Emergency Response

This course provides instruction and practical experience in the skills required to safely support mass casualty incident operations during hazardous materials or weapons of mass destruction incidents. Course content includes knowledge and practical experience in the recognition of hazardous materials and weapons of mass destruction clues, identification of hazardous materials, determination of protective actions for hazardous materials and weapons of mass destruction, performance of patient triage and lifesaving interventions, techniques for patient movement and basic rescue, operating in personal protective equipment, the conduct of emergency and tiered patient decontamination, and a survey of select hazardous materials air monitoring and detection instruments.