Continuing Education
Facts About Riot Control Agents
The CDC webpage on Riot Control Agents provides essential information on these substances used by law enforcement for crowd control. It covers the types of …
Ready Wrigley: Coping After a Disaster Activity Book
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) created this activity book to help children cope after disasters. It aims to encourage discussions about feelings and teach …
Safety Guidelines: Decontamination of Radioactive Material
This CDC website provides crucial information on self-decontamination and assisting others in radiation emergencies. It emphasizes the importance of minimizing exposure to harmful radiation by …
Radiation Emergencies: Video: Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment
The video from the CDC teaches how to use handheld radiation survey equipment to check for radioactive contamination on people. It describes using Geiger-Muller detectors, …
How to Self-Decontaminate after a Radiation Emergency
This website provides detailed information on self-decontamination procedures in case of radiation emergencies. It covers the importance of washing off radioactive material from the body …
Volcanic Ashfall Impacts and Mitigation: Health
This webpage is about the effects of volcanic ash on health and how to stay safe. It describes that while ashfall rarely causes direct harm, …
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Respiratory Protection Handbook
This handbook provides important information on how to protect yourself from harmful substances in the air. It describes different types of masks and equipment that …
Respiratory Distress in the Newborn
2018
· OPENPediatrics,
· Brigham and Women's Hospital
This video discusses newborn respiratory distress, covering differential diagnosis, epidemiology, pathophysiology, presentation, diagnosis, and management of common etiologies. It emphasizes the importance of a thorough …
Managing Donations and Volunteers Before, During, and After School & Campus Emergency Events Webinar
2018
· Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMSTA),
· U.S. Department of Education,
· Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
This webinar explains how schools can manage donations and volunteers during emergencies. It describes the importance of planning for both needed supplies and unexpected offers. …
Mother (of all Pandemics) and Her Naughty Children: 100 Years of Behaving Badly
This one-hour video is about the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed over 50 million people worldwide. It describes how scientists study this deadly virus to …