These links
are provided for informational purposes.
For other links of interest please click on these section title:
The Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) revision project, led by the
California Emergency Medical Services Authority and funded by HRSA Hospital Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Planning grants. HICS is a methodology for using ICS in a hospital/healthcare environment. HICS is an incident management system based on the Incident Command System (ICS), that assists hospitals in improving their emergency management planning, response, and recovery capabilities for unplanned and planned events.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) research provides evidence-based information on health care outcomes; quality; and cost, use, and access. Information from AHRQ's research helps people make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services. AHRQ was formerly known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
This Web site contains information
to ensure that pediatricians and other pediatric providers have the information
they need about terrorism and disasters as fast as it becomes available.
And to ensure that children's needs are considered in all terrorism and
disaster planning and response efforts. And ensure functioning linkages
with all national, state and local governmental and private entities
working on issues concerning terrorism and disasters.
Bioterrorism Resources Page with information about various bioterrorism
agents, and bioterrorism response plan information.
The Emergency Nursing Association (ENA) is the national Association for professional nurses dedicated to the advancement of emergency nursing practice.
Whether you are a staff nurse or manager in an emergency department, an administrator, prehospital, flight, pediatric or trauma emergency nurse, an emergency clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, student or educator, you can benefit from membership in ENA. No matter your level of experience, or the size of your emergency department, membership in ENA contributes to your professional growth.
ILLINOIS RESOURCES
The Illinois Nursing Volunteer Emergency Needs Team (INVENT) is a volunteer group of Registered Nurses (RNs) that are trained to respond and provide nursing care during a state disaster or emergency situation, upon activation by the Director of Illinois Department of Public Health or his designee. Examples of circumstances under which INVENT may be activated include, but are not limited to, mass casualty incidents, mass immunization efforts, or localized hospital surges.
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