MC Strategies hosts BORDERS Alert and Ready Webinar
Webinar provides a look at emergency preparedness for hospital-based workers who are faced with planning for catastrophes involving mass casualties. The BORDERS Alert and Ready program, developed by the University of North Dakota at Grand Rapids is designed to improve the individual and collective ability of healthcare professional practitioners to prepare for and respond to acts of bioterrorism in increasingly diverse situations and populations.
ATLANTA, GA (PRWEB) November 17, 2006
USA Prepare, a division of MC Strategies will host a webinar developed by BORDERS Alert and Ready, a new program designed to help health care professionals improve their ability to prepare for and respond to disasters involving mass trauma and casualties. It will be held on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 1:00 p. m. EST. The webinar will alert healthcare professionals to the myriad possibilities for mass casualty disasters and present appropriate ways to respond to and recover from these catastrophes.
During mass casualty incidents, healthcare workers risk occupational exposures to chemical, biological or radiological materials when a hospital receives contaminated patients. Hospitals must prepare and can benefit from the BORDERS Alert and Ready training to assist them in planning for emergency incidents involving hazardous substances.
The webinar, presented by Dr. Linda M. Olson, will give an overview of the BORDERS Alert and Ready curriculum which provides practical information to help healthcare professionals understand emergency management planning. Dr. Olson will address several areas including the protection of hospital-based emergency department personnel during mass casualty incidents; the threat of catastrophic events; the role of the public health system and government in protecting society and individuals; victim decontamination; personal protective equipment; mass casualty triage and continuing education.
Linda M. Olson, Ed. D., is an Associate Professor at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. Dr. Olson brings extensive teaching experience and speaks with authority in matters pertaining to disaster preparedness. She is also the Special Projects Director for the Office of Medical Education at UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, which developed the BORDERS Alert and Ready program.
About USA Prepare
USA Prepare is a division of Atlanta-based MC Strategies, Inc., which is part of the Elsevier Health Sciences division and specializes in helping public health departments, hospitals and first responders to prepare for catastrophe.
About University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
BORDERS, the Biochemical Organic Radiological Disaster Educational Response System, is a University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences continuing education and training program originally funded by a grant through the Health and Human Services Administration (HRSA), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). BORDERS Alert and Ready is designed to improve the individual and collective ability of healthcare professional practitioners to prepare for and respond to acts of bioterrorism in increasingly diverse situations and populations.
About MC Strategies, Inc.
Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, MC Strategies has been providing web-based training and education products and services to healthcare professionals since 1986 and is part of Elsevier Health Sciences. The company's WebInservice division is a pioneer in providing e-learning solutions and serves a client base of over 1,300 healthcare organizations nationwide, including integrated health delivery networks, hospitals, academic institutions and the federal government. For more information, visit www. mcstrategies. com or call 1-800-999-6274.
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