Preparedness Section
SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH:
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ON-LINE CREDENTIALING OF KCCRT MEMBERS AND DIASASTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OUTREACH PERSONNEL-KHELPS Training Matrix KCCRB PARTNERS WITH KHELPS (Kentucky Healthy Emergency Listing of Professionals for Surge)
KHELPS is used to register, notify, and inform individuals who are interested in volunteering in the event of an accidental or intentional emergency, or intentional emergency, or other public health care disaster.
To help meet behavioral health surge capacity needs, KHELPS is partnering with the KCCRB to allow psychologists, counselors, therapists and a broad array of trained disaster behavioral health outreach personnel to become involved. Volunteers will receive training in incident management and an orientation to disaster behavioral health on-line.
KHELPS
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Psychosocial Impact of Disasters & Catastrophic Events- Trained Community Crisis Responder Course |
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Course Description:
This training includes information on the following topics: types of trauma caused by disaster, phases of disaster, and risk factors that make disasters and terrorist events psychologically toxic for survivors and responders. Participants will learn the factors and situations that influence psychological response; assessment of community needs; effects of terrorism before, during and after impact; types of terrorist agents (CBRNE) and the psychological reactions likely with each. Participants will be provided with psychological first aid tools applicable in the aftermath of disasters and catastrophic events and will practice these tools in class. Recent innovations in service delivery as a result of terrorism will be highlighted. The Oklahoma City bombing, the September 11, 2001 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, Pandemic Influenza, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) will be used as case studies. Participants will be given a variety of small group learning exercises.
Who Should Attend? First Responders, Emergency Management, School Personnel, Nurses, Physicians, Behavioral Health Professionals, Public Health Dept. Representatives, Local Community Agency Representatives, Community Leaders.
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