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Disaster-Related American Sign Language Videos

Alice Frame, MA - MDHHS Disabilities Health Unit Coordinator

No matter how extensively emergency preparedness professionals plan for disasters, unanticipated needs arise. In order to minimize the stress of facing obstacles, public health professionals should be aware of what resources exist that could be helpful in those situations.  

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Training & Events

Sharing and Management of Disaster-Related Data

Archived Webinar

This 55-minute webinar from the National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) discusses best practices for data management and data sharing, how they apply to disaster-related data, and the importance of ensuring that data are properly collected, managed, and curated in the context of disaster-related data. 

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The Michigan Update

ASPR Visits the Michigan Hospital Preparedness Program

Kerry Chamberlain, PhD, MPH – Outreach, Evaluation and Exercise Liaison – Bureau of EMS, Trauma and Preparedness

On October 4, 2018 Dr. Kevin Yeskey, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Jack Herrmann, Director, Division of External Stakeholder Engagement ASPR and Lieutenant Commander Duane Wagner, Federal Project Officer visited Michigan to see first-hand the impact the hospital preparedness program has had on the healthcare coalition development. 

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Research

Hepatitis A Virus Outbreaks Associated with Drug Use and Homelessness — California, Kentucky, Michigan, and Utah, 2017

During 2017, CDC received 1,521 reports of acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections from California, Kentucky, Michigan, and Utah; the majority of infections were among persons reporting injection or noninjection drug use or homelessness. Investigations conducted by local and state health departments indicated that direct person-to-person transmission of HAV infections was occurring, differing from other recent, large HAV outbreaks attributed to consumption of contaminated commercial food products. Outbreaks with direct HAV transmission among persons reporting drug use or homelessness signals a shift in HAV infection epidemiology in the United States, and vaccination of these populations at high risk can prevent future outbreaks.

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Tools & Resources

Medical Management of Persons Internally Contaminated with Radionuclides in a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency: A Manual for Medical Personnel

This manual covers the specific measures to be taken in the medical management of individuals who have been internally contaminated through inhalation, ingestion, or absorption of radionuclides in a nuclear or radiological emergency. It includes anumber of exposure scenarios, risk models, and dosimetric data which can be used during the response to a nuclear or radiological emergency or for other purposes.

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