MGT 319 Medical Countermeasures: Point of Dispensing (POD), Planning and Response

Date: :: Nov 17th and 18th

Time: 8am-4pm

Location:

Eastern Maine Community College
354 Hogan Road, Bangor, Maine

This training course is to enhance jurisdiction preparedness and emergency response efforts by providing the knowledge of how to exercise and revise a plan that utilizes an all-hazards, whole community approach toward a medical countermeasures event. Assists with coordination of planning, training, and responding to a Medical Countermeasure (MCM) response for a public health incident. This course responds directly to the National Preparedness Goal as it applies to delivery of medical countermeasures to exposed populations.

Topics

  • Category A, B, C Agents, natural hazards, man-made, or terrorism events.
  • Point of Dispensing Command Structure for planning, execution, and demobilization of a jurisdictional response
  • Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA)
  • Discussions as it applies to local Emergency Support Function (ESF-8 and ESF-6)
  • Public Health Preparedness Capabilities

Recommendations

  • Medical Countermeasures Awareness For Public Health Emergencies (AWR-314-W)
  • ~FEMA ICS 100, 200

Course Length

Two Days (16 hours)

Class Size

Minimum 30 Participants

For more information, contact:

  • TEXAS A&M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE
  • 979.314.1120 or 979.458.3453 (toll-free)
  • EMSPH@teex.tamu.edu