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Disaster, Crisis, and Emergency Preparedness Communication (Coursera)

This course will introduce you to basic concepts of emergency management, planning, and crisis risk communication. You will understand the definitions of and operational challenges associated with disasters and public health emergencies. You will identify important components of risk communication, and you will identify and evaluate the ways social [...]

COVID-19 Training for Healthcare Workers (Coursera)

COVID-19 is rapidly spreading across the globe and all providers must be prepared to recognize, stabilize and treat patients with novel coronavirus infection. Following completion of this short course physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals will have a unified, evidenced-based approach to saving the lives of patients with [...]

Communicating During Global Emergencies (Coursera)

In collaboration with the Rollins School of Public Health and the CDC's Division of Global Health Protection, Emergency Response, and Recovery Branch, this course introduces basic concepts and principles of communicating during a global crisis or emergency. It explores why communication during an emergency is different and [...]

Violence Against Healthcare (Coursera)

Mar 25th 2024
Violence Against Healthcare (Coursera)
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At the global level, there are many countries marked by violence affecting health care. The 'Health care in danger' project aims to establish practical measures and recommendations that can be implemented on the ground by policy-makers, humanitarian organizations and health professionals. In view of the multiplicity of actors and [...]

Wilderness First Aid - Traumatic Emergencies (Coursera)

Mar 18th 2024
Wilderness First Aid - Traumatic Emergencies (Coursera)
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In this course, students will learn about common medical conditions that involve the heart, lungs, brain, abdominal and genital organs, how to treat these conditions, and when a condition would require evacuation. Students will also learn prevention measures to reduce the chance of developing diseases in the wilderness [...]

Emergency Care: Pregnancy, Infants, and Children (Coursera)

Welcome to the final course of lectures in your quest to master EMT basics. In this course, we will cover some of the highest-stress patient populations: pregnant patients and kids, also known as pediatrics. To wrap up your EMT knowledge we will end this course with information about hazmat [...]

Childbirth: A Global Perspective (Coursera)

This course will review challenges for maternal and newborn health in the developing world, where a great many women and babies are suffering from complications during pregnancy, childbirth, and the days following birth. Themes covered include the epidemiology of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity, relevant issues for the [...]

Introduction to Emergency Planning and Preparedness (FutureLearn)

Jan 16th 2023
Introduction to Emergency Planning and Preparedness (FutureLearn)
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Explore the emergency planning process and learn how to develop emergency plans and preparedness frameworks. When preparing a community for an incident, creating plans for identified risks and implementing mitigation measures is key. Responding to a fire is different than responding to a flood. Different actions and different resources [...]

Stayin’ Alive! First aid in Emergency (Coursera)

This course introduces the basic actions that should be performed by eyewitnesses right at an emergency scene. The course consists of 5 blocks: a) first aid for heart arrest (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation); b) first aid for airway obstruction and drowning; c) first aid for bleeding, injuries, trauma; d) first [...]