Author: Janis Brown

This issue focuses on ethics in healthcare during disasters, crisis standards of care, and patient load balancing to ensure equitable treatment.

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Learn about the hospital experience with civil unrest, and preventing/responding to workplace violence and violence in the ED.

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Use the link below to find links to cybersecurity planning and response resources.

https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/cybersecurity

Learn more about the roll of home care and hospice, allied healthcare providers, and engineering and environmental changes in response to COVID-19.

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The 3rd Quarter Training Schedule for CapRAC has been released.  Please review and register for classes through the TERMS links in the document.

2019 Quarter 3 CapRAC Training

In this issue of The Exchange, subject matter experts discuss planning, response, and lessons learned specific to chemical incidents.

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ASPR TRACIE has helped develop resources for front-line healthcare and social services workers to use prior to a disaster to recognize and reduce their stress levels and maintain resilience during recovery. ASPR TRACIE Self Care for Healthcare Workers Modules

This paper provides a triage framework for emergency medical providers that accounts for the difference between “conventional” MCIs and mass violence incidents.

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ASPR has developed the HHS/ASPR Access and Functional Needs (AFN) Web-Based Training to help public health officials, emergency managers, and social/human service providers learn how to address access and functional needs in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.

Create an account here:  https://www.train.org/main/welcome

Find out how one hospital cared for and evacuated patients after almost 60 inches of rain in a few short days.

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