How to Get From Planning to Doing
http://kuahec.kumc.edu/docs/HospitalEmergencyPreparednessFINALFORWEB.pdf
This program is for all hospital emergency response personnel and community health agencies that may need to interact with hospitals during an emergency.
Emergency management plans are meant to be living documents - and good emergency management plans make good business sense. Whether a facility is accredited by The Joint Commission or not, many of the standards will likely become national standards. This program is designed to help demystify Joint Commission standards and assist participants in identifying and overcoming barriers to implementation of a successful emergency plan within their facility.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009:
- Overland Park, Kansas (speaker site)
University of Kansas Edwards Campus, 12600 Quivira Rd., Regnier Hall Auditorium - Room 164

This program will be broadcast via interactive televideoconferencing (ITV) to the following sites:
- Pittsburg, Kansas
PSU Kansas Technology Center, Ford and Rouse Streets, Room S110
Visitor parking permits available at registration
- Garden City, Kansas
St. Catherine Hospital, 401 East Spruce, Classroom 1
Parking lot is on the east side of the hospital on the corner of Spruce and 4th
- Hays, Kansas
Fort Hays State University, Stouffer Lounge, Memorial Union, College Drive
Parking is in Lots A1 and A2 only - across from Memorial Union
Wednesday, October 21, 2009:
- Wichita, Kansas
Hyatt Regency Wichita, 400 West Waterman, Redbud Ballroom

Questions?
Call KUMC AHEC Northwest (785) 628-6128
http://kuahec.kumc.edu/conferences.html [scb]

September is National Preparedness Month. In preparation, this month’s Breezing Along with the RML will focus on Emergency Preparedness. Jim Honour will be reviewing the programming for emergency preparedness in the Midcontinental Region with his presentation: Pandemonium? : Programming the Prescription. He’ll point out some emergency planning programming this past year, including a meeting to explore partnering community based organizations with librarians and culminating with Dan Wilson and the MCR staff presenting the Ten Step Emergency Plan workshop at the Midcontinental Medical Library Association meeting in Breckenridge in the fall. Dana Abbey and guest presenters Sandy Decker from Missouri Baptist Medical Center and Deborah Weaver from The Children’s Hospital in Colorado, will recount their experiences at the Hospital Librarians Summit that was held in Chicago on April 21, 2009.

When: Wednesday, August 19, 2009. 10am MT, 11am CT

Where: http://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/. Enter as a guest. Sign in with your first and last names.

Follow the instructions in the meeting room to have the Adobe Acrobat Connect system call you on your telephone. /ch

National Preparedness Month (NPM) http://www.ready.gov/america/npm09/index.html is sponsored by two federal programs, the Ready campaign http://www.ready.gov/ and Citizen Corps http://www.citizencorps.gov, both part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Ready campaign’s Spanish-language web site is http://www.listo.gov.

Register your library and its NPM activities at http://ready.adcouncil.org/
The free registration gives you access to a 51-page how-to manual on promoting disaster preparedness, posters, logos, a PowerPoint presentation, and web banners. More than 3,200 organizations registered last year, including schools, government agencies, faith-based organizations, non-profits, military and others.

You can also download many ready.gov publications at http://www.ready.gov/america/publications/allpubs.html, with no registration required.

Videos for general audiences and on preparedness for older Americans, pets, and people with disabilities and special needs are available at http://www.ready.gov/america/about/instructional.html. [posted on Disastr-outreach-lib listserv] scb

The MCR has announced the availability of funding through its Continuity of Health Information Award. If you’ve started writing your proposal or are considering writing a proposal, attend a technical session to gain clarification of what is expected and consults on your project ideas. Claire Hamasu will review the request for proposal (RFP) explaining the different sections. You’ll then have the opportunity to describe your project to a liaison and receive feedback on what you should emphasize and other issues you may need to consider, and get advice on how to make your proposal fundable.

No registration is required. To attend you’ll need an Internet connection and a telephone. Sessions will be held at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/nnlmmcr. Sign in as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions will then follow about the phone connection. /ch

August Sessions (Additional sessions are being planned):

Wednesday Aug 5 - 2pm MT, 3pm CT

Tuesday Aug 11 - 3pm MT, 4pm CT

The MCR has announced the availability of funding through its Continuity of Health Information Award. If you’ve started writing your proposal or are considering writing a proposal, technical sessions will start next week to provide clarification of what is expected and consults on your project ideas. Claire Hamasu will review the request for proposal (RFP) explaining the different sections. You’ll then have the opportunity to describe your project and receive feedback on what you should emphasize and other issues you may need to consider, and get advice on how to make your proposal fundable.

