This training course is to enhance jurisdiction preparedness and emergency response efforts by providing the knowledge of how to exercise and revise a plan that utilizes an all-hazards, whole community approach toward a medical countermeasures event. Assists with coordination of planning and training for, and responding to a medical countermeasure response for a public health incident. This course responds directly to the National Preparedness Goal; as it applies to delivery of medical countermeasures to exposed populations.

Topics

• Category A, B, C Agents, natural hazards, man-made, or terrorism events.
• Points of Dispensing Command Structure for planning, execution, and demobilization of a jurisdictional response
• Emergency Use Authorizations (EUA)
• Discussions as it applies to local Emergency Support Function (ESF-8 and ESF-6)
• Public Health Preparedness Capabilities