Disasters: Keeping Volunteers, Workers, and Responders Safe

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published: 8/21/2019. This one-hour webinar from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ’s Emergency Partners Information Connection and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is for volunteers, workers, and responders who clean up, rebuild, or support other response and recovery efforts after a flood, earthquake, storm, fire, or other disaster. It discusse s how to reduce risk from injuries, chemical exposures, environmental hazards, and psychological stressors. It details potential hazards in disaster response, and the pre-deployment phase of disaster planning. (Video or Multimedia)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news