Assessment of Veterinary Issues in Disasters

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Office of Emergency Management, National Veterinary Response Team. 01/11/2016This 60-minute course is designed to provide veterinary responders with an understanding of basic disaster assessment, the components of a disaster assessment, and the methods used to make such an assessment. It discusses the role of both initial assessment and ongoing assessments, discusses data collection methods, and identifies the keys to successful assessment. This course is part of a series of veterinary medical educational modules that are available at https://www.mrc.train.org/ and searching for "veterinary." (Text) Site requires free registration.

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - February 10, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news