Course Description
PER-338
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Hazardous Materials Basic Responder for Mass Casualty Incidents
Overview
This course provides instruction and practical experience in the skills required to safely support mass casualty incident operations during a hazardous materials mass casualty incident. Course content includes knowledge and practical experience in the donning, operating in, and doffing of personal protective equipment; the conduct of emergency and tiered patient decontamination; the performance of patient triage and lifesaving interventions; and techniques for patient movement and basic rescue. The course culminates in the conduct of a simulated mass casualty incident operation requiring the performance of all learned tasks in a toxic agent environment.
Below are some, but not all, of the critical skill sets learned during this training program:
•Identify the procedures for conducting hazardous materials mass casualty incident operations
•Don and doff personal protective equipment level C
•Perform decontamination procedures
•Perform triage and lifesaving interventions
•Perform basic rescue procedures
Target Audience/Disciplines
The target audience for this course is awareness-level personnel with an implied or stated requirement to support response operations during a hazardous materials mass casualty incident.
Prerequisites & Other Information:
Prerequisites and Requirements
The target audience for this course is awareness-level personnel with an implied or stated requirement to support response operations during a hazardous materials mass casualty incident.
This Course is run back to back with the AWR-358 Hazardous Materials Awareness Course. To Apply for this training, click on the following hyperlink: https://cdp.dhs.gov/find-training/course/PER-338
Cost:
No tuition is charged.
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Course Specifics
| Hours: |
16.00 |
| Provider: |
Center for Domestic Preparedness |
| Sponsor: |
DHS-FEMA TEI |
| Disciplines: |
Emergency Management
Emergency Medical Service
Fire Service
Hazmat
Health Care
Law Enforcement
Public Health
Public Works |
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