Nursing Contact Hour Registration: Haitian Earthquake Disaster (Current Student Rate)
Product Description
Local medical response to the Haitian Earthquake Disaster
May 21, 2010
Weber Leadership Center
Olivet Nazarene University
Cost includes continental breakfast and lunch.
4.5 Nursing contact hours has been submitted to the Illinois Nursing Program.
8:00 8:20 Registration, Continental Breakfast
8:20 8:30 Welcome, Campus Map & Information, Safety Briefing
8:30 9:30 Dr. Rodney Alford, MD MBA
Organizational mission and philosophy, and personal affiliation with Hospitals for Humanity Personal and professional preparation needed to fulfill the mission requirements Requisite skills and leadership needed to be a strong team member General healthcare needs of Haitians Exacerbation and management of chronic medical conditions during disaster Collection of local donations of supplies and equipment in preparation for deployment Lessons learned while providing medical relief to Haitian disaster victims
9:30 10:30 Dr. Charles F. Martin, MD(Emergency Physician)
Emergent treatment of crush injury during earthquake disaster relief Dissemination and allocation of scarce resources in triage and mass casualty disasters Immediate versus delayed healthcare needs during disaster Impact of loss of critical infrastructure from earthquake damage upon disaster relief Lessons learned while providing medical and surgical relief in austere, primitive disaster conditions
10:45 11:45 Dr. Alyce Jackson, MD (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Emergent interventions to promote long term rehabilitation of earthquake victim injury Haitis cultural stigma of limb loss and the appropriate support for adaptation Rehab goals during disaster response and recovery Creative modifications to simulate critical rehab equipment needed Community response to the long term rehabilitation needs Lessons learned while providing medical relief
Lunch will be served from 11:45 to 12:30
12:30 1:15 Karen Kowalski, RN (Wound Nurse)
Post-trauma management of wounds Infection control procedures in the field Patient education needs and methods Role of the nurse on the relief team with the scope and practice of the Haitian RN Lesson learned
1:15 2:00 Thamar Edme, RN (Mental Health Nurse, native Haitian)
Haitian cultural values, beliefs, and coping mechanisms Current mental health resources available to Haitians Comparison of the functional and dysfunctional psychological response to earthquake disaster
May 21, 2010
Weber Leadership Center
Olivet Nazarene University
Cost includes continental breakfast and lunch.
4.5 Nursing contact hours has been submitted to the Illinois Nursing Program.
8:00 8:20 Registration, Continental Breakfast
8:20 8:30 Welcome, Campus Map & Information, Safety Briefing
8:30 9:30 Dr. Rodney Alford, MD MBA
Organizational mission and philosophy, and personal affiliation with Hospitals for Humanity Personal and professional preparation needed to fulfill the mission requirements Requisite skills and leadership needed to be a strong team member General healthcare needs of Haitians Exacerbation and management of chronic medical conditions during disaster Collection of local donations of supplies and equipment in preparation for deployment Lessons learned while providing medical relief to Haitian disaster victims
9:30 10:30 Dr. Charles F. Martin, MD(Emergency Physician)
Emergent treatment of crush injury during earthquake disaster relief Dissemination and allocation of scarce resources in triage and mass casualty disasters Immediate versus delayed healthcare needs during disaster Impact of loss of critical infrastructure from earthquake damage upon disaster relief Lessons learned while providing medical and surgical relief in austere, primitive disaster conditions
10:45 11:45 Dr. Alyce Jackson, MD (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Emergent interventions to promote long term rehabilitation of earthquake victim injury Haitis cultural stigma of limb loss and the appropriate support for adaptation Rehab goals during disaster response and recovery Creative modifications to simulate critical rehab equipment needed Community response to the long term rehabilitation needs Lessons learned while providing medical relief
Lunch will be served from 11:45 to 12:30
12:30 1:15 Karen Kowalski, RN (Wound Nurse)
Post-trauma management of wounds Infection control procedures in the field Patient education needs and methods Role of the nurse on the relief team with the scope and practice of the Haitian RN Lesson learned
1:15 2:00 Thamar Edme, RN (Mental Health Nurse, native Haitian)
Haitian cultural values, beliefs, and coping mechanisms Current mental health resources available to Haitians Comparison of the functional and dysfunctional psychological response to earthquake disaster
