An Innovation in Partnership among First Responders and Public Health: Bridging the Gap

Werner, Danilea; Wright, Kevin M.; Thomas, Mike; Edgar, Mark

doi:10.1177/00333549051200s113

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“…Studies (e.g. Werner et al, 2005) show that there is much to win if rescue operations can start immediately, both in terms of saved human lives and less material damage. Thus, society should benefit from extending the first responder concept to embrace new actors and provide them with sufficient resources.…”

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Emergency Response in Rural Areas

Pilemalm

Stenberg

Granberg

2013

International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

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In this study, security and safety in rural parts of Sweden are investigated. New ways of organizing for efficient response can be found in the extended collaboration between societal sectors and in the utilization of local social capital. New categories of first responders and their requirements are identified and technical and non-technical solutions as support are proposed. The solutions include e.g. mobile applications and a technical infrastructure making it possible for volunteers to obtain information about events requiring emergency response. Emergency management in rural areas shows several similarities to large-scale crises, e.g. in terms of insufficient infrastructure available and the need to use local resources in the immediate aftermath of the event. Therefore, the results of the study can be transferable to large-scale crises.

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Emergency Response in Rural Areas

Pilemalm

Stenberg

Granberg

2013

International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

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“…Despite the differences in foci, the 2 fields share a common mission of protecting the health and safety of their community. 7 The study illustrates 2 primary strategies that have been applied by health departments in Louisiana and Mississippi to build emergency response capacity: (1) training of public health professionals in emergency response procedures and (2) recruitment of traditional emergency responders into public health settings. Mississippi State Department of Health and LDHH have utilized both strategies in combination with a greater emphasis on one or the other in each state.…”

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“…Public health workers are now considered an integral part of the community-level emergency response system. 6,7 In 2002, the Columbia Center for Health Policy, Columbia University School of Nursing developed public health worker competencies for emergency response. 8 Subsequently, a group of federal, state, and local public health experts were asked to assess to what degree state and local public health agencies performed the identified competencies.…”

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“…Since that time, the training of public health workers has dramatically increased nationally. 7 A study conducted in 2004 of 2300 local public health departments revealed that 92% had participated in emergency preparedness drills or exercises, 71% had assessed workforce competencies for preparedness, and 87% had provided preparedness training to staff. 9 Salinsky and Gersky 10 suggest that despite the increase in funding and training, the level of funding has not been sufficient to support the additional burden on local health departments.…”

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Emergency Response and Public Health in Hurricane Katrina

VanDevanter

Leviss²,

Abramson³

et al. 2010

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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Since 9/11, federal funds directed toward public health departments for training in disaster preparedness have dramatically increased, resulting in changing expectations of public health workers' roles in emergency response. This article explores the public health emergency responder role through data collected as part of an oral history conducted with the 3 health departments that responded to Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana. The data reveals a significant change in public health emergency response capacity as a result of federal funding. The role is still evolving, and many challenges remain, in particular, a clear articulation of the public health role in emergency response, the integration of the public health and emergency responder cultures, identification of the scope of training needs and strategies to maintain new public health emergency response skills, and closer collaboration with emergency response agencies.

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“…The provision on the CODE RED card of 24/7 contact information has increased the communication between the laboratory and the first responders, further solidifying this invaluable working partnership (Werner, 2005). After-hours calls are received by a state-wide duty officer who in turns contacts the director of the BDL for communication with the agency involved in the biothreat event.…”

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The Code Red Solution—Biothreat Response Training for First Responders

2007

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The terrorist events of 2001 brought to light the need for a close working relationship between the first responder communities and the public health laboratories in New York State (NYS). Since 2002, the Wadsworth Center's Biodefense Laboratory (BDL) has been providing outreach training to first responders in New York, to enable them to respond safely, correctly, and confidently to biothreat events. A pocket trifold was developed, titled "CODE RED," which describes sampling protocols, risk analysis criteria, and important contact information for use during an emergency response to a potential bioterrorism situation. In addition, the BDL has provided training to more than 1,000 first responders in the basic knowledge of biothreat agents, routes of dissemination, sampling and decontamination methods, contamination control protocols, biothreat risk assessment, and legal chain of custody procedures. The training methods have been established for use by first responders wearing personal protective equipment (PPE). All states can benefit from highly trained first responders who are capable of efficient, safe, and effective biothreat response, resulting in increased safety of the first responders and laboratorians, as well as decreased turnaround times for laboratory results. The CODE RED trifold provides a working model for training first responders at the state and county levels for emergency biothreat response.

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An Innovation in Partnership among First Responders and Public Health: Bridging the Gap

Cited by 11 publications

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Emergency Response in Rural Areas

Emergency Response in Rural Areas

Emergency Response and Public Health in Hurricane Katrina

The Code Red Solution—Biothreat Response Training for First Responders

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