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Emergency Distribution of Pharmaceuticals

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Course Overview Course Quality Rating TBD Course Description This course is provided by Northwest Center for Public Health Practice and will require a secondary login and/or registration. During an emergency, public health workers may be called upon to help dispense medicine or medical supplies. Find out what is involved in the process of mass dispensing of medications, vaccines, or other medical supplies. This one-hour online course outlines situations in which mass dispensing is necessary, and discusses the logistics of providing medications to large populations. Click the LAUNCH button below to start or be taken to the course. Target Audience This course is designed for public health workers and volunteer health care providers who wish to increase their knowledge of mass dispensing of pharmaceuticals. Learning Objectives Having completed this course, the learner will be able to: Describe the role of medications, vaccines, and medical supplies in response to a public health emergency, such as an act of terrorism, a natural disaster, or an influenza pandemic List and describe the pharmaceutical resources available for public health crises and describe how these resources could be used within local communities Describe the purpose and general process flow of a mass dispensing clinic or a point of distribution (POD) Explain the roles of public health staff and volunteers in a POD Council of Linkages Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (COL)/COL Tier(s) 1A.1 (Tier 1): Identifies the health status of populations and their related determinants of health and illness 1A.2 (Tier 1): Describes the characteristics of a population-based health problem 2A.1 (Tier 1): Gathers information relevant to specific public health policy issues 2A.6 (Tier 1): Participates in program planning processes Professional/Disciplinary Competencies Public Health Preparedness and Response Core Competency Model Model Leadership Solve problems under emergency conditions Communicate and Manage Information 2.1 Manage information related to an emergency 2.2 uses principles of crisis and risk communication Plan for and Improve Practice 3.2 Contribute expertise to the development of emergency plans Public Health Preparedness Capabilities Capability 8. Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Function 1: Identify and initiate medical countermeasure dispensing strategy Function 2: Receive medical countermeasures Function 3: Activate dispensing modalities Function 4: Dispense medical countermeasures to identified population Function 5: Report adverse events Capability 9. Medical Material Management and Distribution Function 1: Direct and activate medical material management and distribution Function 2: Acquire medical material Function 3: Maintain updated inventory management and reporting system Function 4: Establish and maintain security Function 5: Distribute medical material Capability 14. Responder Safety and Health Function 3: Coordinate with partners to facilitate risk-specific safety and health training Format Online/Self-study Credit /CEU None available Duration 1 hr. Specifications None listed Course Publication Date None listed
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