Program PP (HERT/HERT TtT)

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

The Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents, Train-the-Trainer (HERT TtT) is a one-day course offered to healthcare responders who have successfully completed the HERT course. It prepares students to teach HERT at their facilities by focusing on presentation techniques, practical applications, and the preparation and maintenance of lesson plans. HERT TtT provides students with an understanding of the HERT course material to include team assignments and functions, proper wear and removal of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), decontamination procedures, Emergency Treatment Area (ETA) location selection and operation, and victim triage.

Some of the critical skills learned during this training program include the following:

• Constructing learning objectives that includes a task, a condition, and a standard of performance
• Identifying the techniques necessary to provide an effective presentation
• Recognizing strengths and weaknesses of various training aids
• Selecting and conducting practical exercises to facilitate the learning and capabilities of HERT members

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.

Have successfully completed HERT.

3.0 days

1.0 day

PER-902

PER-903-1

• 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): 0.8
• Nursing, through Alabama Board of Nursing (nurses only): 8
• Police Officer Standards and Training (POST; approved per state): 8