Committees: Regional Emergency Preparedness

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This 2-day course, combined with the Assisting Individuals in Crisis course, comprises the two basic foundational courses for Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), a process created to equip participants in providing basic, initial care for people who have experienced a critical incident. It is a form of “psychological or emotional first aid” designed to begin the process of helping individuals, using different group techniques, cope better with these incidents.

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This Patient Decontamination Training is designed to train hospital staff in theoretical and practical aspects of patient decontamination. This training is a one-day/8-hour class designed to train hospital staff how to protect themselves, patients, and their facility from Hazmat contamination. Training will take place at your facility and will consist of Discussion, Video, PowerPoint, Hands-On Training, Donning & Doffing of PPE, Knowledge Assessment, Certificate of Completion, Decontamination Set Up, and Mock Drill at the end of the Day.

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This Patient Decontamination Training is designed to train hospital staff in theoretical and practical aspects of patient decontamination. This training is a one-day/8-hour class designed to train hospital staff how to protect themselves, patients, and their facility from Hazmat contamination. Training will take place at your facility and will consist of Discussion, Video, PowerPoint, Hands-On Training, Donning & Doffing of PPE, Knowledge Assessment, Certificate of Completion, Decontamination Set Up, and Mock Drill at the end of the Day.

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This Patient Decontamination Training is designed to train hospital staff in theoretical and practical aspects of patient decontamination. This training is a one-day/8-hour class designed to train hospital staff how to protect themselves, patients, and their facility from Hazmat contamination. Training will take place at your facility and will consist of Discussion, Video, PowerPoint, Hands-On Training, Donning & Doffing of PPE, Knowledge Assessment, Certificate of Completion, Decontamination Set Up, and Mock Drill at the end of the Day.

October 03, 2023, EMTF-2 Subcommittee Meeting

• Virtual Registration: Click “here” to register for the virtual meeting via ZOOM and save it to your calendar.
• In-person Registration: Click “here” to register for the in-person meeting via Growth Zone and save it to your calendar.

October 03, 2023, REPC Meeting

• Virtual Registration: Click “here” to register for the virtual meeting via ZOOM and save it to your calendar.
• In-person Registration: Click “here” to register for the in-person meeting via Growth Zone and save it to your calendar.

Description

This training will include segments covering EMResource.

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EMResource is a day-to-day crisis application. Regionally, it’s used for daily status and comments (status of services or units) for hospitals, EMS, and air medical assets. EMResource is also currently used for important regional notifications. It serves as a status interface among regional air medical organizations and their individual Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems. The context of this training will include updating facility or agency status. There will also be a didactic portion explaining the regional policies for when and why a change should be made to agency status.

If you have questions, please contact Stephanie McKinnis at smckinnis@ncttrac.org or Tina Martin at Tmartin@ncttrac.org.

Hello Zone 8 Members,

Please join us for a Zone 8 Meeting on October 18th at 3:00 PM. 

Description

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The Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) course addresses healthcare response at the operations level for the facility and its personnel. This three-day course prepares healthcare responders to utilize the Hospital Incident Command System — integrating into the community emergency response network while operating an Emergency Treatment Area as hospital first responders during a mass casualty incident involving patient contamination. The healthcare responders will determine and use appropriate personal protective equipment and conduct triage followed by decontamination of ambulatory and nonambulatory patients as members of a Hospital Emergency Response Team.

Mapping a course for quality improvement and emergency preparedness in long-term care. This Task Force focuses on emergency preparedness in long-term care facilities and reports directly to the Regional Emergency Preparedness Committee.  This meeting is virtual only via Zoom until further notice. Click here to register for the meetings.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.  This is a recurring meeting for the third Thursday of every month from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

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Course Description:
This 2-day course, combined with the Group Crisis Intervention course, comprises the two basic foundational courses for Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), a process created to equip participants in providing basic, initial care for people who have experienced a critical incident. It is a form of “psychological or emotional first aid” designed to begin the process of helping individuals, on a one-on-one basis, cope better with these incidents. Crisis Intervention is NOT psychotherapy or a substitute for psychotherapy, but rather a specialized, acute, emergency mental health intervention that follows specific protocols and requires specialized training.

