Hospital Emergency Response Training (HERT) for Mass-Casualty Incidents

This is offered during the weeks of July 27-August 2 and August 24-30

Overview Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) is a three-day course designed to provide medical operation guidance to hospitals, emergency medical services (EMS), healthcare facility personnel, and others who may become involved in a mass casualty incident (MCI). The course provides the healthcare emergency receiver with an understanding of the relationship between a Hospital Incident Command System (HICS), a scene Incident Command System (ICS), and other incident management systems used by municipal Emergency Operations Centers (EOC). The course also provides guidance for Hospital Emergency Response Team design, development, and training. This is a hands-on course which culminates with small and large groups practical applications. Therefore, participants must be physically and psychologically fit to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) during the training.

Below are some, but not all, of the critical skill sets learned during this training program:

  • Analyze the need for, composition of, and use of a Hospital Emergency Response Team during an emergency, MCI, or disaster situation.
  • Identify the criteria used for assessing patient medical attention priority using START and JumpSTART.
  • Recognize the step-by-step procedures for ambulatory and nonambulatory decontamination performed in response to an MCI.
  • Select and use the appropriate level of PPE as hospital first receivers in response to a disaster involving patient contamination.
  • Apply the proper techniques for monitoring or surveying patients for chemical, biological, or radiological contamination.
  • Conduct appropriate cut-out and decontamination operations for victims and staff during response to an MCI involving contamination.

Course Length: 3 days

Course Code: PER-902

Additional Requirements: Have successfully completed IS-100.HCb, IS-200.HCa, and IS-700.a. It is recommended to have successfully completed CBRNE or HAZMAT training at the operations level as specified in 29 CFR 1910.120(g)(6)(ii), at a minimum.

Continuing Education Credits

  • The Center for Domestic Preparedness is authorized by IACET to offer 2.4 CEUs for this program.
  • Nursing, through Alabama Board of Nursing (nurses only): 24
  • Continuing Medical Education, through University of Alabama at Birmingham (additional allied health professionals may be able to apply for these CMEs): 24
  • Police Officer Standards and Training (POST; approved per state): 24

To learn more and register for this , visit: https://web.archive.org/web/20150717034017/http://cdp.dhs.gov:80/training/program/nn

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