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Name	MGT-439 Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness
	This course prepares students to effectively, appropriately, and safely plan for and respond to a disaster incident involving children, addressing the specific needs of pediatric patients in the event of a community based-incident. Pediatric specific planning considerations include mass sheltering, pediatric-triage, reunification planning and pediatric decontamination considerations. This is not a hand-on technical course, but instead a management resource course for stakeholders like pediatric physicians, emergency managers, emergency planners and members of public emergency departments like EMS, Fire, Police, Public Health and Hospitals in field of disaster response and preparedness work.
Target Audience	Emergency Management, Emergency Medical Services, Fire Service, Governmental Administrative, Law Enforcement, Health Care, Public Health, Public Safety Communications, Citizen/Community Volunteer, Search & Rescue, Other
Course Objective	•Recognize the issues likely to arise within the pediatric population during disaster events •Describe relevant Emergency Management (EM) considerations when planning for the care and management of the pediatric population following a disaster event •Describe the concepts of surge with specific focus on pediatric implications in a disaster event that are unique to the pediatric population, as well as discuss the impact of those considerations on planning and response efforts •Discuss effective planning and preparation in addressing the requirements of the pediatric population with Access and Functional Needs (AFN) in a disaster event •Describe relevant mass sheltering considerations when planning for the care and management of the pediatric population following a disaster event •Inspect a variety of triage systems to assess their appropriateness for pediatric applications and as a means to allocate scarce resources •Describe aspects of reunification planning that may be applied i
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