Additionally, FEMA’s exercise and evaluation programs enable hospitals to develop and assess their emergency plans […]
What are the NIMS IS training requirements for hospital staff and how can these requirements be met?
NIMS courses ICS-100, ICS-200 and IS-700 or their equivalents should be completed by:
Other Training Resources
The following resources are shared to support hospitals in enhancing their crisis preparedness and response capabilities. These tools focus on fostering effective collaboration between hospitals and emergency management agencies to support a coordinated responses during disasters. They also include training resources to help hospital staff gain specialized knowledge on protocols to ensure staff are equipped to handle various crisis scenarios.
Active Shooter Training Video
This instructive video from the US Department of Homeland Security demonstrates possible actions to take if confronted with an active shooter scenario. The video reviews the choices of evacuating, hiding, or, as an option of last resort, challenging the shooter. The video also shows how to assist authorities once law enforcement enters the scene.
Pediatric Surge Planning: Train-the-Trainer Course
Developed by Rady Children’s Hospital & San Diego County Healthcare Disaster Council, this curriculum aims to prepare hospitals to meet the response challenges in disasters where there is a surge of child victims.
Can a hospital utilize a vendor-created NIMS training course? If so, how does the hospital verify that it is NIMS compliant?
Yes, a hospital may utilize a vendor-created or delivered training course. The National Integration Center (NIC) recognizes that many operational aspects of the NIMS, including ICS training, are available through, state, local and tribal training agencies and private training vendors. It is not necessary that the training requirements be met through a federal source.
Active Shooter Awareness, Response and Survival Training
2021 Virtual Disaster Conference
Emergency management and security officials are increasingly tasked with ways to effectively and safely train hospital workers on how to respond. This presentation discusses new methodologies for tackling the crucial task of training each hospital staff member and department, based on their unique functions within the hospital, as well as with their specific locations on any hospital campus.