Event Location:
Medical City Arlington
3201 Matlock Road, Arlington, TX

If you have questions, please contact Stephanie McKinnis at Smckinnis@ncttrac.org or 817-607-7015.

ZONE 5 Meeting

Welcome to the Zone 5 meeting. All agencies and facilities in Collin County, Hunt County, and Rockwall County are invited to attend. This meeting is open to all Air and Ground EMS, Fire Departments, First Responders, Medical Facilities, Physician and Physician Groups, and Organizations related to the emergency healthcare system in the North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council Zone 5 area (Collin, Hunt, and Rockwall counties).

We look forward to seeing you virtually on the fourth Thursday of every even month between 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

To Join Via Webinar, information coming soon

If you would like to request a specific topic to be included in the agenda, or if you are interested in presenting a specific education topic, please reach out to BMcLain@NCTTRAC.org.

We encourage you to forward this information with your contacts at other agencies and facilities in Collin, Hunt, and Rockwall counties.

Click Here to visit the Zone 5 Web Page

Regional Communications Drills are conducted to test the ability of hospitals to communicate with their local jurisdiction and with each other in the event of phone and email failure. All members of the Hospital Preparedness Program are required to participate in one Redundant Communications Drill in 2023 and one Drill in 2024 during the next program year starting July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024.  Redundant Communications Drills are generally held on the last Friday of every other month. Testing of redundant communications can be achieved through the following methods during the drill time frame (10:00 am to 12:00 pm).

• Jurisdictional Commercial Radio – If you have a commercial radio to test as part of the monthly communications drill, please make prior arrangements with your local jurisdiction to arrange the test. Your jurisdictional representative will need to send an email to ncttrac_emcc@ncttrac.org confirming the date and method that the contract was made (with you copied into the email).
• Amateur Radio – Amateur radio testing will be conducted via a directed radio net through NCTTRAC.  Exact frequencies may vary based on repeater availability; reference the email reminder from NCTTRAC EMCC for a specific month’s frequencies. We will be conducting a Roll Call by the county at the beginning of each group’s time slot and using Tactical Call Signs for facility identification.
• DFW-Wide – If you have a DFW-Wide system you may contact either us or your local jurisdiction. If you contact your local jurisdiction then the rules for credit are the same as for the Jurisdictional Commercial Radio. DFW-Wide will check-in using the assigned time slots listed in the table below by County.
• DFW-Connct – If you have the DFW-Connct Overlay, you may check in with us on the NCTRG-1 Talkgroup, or you can check in with your local jurisdiction and have them email us at ncttrac_emcc@ncttrac.org.
• Satellite Phones– For those testing satellite phones, please contact NCTTRAC EMCC at 817-607-7020 during the drill (11:30 am to 12:00 pm).
• MSAT – For those that have the MSAT system, please contact NCTTRAC EMCC on the NCTTRAC1 talk group. Please do not use the MSAT to dial 817-607-7020 for drilling purposes.Please refer to the NCTTRAC EMCC email that is dispatched two weeks prior and the day of the drill.

November 07, 2023, EMTF-2 Subcommittee Meeting

• Virtual Registration: Click “here” to register for the virtual meeting via ZOOM and save it to your calendar.
• In-person Registration: Click “here” to register for the in-person meeting via Growth Zone and save it to your calendar.

November 07, 2023, REPC Meeting

• Virtual Registration: Click “here” to register for the virtual meeting via ZOOM and save it to your calendar.
• In-person Registration: Click “here” to register for the in-person meeting via Growth Zone and save it to your calendar.

Mapping a course for quality improvement and emergency preparedness in long-term care. This Task Force focuses on emergency preparedness in long-term care facilities and reports directly to the Regional Emergency Preparedness Committee.  This meeting is virtual only via Zoom until further notice. Click here to register for the meetings.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.  This is a recurring meeting for the third Thursday of every month from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

December 05, 2023, EMTF-2 Subcommittee Meeting

• Virtual Registration: Click “here” to register for the virtual meeting via ZOOM and save it to your calendar.
• In-person Registration: Click “here” to register for the in-person meeting via Growth Zone and save it to your calendar.

