CDP to resume work on medical ‘Overwhelming Trauma Events’ course

The Center for Domestic Preparedness is set to resume development of its new Medical Response to Overwhelming, No-Notice Trauma Events Course.

The center, along with the Department of Health and Human Services, hosted a working group meeting in late 2019 to begin outlining the offering. The working group included a volunteer team of medical professionals who treated victims of the Boston Bombing in 2013 and the gruesome mass casualty shooting events in Orlando, in 2016, and Las Vegas, in 2017. 

A few months later, when COVID-19 hit, work on the course paused.

CDP curriculum developers say the two-day resident course will initially focus on the management of a surge in emergency and surgical departments, while future iterations may include additional sites in a medical facility, such as intensive care units or alternate treatment areas.  However, they’re unsure when the offering will be finalized.

The new course will bring to 13 the total number of CDP-produced resident medical and healthcare courses in its training catalog.