Hospitals, Treatment Centers, and Public Health: Partners in Emergency Planning and Response A Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) and Public Health Training Network Satellite Broadcast and Webcast Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Originally aired April 26, 2007 Course Overview During a public health emergency or natural disaster, treatment centers, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities, may be taxed beyond their capacities. Additionally, normal supply chains may be compromised, and treatment centers will rely on medications and supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) to maintain operations as well as respond to the additional burdens of such a disaster. This broadcast will focus on many of the issues facing both public health planners and their local treatment center partners, including the asset request process, apportionment considerations, and training for treatment center managers and employees. State and local SNS planners and health care professionals will share their experiences in developing coordinated plans for an emergency response, demonstrating the importance of strong partnerships between local health care entities and public health during an SNS response. Goal To assist state and local SNS planners and treatment center/hospital administrators coordinate activities that are key to a successful response to a public health emergency in which SNS assets are deployed Objectives Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to: * Define treatment centers * Identify issues involved in treatment center coordination * Describe the request and supply processes for treatment centers * Define the roles of treatment centers, public health, and SNS assets in an emergency response * Promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention in cooperation with patients, communities, at-risk populations, and other members of an inter-professional team of health care providers by assuring the availability of effective, quality health and disease prevention services. Intended Audiences This broadcast is designed for state and local Strategic National Stockpile planners, state and local Cities Readiness Initiative planners, state and local hospital associations, state and local hospital preparedness planners/coordinators, emergency management personnel, senior hospital leadership, hospital bioterrorism preparedness planners, hospital managers, hospital nursing managers and staff, nursing care facility managers and staff, acute care facility managers and staff, long-term care facility managers and staff. Presenters William F. Raub, PhD, Science Advisor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Richard Besser, MD, Director, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Melissa Sanders, RD, Commander, U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (OASPR), Team Leader, Hospital Preparedness Program (formerly administered through the Health Resources and Services Administration [HRSA]) Heidi Pfeiffer, BSN, MSed, Program Services Consultant, Division of Strategic National Stockpile, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disclosures CDC, our planners, and our content experts wish to disclose that they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. The use of trade names or commercial sources is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement by the United States Department of Health and Human Services or the Public Health Service. This activity did not receive commercial support of any kind. Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or the product under investigational use. Views expressed by guest participants are not necessarily the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Legal views offered in this program are the opinions of the speakers and do not constitute legal advice from the CDC or HHS.