Program NN (HERT/HOT)

Emergency Medical Services, Healthcare, Public Health

Hands on Training for CBRNE Incidents provides training for responders, including supervisors and trainers, in the following disciplines: Emergency Management, Emergency Medical Services, Fire Service, Governmental Administrative, Healthcare, Law Enforcement, Public Health, Public Safety Communications, Public Works. HOT is not designed for HAZMAT technicians.

Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) is a three-day course designed to provide medical operation guidance to hospitals, emergency medical services (EMS), healthcare facility personnel, and others who may become involved in a mass casualty incident (MCI). The course provides the healthcare emergency receiver with an understanding of the relationship between a Hospital Incident Command System (HICS), a scene Incident Command System (ICS), and other incident management systems used by municipal Emergency Operations Centers (EOC). The course also provides guidance for Hospital Emergency Response Team design, development, and training. This is a hands-on course which culminates with small and large groups practical applications. Therefore, participants must be physically and psychologically fit to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) during the training.

Below are some, but not all, of the critical skill sets learned during this training program:

• Analyze the need for, composition of, and use of a Hospital Emergency Response Team during an emergency, MCI, or disaster situation
• Identify the criteria used for assessing patient medical attention priority using START and JumpSTART
• Recognize the step-by-step procedures for ambulatory and nonambulatory decontamination performed in response to an MCI.
• Select and use the appropriate level of PPE as hospital first receivers in response to a disaster involving patient contamination
• Apply the proper techniques for monitoring or surveying patients for chemical, biological, or radiological contamination
• Conduct appropriate cut-out and decontamination operations for victims and staff during response to an MCI involving contamination

Hands-On Training for CBRNE Incidents (HOT) is a two-day course which affords participants the opportunity to develop and apply CBRNE incident response practices in a realistic training environment. HOT provides responders the unique opportunity to practice their knowledge and skills in the world’s only toxic chemical, biological, radiological training facility dedicated solely to emergency responders—the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological Training Facility (COBRATF).

Below are some, but not all, of the critical skill sets learned during this training program:

• Operate chemical, biological, and radiological detection equipment
• Identify types of dissemination devices, including direct deposit, breaking, spraying, bursting/exploding, and vector
• Describe/classify explosive materials by type of explosion, sensitivity, and effects of the blast
• Perform triage of mass casualties and support the evacuation of victims through the introduction of definitive medical care
• Conduct mass and technical decontamination operations while wearing personal protective equipment (PPE)

Have successfully completed IS-100.HCb, IS-200.HCa, and IS-700.a. It is recommended to have successfully completed CBRNE or HAZMAT training at the operations level as specified in 29 CFR 1910.120(g)(6)(ii), at a minimum.

To be eligible to attend HOT, participants must have completed the AWR-160 Standardized Awareness Training or another equivalent certified awareness training course. Participants should be able to don and doff different levels of PPE, lift more than 40 pounds, and meet CDP medical criteria.

3.0 days

2.0 days

PER-902

PER-262

• International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET): 2.4
• Nursing, through Alabama Board of Nursing (nurses only): 24
• Continuing Medical Education, through University of Alabama at Birmingham (additional allied health professionals may be able to apply for these CMEs): 24
• Police Officer Standards and Training (POST; approved per state): 24

• International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET): 1.6
• Nursing, through Alabama Board of Nursing (nurses only): 16
• Police Officer Standards and Training (POST; approved per state): 16