Oct

27

CDC’s Response to Injury

October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The CDC is hosting a webinar Friday, November 4th at 2pm ET, The CDC’s Response to Injury: Update for Partners from the Division of Injury Response. The session will focus on traumatic brain injury, terrorism and disaster response. Register for the session here.

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Sep

10

Helping Children Remember 9/11

September 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment

I’m wrapping up some work this weekend, and preparing to travel (naturally) tomorrow to Maxwell AFB, but this table, published here, seemed like a worthy post to commemorate the date. There are multiple resources on how to help children remember 9/11 that may be worth checking out:

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May

24

Who says the CDC doesn’t have a sense of humor?

May 24, 2011 | 1 Comment

Meant to post this last week when it came out…

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Nov

4

Articles of Note: November Edition

November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment

Time once again for a run down of some of the new and noteworthy articles in the current literature. All of these are from the October/November issues. As always, please keep in mind this in no way a comprehensive list; simply items that have caught my attention from a selection of peer-reviewed journals. Links lead [...]

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Sep

14

New CEU Offerings

September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

RN.org has several new CE offerings available that might be of interest to readers. It’s a flat $19.95 for unlimited CEs (in a 12 month period), and they offer some of the state mandated courses, as well as a general selection. That’s actually a pretty fantastic value for the money–something to consider springing for if [...]

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Jul

9

Cultural Competency & Disaster Response

July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of Minority Health has a new curriculum available: Cultural Competency for Disaster Preparedness & Crisis Response. The curriculum consists of 4 courses that “are designed to equip disaster and crisis volunteers and personnel with the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services [...]

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Jun

22

Bioterrorism & Emerging Disease Preparedness

June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Rutgers College of Nursing has 8 online courses on bioterrorism and emerging disease preparedness. They all carry contact hours and range from $10-$70 depending on the number of hours you earn (looks like it’s roughly $10 per CE, give or take a few bucks).

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Apr

5

Weekend Extra: Workplace Violence

April 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

This weekend has been yet another sad reminder of the epidemic of workplace violence. It’s obviously not a new phenomenon, but right now it seems to be happening with frightening frequency. The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) actually has a tool for hospitals (cleverly known as the Hospital eTool) that [...]

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Mar

3

Disaster Health Care

March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Audio Digest has free podcasts available on a range of disaster-related healthcare topics. You can download audio files on PTSD, principles for initial response, infectious disease, incident management and disaster mental health. Even better, they have kindly segmented the files, so you have the option of downloading just parts of the podcasts or the whole [...]

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Feb

24

Emergency Preparedness

February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

AHRQ hosted Lessons Learned from the Field of Emergency Preparedness, last November. You can listen to a webcast of the session and view PowerPoint slides in their archives at no cost. According to the site, presenters shared key insight on customizing tools in order to address the distinct needs of their communities. Emergency preparedness planners [...]

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