Emergency Distribution of Pharmaceuticals
On Demand
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.
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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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