Preparing for Explosion and Blast Injuries
Course Description: This course was designed to assist you with core terminology pertaining to explosive incidents. You will learn the difference between high-order and low-order explosives and how to recognize major injury patterns resulting from explosive incidents. The Mass Casualty Incident graph will assist your hospital in determining the number of patient you may receive in the event of an explosion disaster. *Last updated 2012. |
Additional Courses: (click links below)
JumpSTART Pediatric MCI Triage Tool
AHRQ - Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness
AAP - Children and Disasters
ATSDR - Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units
CDC - Mass Casualties Predictor
OSHA - Best Practices for Hospital-Based First Receivers
OSHA - Incident Command System eTool
Sign Language for Emergencies
CDC - Mass Casualty and Blast links
AHRQ - Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness
Hospital Guidelines for Pediatric Preparedness