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Be sure and register for our Individual and Family Preparedness Night on Thursday, January 19 at the Public Health Building (90 West Plato Blvd, St Paul) in our first floor Conference Center. Starting at 5:30 PM, Ramsey County
Emergency Manager Karma Kumlin-Diers will share communication
strategies and resources that can help your family stay safe during a Ramsey
County emergency. Light refreshments will
be served.
Our MRC colleagues in Scott County
are offering an overview on active shooting events on Monday, January
30 at 6:30 PM (Scott County Government Center:
200 4th Ave West, Shakopee).To register click here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TG8HFV6.
The University of Minnesota MRC and the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps are presenting an "Animals in Disasters" symposium on Saturday, February 4. This all-day training on veterinary emergency preparedness and response starts at 9 AM and ends at 2 PM (Room 125 AS/VM, 1988 Fitch Ave., St. Paul Campus). Lunch will be provided. To register, email coordinator.mn.vmrc@gmail.com. Registrations will not be accepted after January 23.
We will be hosting an additional training here at the Conference Center on February 16 on "Compassion Fatigue and Behavioral Health." Led by Dr. Tai Mendenhall, this 90-minute interactive workshop will describe why attention to well-being is so important and describe evidence-based strategies for preventing burnout and compassion fatigue. For more information or to register, click here.
Are you a pharmacist? Over the past five years, the number of pharmacists providing flu shots has skyrocketed. We now know that pharmacists will be working on the front lines of pandemic health response.
Ramsey County is working hard alongside our colleagues at the Minnesota Department of Health to support pharmacy inclusion in our emergency planning. Part of this work involves developing a subgroup of MRC volunteers who self-identify as pharmacists or pharmacy technicians. This group will receive targeted information and training based on their affiliation. If you would like to join us, email me at laura.andersen@co.ramsey.mn.us or update your profile to include pharmacy affiliation.
On December 14, you received a notification (by phone, text, and/or email) from the MN Responds system. During the drill, we assessed your desired level of participation with the Ramsey County MRC. We heard from about half our volunteers so we will continue to send out similar notifications to non-respondents in January and February.
This is a great time to login to mnresponds.com and make sure your profile contains up-to-date information. If you have questions or concerns, please contact me directly. With all best wishes for the new year,
Laura Andersen
MRC Coordinator
laura.andersen@co.ramsey.mn.us
(651) 266-2592
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MNRAMSEY/bulletins/1c99127
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