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Course Overview Course Quality RatingTBD Course DescriptionThis course is provided by Region 6 South Central Public Health Training Center and will require a secondary login and/or registration. This course addresses concerns for the health and safety of first responders involved in the response to natural disasters including hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods and will include the identification of specific hazards associated with these type events. Topics include heat stress; injuries from working around debris and on unstable surfaces; dust; confined spaces; chemicals and contaminated flood and standing waters; electrical hazards; infectious diseases; food-borne, water-borne, insect-borne and animal-borne diseases of concern; animal and insect hazards; and traumatic stress injuries. The focus is on public health and first responder health and safety when responding to man-made or natural disaster events, including best practices and lessons learned taken from public health responses.Click the LAUNCH button below to start or be taken to the course. Target AudienceNone listed Learning ObjectivesHaving completed this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze the risks to health and safety and their consequences to which first responders are exposed during disaster response Employ best practices in health and safety injury prevention and mitigation to sustain workforce strength and reduce morbidity and mortality during crisis intervention Identify perils and population vulnerabilities involving sanitation, hygiene and stress which threaten responders as well as the populations at risk and at large and mitigate consequences to the greatest extent possible through injury avoidance and prompt, effective intervention Plan for the use of effective techniques of hazard control during disaster response and train and equip responding agencies and personnel in their implementation Council of Linkages Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (COL)/COL Tier(s)None listed Professional/Disciplinary CompetenciesNone listed FormatOnline/ Self-paced Credit /CEUNone available Duration6 hrs. SpecificationsNone listed Course Publication DateNone listed