[Sqg-program] FW: FREE Radiation Response Volunteer Corps Training

[Perrigan, Glen]

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Subject: FW: FREE Radiation Response Volunteer Corps Training

FYI...

The Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control, through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is providing free Radiation Response Volunteer Corps training to current or potential members of the Medical Reserve Corps.  If you are interested, please register at http://www.myfloridaeh.com/radiation/Training.htm



Radiation Response Volunteer Training (1 Day)

Note: New classes are now open for registration.

Target Audience:

The training is for volunteer professionals willing to assist with screening members of the public for radiological contamination using hand held radiation detection instruments and portal monitors, after a large scale radiological event, including a nuclear power plant accident or the detonation of a "dirty" bomb. This training is provided by staff from the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control. Such personnel may include:

 *   Medical Reserve Corps members.
 *   Medical professionals (physicians, physician assistants, EMTs/paramedics, nurse practitioners, nurses, etc.).
 *   Radiation response professionals (medical physicists, health physicists, nuclear medicine technologists, radiation therapists, and radiologic technologists).



Course Objectives and Continuing Medical Education (CME) Approval

At the conclusion of the training, the participant will:

 *   Be familiar with the role of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) in a disaster.
 *   Understand the role of population monitoring and the Radiation Response Volunteer Corps (RRVC) in a radiological disaster.
 *   Know the steps to establish and operate a population monitoring center within the framework of the MRC.
 *   Learn about radiation, radiation protection, detection, contamination, and removal.
 *   Be provided with additional resources to assist with responding to a radiological event.
 *   Integrate, at the local level, the skills and abilities of both MRC volunteers and the RRVC volunteers.

This course has been approved for 7 hours of continuing education for Florida-licensed radiologic technologists, and 7 hours of contact education for Florida-licensed environmental health professionals.  Florida EMTs and paramedics may obtain continuing education credit for the course via their alternative pathway, with the signature of their medical director on the course certificate.  Nursing CE's have been applied for and may be provided by DOH Public Health Nursing with approval from FL Board of Nursing.

Agenda



Time


Topic


Presenter


8:00 - 8:30 am


Welcome and Introductions &
Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Overview




MRC Coordinator


8:30 - 9:00 am


Rationale for Radiological Incident Preparation &
Bureau of Radiation Control (BRC) Overview




BRC Staff


9:00 - 10:00 am


Radiation Fundamentals




BRC Staff


10:00 - 11:00 am


Instrumentation




BRC Staff


11:00 am - 12:00 pm


Response Overview & Population Monitoring




BRC Staff


12:00 - 1:00 pm


Lunch







1:00 - 3:30 pm


Proficiency Stations & Population Monitoring Drill




All Participants


3:30 - 4:00 pm


Assessment




All Participants


4:00 - 4:30 pm


Review and Wrap Up




BRC Staff





NOTE: 1 - 2 breaks (am and pm)







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