Technical assistance
The CDC provides a consultation and technical assistance during all the phases of a disaster cycle (preparation, response, recovery and attenuation).
The areas of subjects include:
CDC experts National Center for Environmental Health Also deploy on the ground on request. They direct the working group on epidemiology and monitoring of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, coordinating the collection and analysis of health surveillance data, during a response.
If you want a remote consultation or in the field or technical assistance, please contact Casper@cdc.gov.
Person
The CDC offers training in epidemiology in the event of a disaster to public health and emergency intervention of states, tribes, premises and territorial (STLT). The purpose of training is to increase emergency intervention capacity, improve skills in epidemiology in the event of a disaster and share the lessons learned.
The subjects include the following elements:
- Impacts on public health of disasters and disaster epidemiology
- Community assessment for the public health emergency response (CASPER)
- Monitoring of morbidity and mortality in the event of a disaster
- Preparation of emergency radiation
- Other subjects related to disasters (by request and expertise in matters)
If you are a state or local health department and want to be taken into account for training, consult your leadership. You must then contact Amy Helene Schall (770-488-3422, Ghu5@cdc.gov). You can also download a Training request form in epidemiology in the event of a disaster.
Online training
Overview of disaster epidemiology
This short elearning gives an overview of the epidemiology of disasters, in particular:
- Potential impacts on the public health of disasters
- Difference between the direct and indirect effects of a disaster
- Role of an epidemiologist in the event of a disaster
Modules of epidemiology elements in the event of a disaster
To facilitate effective disasters planning, the CDC has developed several electration modules that highlight the public effects related to disaster health. These modules are designed to help public health and emergency staff to better prepare and respond to disasters.
The course is made up of four modules. You can take everyone in order, or separately if necessary.
- Impact of public disaster health
- Public health emergency management
- Community assessment for the public health emergency response (CASPER)
- Disaster monitoring
Module 1: Impact of public health of disasters
Module 1 reviews the impacts on the public health of disasters. In this 50 -minute module, learners will be:
- Review the basic concepts on disasters
- Look at the direct and indirect impact of public health disasters in different types of communities
- Discuss how and why some populations are vulnerable in a disproportionate way to these impacts
Module 2: Management of public health emergencies
Module 2 examines the management of public health emergencies. This 45 -minute module provides learners with the management of public health emergencies and planning a response and recovery in the event of a disaster. After completing this module, learners will be able to:
- Describe the role and function of public health agencies in a disaster
- List the implications of relevant federal laws and authorities linked to the role of public health in a disaster
- Identify the main components of the national incident management system
- Define various positions in an incident command system
- List the components of an emergency intervention plan for public health
Module 3: Community assessment of the emergency response in public health (CASPER)
Module 3 is dedicated to community assessment for the public health emergency response (CASPER). In this 75 -minute module, learners will examine:
- Casper methodology
- When to conduct a casper
- How to implement a casper, including the analysis and interpretation of basic data
Module 4: disaster monitoring
Module 4 covers monitoring of morbidity and mortality in the event of a disaster. In this 40 -minute module, learners will examine:
- Why monitoring in the event of a disaster is important
- The aim of monitoring morbidity and mortality during a response
- Tools to help disaster monitoring
Guide for the certification of deaths in the event of natural disaster, induced by humans or radiological / chemical
This 30 -minute training training provides death certification advice to forensic doctists, coroners and doctors. After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Describe the importance of a precise death certification for monitoring the mortality linked to disasters
- Identify a death -related death
- Explain how to finish the death certificate for a death -related death
Survey on the death scene after a natural disaster or other events related to weather conditions
This online training aims to familiarize learners with CDCs Survey on the death scene after a natural disaster or other events related to weather conditions Toolkit.
After completing the course, learners will be able to:
- Define the term “disaster”, with regard to the investigation into the death scene after natural disasters or other events related to weather conditions
- Define the importance of collecting precise mortality data, with regard to recordings of cistric statistics for natural disasters or other meteorological events
- Describe three tools in the Survey on the death scene after a natural disaster or other events related to weather conditions Toolbox
- Identify three additional forms in the Survey on the death scene after a natural disaster or other events related to weather conditions Toolbox
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