Last but not least, us at the Southwest Virginia Healthcare Coalition (SVHC). Our mission is to support the healthcare infrastructure of Southwest Virginia with disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation resources. This region comprises 39 local jurisdictions and 1.3 million residents over approximately 13 thousand square miles. Coalition member facilities include 25 acute care or ... Read more...
"The National Weather Service (NWS) is transforming its operations to help organizations take action against extreme weather, water, and climate events. The NWS is shifting its focus to not just delivering the forecast, but also by providing more information that enables its partners, and the public, to make fast, smart decisions to save lives, and ... Read more...
The Near & Far Southwest Healthcare Coalitions hosted Paige Bordwine, Southwest Regional Epidemiologist, and the Southwest Regional Infection Prevention Team from the Virginia Department of Health for a 1-hour webinar on Candida Auris. Resources listed below. Resources: Webinar Recording Webinar PowerPoint CDC | Candida auris Fungal Disease VDH | Candida auris Infection
The National Disaster Life Support Foundation (NDLSF) and the NSPA Training Center hosted a Hospital Decon Training Course for first receivers across the NSPA region. This week-long course taught healthcare personnel how to set up and create a program at their hospital, maintain situational awareness, don and doff the appropriate levels of PPE while treating ... Read more...
NSPA will soon begin the process of drafting our Radiological Surge Annex as part of our regional EOP. We are currently seeking individuals to serve on the Radiological Workgroup to help with providing accurate information, input, and insight from our regional partners. If you have a strong knowledge base or strong interest in this specific area ... Read more...
Did you know a 2010 report by the National Commission on Children and Disasters identified a training gap for emergency responders, first receivers, and emergency management personnel that reduced their effectiveness in responding to pediatric patients and their unique needs/considerations? If you work with pediatric patients in any capacity, this course is for you! Join us ... Read more...
Starting on Monday, October 24th NSPA will be hosting a virtual VHASS Office Hours to answer any specific questions you may have about the Virginia Healthcare Alerting and Status System (VHASS). VHASS is used by healthcare interests across the State to communicate issues relating to emergency management. It is imperative that each healthcare organization have ... Read more...
September kicks off National Preparedness Month; a month dedicated to raising awareness about all things preparedness. We invite you to set aside some time this month to check one thing off your emergency preparedness to do list. And to encourage you in this process, we have curated a list of virtual offerings this month dedicated ... Read more...
In August, we hosted an Active Aggressor Workshop in lieu of our regularly scheduled coalition meeitng. In coordination with the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) we are brought an active aggressor/active threat/ active shooter emergency preparedness workshop tailored for our healthcare partners. Participants had engaging discussions about active aggressors within ... Read more...
Calling all healthcare partners, Flight 60 will be hosting monthly training sessions to teach healthcare personnel how to operate their Flight 60 ventilator units as well as answer any additional questions. This training will be on the second Tuesday of every month at 11:00 am. The next session will be Tuesday, August 9th at 11:00am. ... Read more...