No registration is required. To attend you’ll need an Internet connection and a telephone. Sessions will be held at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/nnlmmcr. Sign in as a guest with your first and last names. Instructions will then follow about the phone connection. Additional sessions will be held in August. /ch

The schedule for July is:

Tuesday July 28 2pm MT, 3pm CT

Thursday July 30 2:30 pm MT, 3:30 pm CT

Friday July 31 2pm MT, 3pm CT

MCR’s own stimulus funding is available again. We are now accepting applications for projects focussed on health information literacy, hospital library advocacy, or emergency planning.

Network members in the MidContinental Region are eligible to apply for up to $15,000 and take up to 18 months to complete the project. Deadline for proposals is December 31, 2009. We expect to fund approximately 8 projects. For the Continuity of Health Information Request for Proposal go to http://nnlm.gov/mcr/funding/Continuity.html

We will review applications as they are received and awards will be announced as they are approved. Do not wait till December to apply; we may have run out of funds by that time. RML liaisons are ready to answer your questions. Technical sessions will be scheduled starting in July. During these sessions the request for proposal will be reviewed, questions on writing proposals will be answered, and advice provided on your project ideas. /ch

This year’s symposium is scheduled for July 15, 16, & 17 in Laramie, Wyoming at the Coe Library on the University of Wyoming campus. In keeping with the slogan “Plowing Through Pandemonium: Proactive Librarians” the NN/LM staff and others will be presenting topics on emergency preparedness.

Joe Moore, Director of Wyoming Dept. of Homeland Security, will be the special speaker at this event. Librarians and representatives of community-based organizations will also be brainstorming how to partner for emergencies.

For more information and registration please visit the webpage: http://nnlm.gov/mcr/states/wyoming_symposiumJuly2009.html or contact Jim Honour jhonour@uwyo.edu

Members can now read the narrative and see powerpoint slides from the NLM Online Users Update held at MLA http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj09/mj09_mla_dg.html. Included in this posting on the Technical Bulletin is a link to the screen shots of the PubMed redesign.

Radiation Event Medical Management (REMM) http://remm.nlm.gov/index.html provides guidance for health care providers, primarily physicians, about clinical diagnosis and treatment during mass casualty radiological/nuclear (rad/nuc) events. It provides just-in-time evidence based information and downloadable web-based information. (REMM) announced a major new verion of the REMM web site. You can subscribe to the REMM listserv (which sends very few announcements) at http://www.remm.nlm.gov/email.htm

University Library Subscriptions to the IAEM Bulletin (International Association of Emergency Managers)
The IAEM Bulletin is available to university and college libraries through complimentary subscriptions for those schools that offer EM-related programs. University librarians should contact IAEM Membership Director Sharon Kelly at info@iaem.com to request that their libraries be placed on the complimentary subscription list. Please provide your full mailing address, as well as a short description of your institution’s EM-related program and a link on your Web site to more information about your EM-related program. http://www.iaem.com/publications/bulletin/intro.htm [scb]

Check out the training and workshops by the The Homeland Defense Journal Training Workshops

For details on these and all training and workshops, visit www.HomelandDefenseJournal.net

Upcoming Emergency Management Workshops for June and July 2009

Incident Management for First Responders in Different Cultures - A two day workshop on implementing Cultural Competence in Dangerous Situations Jun 16-17, 2009 | Arlington, VA
Exercise Design and Evaluation Workshop Jun 17-18, 2009 Arlington, VA
Emergency Capability Analysis Workshop Jun 19, 2009 | Arlington, VA
Emergency Preparedness for Libraries Jun 18-19, 2009 | Arlington, VA
All-Hazards Regional Evacuation Plans - An Interactive Two-Day Workshop on Developing an All-Hazards Regional Evacuation Plan Jun 23-24, 2009 | Arlington, VA
How to Develop a Business Continuity Plan/Continuity of Operations Plan That Really Works Workshop Jul 14, 2009 | Arlington, VA
Best Practices for Disaster Communications Jul 15, 2009 | Arlington, VA
Search and Rescue Certification Standards Jul 16, 2009 | Arlington, VA