Mastery Group South

Thursday, March 04, 2010

New Course Notification - Hospital First Receiver: Patient Decontamination

The Patient Decontamination training program is one of four health and safety modules created specifically for hospital personnel. It provides detailed steps to take to safely decontaminate patients.

Any incident involving mass casualties from a hazardous material or an event involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD) would place healthcare staff and facilities at risk of contamination. The “Decontamination” training module details the Pre-Incident Planning, implementation, and decontamination process. Content then explains how to deal with post decontamination issues.

This four part training program follows JCAHO’s accreditation standards for decontamination and emergency planning; and meets the requirements of OSHA for healthcare personnel to be certified at the Operations Level.

AUDIENCE
All healthcare personnel who may be assigned to carry out decontamination procedures during a mass casualty incident.

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
This course will measure mastery on each of the following performance objectives:
Be prepared to implement mass decontamination.
State where emergency mass decon is implemented.
Describe how emergency mass decon is set up.
List some decon issues to be considered in the Emergency Plan.
Describe how to manage potentially contaminated patients.
Implement decon at a mass casualty incident.
Identify the first steps in setting up a decon system.
Explain how triage works during a mass decon incident.
Recall how to handle victims’ clothing.
Decontaminate ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients.
Explain how to manage decontamination lines.
Describe what happens after a patient moves through decon.
Choose the method explaining how non-ambulatory decon is handled.
Describe biological and radiation decon procedures.
Conclude a mass decon operation.
Describe how evidence is managed.
List post-decon actions for the decon team.
Select the elements of a post-incident analysis.