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Chair: Bill Pupanek, wpupanek@meriter.com
Disaster Preparedness Committee Members:
Willie Backes WBackes@uwhealth.org
Marty Kehl Marty.Kehl@phci.org
Joe Rohling Joseph.Rohling@ministryhealth.org
Glenn Hojem ghojem@matcmadison.edu
Don Schroeder dfschroe@gundluth.org
Rhonda Duerst RDuerst@chw.org
Tom Smith Smith.Thomas4@mayo.edu
CDC Resource
www.hhs.gov/disasters/
Wisconsin Emergency Preparedness Program
www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/preparedness/hospital/
Disaster Preparedness Resources
Article from the New England Journal of Medicine
Dr. Pou and the Hurricane - Implications for Patient Care during Disasters
The Wisconsin Mass Casualty Ventilation Training site is intended for licensed therapists in the state of Wisconsin. The state is funding this training program for at least 1,000 therapists. The training site includes 5 modules and is approved for 3 CREC units through AARC. To register go to: www.westerntc.edu/mcvtraining
This weekly report discusses disaster preparedness and also features links to education programs. To view this report and subscribe (no cost) to this weekly newsletter go to (look for the subscription link on the left side):
Web Site
Newsletter (pdf file)
This weekly report focuses on homeland security issues around the world and locally. Although it focuses on terrorism, it also has a strong emphasis on disaster preparedness. There several links to training programs. To subscribe (no cost) go here.
This site features a weekly newsletter that discusses biosecurity issues such as agents and diseases, hospital preparedness, and international biopreparedness. To subscribe (no cost) go here.
Below you will find topics of interest to Nurses, EMS personnel and those people who would act as RTE's. These presentations are intended to increase familiarity with the procedures and ventilators presented as a first step in assisting respiratory therapists or working with these ventilators.
- The iVent ventilator
- The LTV 1200 Ventilator
- Non-invasive Ventilation - BiPAP 101
- Manual Ventilation
- Ventilator Circuits and Troubleshooting
- Basics of Mechanical Ventilation
- Oxygen Conservation Guidelines
- Wisconsin Ventilator Triage Protocols
- The Respiratory Therapy Extender
- Medications delivered via ventilators
- The ABC's of ABGs
- Open-system Endotracheal Suctioning
- Closed-system Endotracheal Suctioning
- Oxygen Therapy
- Infection Control
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