December 05, 2023, REPC Meeting

• Virtual Registration: Click “here” to register for the virtual meeting via ZOOM and save it to your calendar.
• In-person Registration: Click “here” to register for the in-person meeting via Growth Zone and save it to your calendar.

Click “here” to register.

This 2-day course, combined with the Assisting Individuals in Crisis course, comprises the two basic foundational courses for Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), a process created to equip participants in providing basic, initial care for people who have experienced a critical incident. It is a form of “psychological or emotional first aid” designed to begin the process of helping individuals, using different group techniques, cope better with these incidents.

Description

This training will include segments covering EMResource.

Click “HERE” to register.

EMResource is a day-to-day crisis application. Regionally, it’s used for daily status and comments (status of services or units) for hospitals, EMS, and air medical assets. EMResource is also currently used for important regional notifications. It serves as a status interface among regional air medical organizations and their individual Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems. The context of this training will include updating facility or agency status. There will also be a didactic portion explaining the regional policies for when and why a change should be made to agency status.

If you have questions, please contact Stephanie McKinnis at smckinnis@ncttrac.org or Tina Martin at Tmartin@ncttrac.org.

Mapping a course for quality improvement and emergency preparedness in long-term care. This Task Force focuses on emergency preparedness in long-term care facilities and reports directly to the Regional Emergency Preparedness Committee.  This meeting is virtual only via Zoom until further notice. Click here to register for the meetings.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.  This is a recurring meeting for the third Thursday of every month from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

Description

Click “HERE” to register.

The Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) course addresses healthcare response at the operations level for the facility and its personnel. This three-day course prepares healthcare responders to utilize the Hospital Incident Command System — integrating into the community emergency response network while operating an Emergency Treatment Area as hospital first responders during a mass casualty incident involving patient contamination. The healthcare responders will determine and use appropriate personal protective equipment and conduct triage followed by decontamination of ambulatory and nonambulatory patients as members of a Hospital Emergency Response Team.

Mapping a course for quality improvement and emergency preparedness in long-term care. This Task Force focuses on emergency preparedness in long-term care facilities and reports directly to the Regional Emergency Preparedness Committee.  This meeting is virtual only via Zoom until further notice. Click here to register for the meetings.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.  This is a recurring meeting for the third Thursday of every month from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

Regional Communications Drills are conducted to test the ability of hospitals to communicate with their local jurisdiction and with each other in the event of phone and email failure. All members of the Hospital Preparedness Program are required to participate in one Redundant Communications Drill in 2023 and one Drill in 2024 during the next program year starting July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024.  Redundant Communications Drills are generally held on the last Friday of every other month. Testing of redundant communications can be achieved through the following methods during the drill time frame (10:00 am to 12:00 pm).

• Jurisdictional Commercial Radio – If you have a commercial radio to test as part of the monthly communications drill, please make prior arrangements with your local jurisdiction to arrange the test. Your jurisdictional representative will need to send an email to ncttrac_emcc@ncttrac.org confirming the date and method that the contract was made (with you copied into the email).
• Amateur Radio – Amateur radio testing will be conducted via a directed radio net through NCTTRAC.  Exact frequencies may vary based on repeater availability; reference the email reminder from NCTTRAC EMCC for a specific month’s frequencies. We will be conducting a Roll Call by the county at the beginning of each group’s time slot and using Tactical Call Signs for facility identification.
• DFW-Wide – If you have a DFW-Wide system you may contact either us or your local jurisdiction. If you contact your local jurisdiction then the rules for credit are the same as for the Jurisdictional Commercial Radio. DFW-Wide will check-in using the assigned time slots listed in the table below by County.
• DFW-Connct – If you have the DFW-Connct Overlay, you may check in with us on the NCTRG-1 Talkgroup, or you can check in with your local jurisdiction and have them email us at ncttrac_emcc@ncttrac.org.
• Satellite Phones– For those testing satellite phones, please contact NCTTRAC EMCC at 817-607-7020 during the drill (11:30 am to 12:00 pm).
• MSAT – For those that have the MSAT system, please contact NCTTRAC EMCC on the NCTTRAC1 talk group. Please do not use the MSAT to dial 817-607-7020 for drilling purposes.Please refer to the NCTTRAC EMCC email that is dispatched two weeks prior and the day of the drill.