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CONTACT HOURS: Four (4)
EMS Certification: Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
ANCC Accreditation: Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Eastern Kentucky University, the Division of Continuing Education and Development, designates this educational activity for 4.0 contact hours. This program will provide 4.0 contact hour of nursing credit. Licensees are required to retain certificates of completion for a period of five (5) years following the end of their licensure period and submit certificate to the Board of Nursing only upon request.”
4.0 Contact Hours
KBN Provider Offering #3-0007-07-07-199
KBN Approval: The Division of Continuing Education and Development at Eastern Kentucky University has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN). Provider #3-007. Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content.
Nursing Home Administrators: All programs approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing are considered pre-approved by KBLNHA.
Requirements for Nursing Continuing Education: You must complete the entire offering and complete registration and evaluation forms in order to receive contact hours.
CEU Cost
EMS - complimentary.
Nursing - four (4) contact hours: $10
Click Here for Information on Nursing Continuing Education Credit
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Federal, state and local emergency public safety, law enforcement,
emergency response, nurses, emergency medical (including hospital emergency facilities), and related personnel,
agencies, and authorities.
FOCUS: Define bioterrorism, recognize signs and symptoms of bioterrorist events from other types of WMD events, personal protective equipment (PPE), precautions when dealing with biological agents, reporting known and suspected bioterrorism events.
FACULTY/PRESENTERS:
Glyn Caldwell, M.D. Dr. Caldwell was previously the state epidemiologist. Dr. Caldwell is currently teaching, "Public Health Response to Terrorism and Disasters" at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Caldwell is involved with the Kentucky State-wide Bioterrorism Committee.
Kathy Adams, RN, BSN from Eastern Kentucky University. Ms. Adams has reviewed numerous terrorism response and preparedness courses developed at the University of Kentucky.
The above individuals had no vested interest by them for this project.
OBJECTIVES: Define bioterrorism and discuss its relationship to terrorism in general, recognized the signs and symptoms produced by various Category A biological agents, recognize clues to a potential bioterrorist incident, describe the proper protective procedures to follow when dealing with a specific Category A agent, describe the proper procuedre for reporting a suspected bioterrorist incident, describe the four types of Isolation Precautions that are appropriate for dealing with various biological agents, describe the six types of harm that can be caused by a terrorist incident, understand the need for an Emergency Operations Plan, understand the notification chain in response to a (potential) bioterrorist incident.
HARDWARE/OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Hardware choices: Intel/AMD compatible PC or Macintosh
Operating System choices: Windows 95 or greater, MAC OS, UNIX, Linux
Browser, Internet access, speakers are optional.
Download Times -
56K Modem: approximately 4 1/2 minutes
Cable/DSL/T1: less than 10 seconds
KIPRC • University of Kentucky
Updated 11-01-05 by Mark Schneider