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Mass Dispensing Sites: A Primer for Volunteers

Keywords / Description:

This online training course, developed by the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Center for Public Health Preparedness, provides a general overview of dispensing sites for volunteers. As an initial orientation tool, it is designed to compliment just-in-time training and includes a self-assessment of how the participant could contribute to a mass dispensing site.

Objectives:

The role of volunteers in emergency response

Key issues volunteers need to know

Why mass dispensing is a priority for planning, training, and exercises

How the Strategic National Stockpile fits into the response to a public health emergency

Challenges to operating a mass dispensing site

Dispensing site design and flow

Key staffing positions

Command structure

Intended Audience:

Medical Reserve Corp (MRC) volunteers

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers

Others including Public Health

Toolkit:

STOCKbox Toolkit

Keyword Area:

Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), Surge Capacity

Jurisdiction:

Institutional Author:

Univ of Minn SPH Center for Public Health Preparedness

Submitted:

02/02/2006

Modified:

01/25/2008

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