The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
In a mass casualty incident, healthcare coalitions (HCCs) need to understand their capacity to accommodate the incident from both the...
Aug 27, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and...
Jul 31, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
When disaster strikes, providing lifesaving medical care becomes more challenging and complex. To promote the best possible care in...
Jul 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Developed by ASPR TRACIE, this report provides a triage framework for emergency medical providers that accounts for the difference...
ASPR’s National Healthcare Preparedness Program and FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) are seeking health care coalitions...
Jun 17, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Additional sessions of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Operations Course have been scheduled for August 19 through August 23...
May 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’...
Apr 30, 2019
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is seeking nominations to replace four current National...
Apr 25, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Developed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and...
Apr 09, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
In a mass casualty incident, healthcare coalitions (HCCs) need to understand their capacity to accommodate the incident from both the conventional (usual) and contingency or crisis (surge) capacity perspectives. The aggregate of this data can provide critical information about the capacities of the HCC’s acute care hospitals and allow prediction about whether a given incident […]
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) are pleased to announce the winners of the fourth annual National Health Security Awards. This award recognizes local health departments (LHDs) that have demonstrated significant accomplishments in implementing health security-related initiatives...
When disaster strikes, providing lifesaving medical care becomes more challenging and complex. To promote the best possible care in disasters, we need next-generation solutions that harness the power of cutting-edge technology to improve health outcomes. To advance this, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is preparing to launch ASPR Next, […]
Developed by ASPR TRACIE, this report provides a triage framework for emergency medical providers that accounts for the difference between “conventional” mass casualty incidents (MCIs) and mass violence incidents. The focus of this paper is to alert EMS medical directors and EMS systems planners and hospital emergency planners to key differences between “conventional” MCIs and...
ASPR’s National Healthcare Preparedness Program and FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) are seeking health care coalitions to participate in their jointly developed Health Care Coalition Response Leadership Course at the CDP’s campus in Anniston, Alabama. The purpose of the course is to provide instruction and practical experience in the best practice procedures for preparing and...
Additional sessions of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Operations Course have been scheduled for August 19 through August 23 and September 16 through September 20. This five-day, in-person course is offered for federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial medical countermeasure (MCM) planners and officials involved in the receipt and management of MCMs during a public […]
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) are pleased to announce the fourth annual National Health Security Award! This award recognizes local health departments that have demonstrated significant accomplishments in implementing...
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is seeking nominations to replace four current National Biodefense Science Board members whose terms are ending. The Board provides ASPR with expert advice and guidance on scientific, technical, and other matters related to public health emergency preparedness and response. If you are interested in applying, or want to...
Developed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE), this fact sheet: Outlines current guidance that exists regarding the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances during a disaster; Details the challenges that patients, healthcare providers, and emergency managers experience related...
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