Health Care (HC)
Discipline Definition
Individuals who provide clinical, forensic, and administrative skills in hospitals, physician offices, clinics, and other facilities which offer medical care, including surveillance (passive and active), diagnosis, laboratory evaluation, treatment, mental health support, epidemiology investigation, evidence collection, along with fatality management for humans and animals. This category includes: Hospital Administrators/Executives, Physicians, Dentists, Nurses, Physician Extenders (Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners), Veterinarians, Pharmacists, and Technicians, Medical Examiners/Coroners, Therapists, Epidemiologists, Facility Management, Security, Environmental Investigators, and Medical Records.
Course Recommendations
Courses are not required to be taken in a specific order, and these may not be the only courses for which you are qualified.
- Program Y: PER-267, WMD Emergency Medical Services and CDP 02-006, WMD Hands-On Training (8-Hour)
- Program B: PER-260, WMD Technical Emergency Response Training
- Program Q/Program R: MGT-360, WMD Incident Command: Capabilities, Planning and Response Actions (WMD/All Hazards) and PER-262, Hands-On Training (Program R is the same as Program Q, with the class order inverted.)
- Program HH: AWR-103, WMD Crime Scene Management for Emergency Responders; PER-201, WMD HazMat Evidence Collection; and PER-262, Hands-On Training
- Program OO: CDP 01-006, Pandemic Influenza Planning and Preparedness
- Program RR: CDP 007-06, Healthcare Leadership and Administrative Decision Making
- Program SS: CDP 004-06, Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents
- Program TT: CDP 008-06, Fundamentals of Healthcare Emergency Management
- Program UU: CDP 009-06, Advanced Public Information Officer Health and Hospital Emergencies
- Program YY: CDP 01-006, Pandemic Influenza Planning and Preparedness (PIPP); PER-262, WMD Hands-On Training
