ASTHO- Public Health Emergencies: When Nature Rages |
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| Air date: | Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 2:00:00 PM |
| Category: | Special |
| Description: | A discussion of public health emergency operations, from preparation to recovery, including what a Public Health Emergency Declaration provides to state governments, resources used to prepare, respond and recover, considerations in evacuating hospital and nursing home patients, lessons learned, strategies that worked well in response and recovery, and more.
Moderators: Rear Adm. Craig Vanderwagen, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services Paul Jarris, M.D., MBA, Executive Director, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Guest speakers: Jimmy Guidry, MD, Medical Director and State Health Officer, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals David L. Lakey, MD, Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services Mr. Tom Newton, Director, Iowa Department of Public Health. |
| Author: | ASPR ASTHO |
| Runtime: | 80 minutes |
| CIT File ID: | 14777 |
| CIT Live ID: | 7290 |
| Permanent link: | http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?14777 |