Announcements

Pulmonary Agents

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This archived webcast is provided courtesy of Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services - Center for Emergency Response and Terrorism, MU Sinclair School of Nursing, Nursing Outreach and Distance Education, MU School of Medicine and Missouri Telehealth Network. Credit can be obtained by Missouri residents only.

Presenter:

Rebecca Tominack, MD

Assistant Medical Director, Missouri Regional Poison Center

Objectives:

Review salient aspects of the respiratory tract

2. List the 4 main categories of pulmonary toxins and their mechanism of action

3. Recognize the clinical presentation and course of the types of pulmonary agents

4. Gain knowledge about specific examples of each

CE Credit:

CE Nursing Credit is available through University of Missouri - Columbia Sinclair School of Nursing. 1.5 contact hours will be awarded to individuals who complete the pre-test, view the training, and successfully complete the post-test.

Course & Test Instructions:

Please complete the pre-test prior to viewing the webcast. You can locate it on the My Courses page of the LMS in the Activities column associated with this course.

After viewing the webcast, please go to My Courses in your Heartland LMS account and complete the post test and the evaluation in the Activities column. Once the test is successfully completed with a score of 80% or higher, the LMS administrator will enable a course certificate.

System Outage

We are gearing up to serve you better by implementing some major upgrades to the LMS this summer. As a result of this process, our system will be down completely between August 11th and August 17th.

It is IMPORTANT to note that you will need to complete your work by August 8th to avoid losing any completion information. Course progress made after this date will be lost during the upgrade process.

If you have completion certificates you have not faxed or emailed in, you may do so at any time, however, please be aware that after August 8th, processing these completions may be delayed.

We're looking forward to an exciting fall filled with new opportunities. Stay tuned for further information.

Emergency Response to a Dirty Bomb Incident

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Presenter:

Keith Henke, Radiological Emergency Response Program Manager for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Emergency Coordination.

Objectives:

Define what a Dirty Bomb is and summarize how realistic the threat is today.
Provide an overview of where radioactive sources used in a Dirty Bomb may be found.
Describe the effects from a Dirty Bomb explosion.
Explain the initial actions of local, state responders and medical personnel.
Provide an overview of some of the other issues that could be encountered with a Dirty Bomb incident.
Provide info on what medication is available through the Strategic National Stockpile.
Provide what information resources are available for planning needs.

CE Credit:

Course & Test Instructions:

Please complete the pre-test prior to viewing the webcast. You can locate it on the My Courses page of the LMS in the Activities column associated with this course.