HazMat Emergency Preparedness Training and Tools for Responders
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hazmat-emergency-preparedness.html
Adapted by Beth Wescott
This web page discusses online training programs and tools developed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to help communities develop sound, evidence-based assumptions in preparing for hazardous materials (HazMat) emergencies and disasters.
- Evidence-Based Disaster Lecture Series (Lessons Learned)
- Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents
- Toxicological Profiles
- Community Mapping GIS Program
- Case Studies in Environmental Medicine
- Technical Assistance for Plans, Drills,and Exercises
- Training To Manage Stress During Technological Disasters
- Analysis of Surveillance Data From HazMat Incidents
- Risk Communication Training
- About ATSDR
- How To Contact ATSDR
The section on Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents is a three-volume guide, with companion videos, for the management of chemically contaminated patients. It is available on CD-ROM and in print.
Volume I- Emergency Medical Services is a planning guide to assist first responders in managing contaminated patients in the pre-hospital setting.
Volume II- Hospital Emergency Departments is a planning guide to assist emergency department personnel in managing contaminated patients in the hospital setting.
Volume III- Medical Management Guidelines provides chemical-specific treatment information for acute exposure to 40 chemicals (or chemical classes) for first responders and hospitals.
Community Challenge is a two-part companion video that illustrates the guidance documents’ procedures for the pre-hospital and in-hospital settings of volumnes I and II.
