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Disaster Madness: Staying Calm in Chaos
About the Conference
This conference was held on April 28-29, 2010.
The 2010 NW MN Partners in Preparedness conference focused on community based response to disaster
situations. Topics included Caring for the Caregiver, a Pandemic Response Hotwash, Interoperable
Communications, and an update on disaster response in Haiti.
Target Audience
Preparedness planners; public information officers; emergency management; emergency responders; hospitals;
clinics; behavioral health; social services; public health; state, city, county and tribal officials; schools; nurses; faithbased preparedness planners; and volunteer organizations.
Archived Presentations
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Caring for the Caregiver
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Interoperable Communications
Paul Nistler and Robin Hewitt, Upper Mississippi Mental Health
Communications ARMER update NW EMS
Wendy Chretien and Bill Bernjhelm, MN Department of Public Safety
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Pandemic Response Hotwash
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Incident Command for Health Care
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This breakout session is an introduction to incident command and provides a review of the
Pandemic Response Hotwash PDF #2
Facilitated by Rob Carlson, Minnesota Dept. of Health
Incident Command PDF #2
Michele Muckala and Cathy Blair, Clearwater County Memorial Hospital
fundamentals of ICS 100 and ICS 200.
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PIO Training
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Minnesota Poison Control System Update
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Eat Your Dessert First: Five Questions That Can Change Your Life!
Kevin Dean, City of Grand Forks PIO
Kirk Hughes
Working with Health Care Volunteers
Rob Carlson
Bob Veninga, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Sponsors
This event is sponsored by the Northwest Healthcare Systems Preparedness Committees, with funding provided by
Health and Human Services.
Co-sponsors include the Minnesota Department of Health, Greater Northwest EMS, and the University of Minnesota
Center for Public Health Preparedness.