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...
The NSPA Training Center is "springing" into action by bringing you a variety of in-person offerings. Each of these courses are open to our partners across the NSPA region. If you have any specific questions about these offerings or our Training Center please reach out to Monica McCullough, Training & Exercise Coordinator at mmccullough@vaems.org ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ... Read more...
We are excited to officially announce the return of an in-person Tabletop Exercise (TTX) on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at the Vinton War Memorial (814 E Washington Ave, Vinton, VA 24179) from 1 - 4:30 PM (EST). This facilitated experience will validate the NSPA Burn Emergency Surge Annex. Participants will receive valuable education on hazardous ... Read more...
This month in lieu of our regularly scheduled monthly coalition meeting, we hosted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS). Individuals from their team presented on updates and changes to the emergency preparedness rule over the last two years as well as the new and improved process for submitting 1135 waiver requests. The recording and ... Read more...
