Emergency

Training We Are Hosting

Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS) Provider Course

Primary Objectives:

  • Rapidly assess hazmat patients.
  • Recognize toxic syndromes (toxidromes).
  • Discuss the medical management of hazmat patients.
  • Apply the Poisoning Treatment Paradigm ™.
  • Describe the indications, contraindications, potential complications, dosages, and routes of antidotes most likely to be used at a hazmat incident.

Who is Eligible for the Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS) Provider Course:

  • Participants that are eligible to be Verified AHLS Providers: Physicians, physician assistants, registered (RN, BSN, MSN) and advance practice nurses, paramedics, AEMTs, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and toxicologists
    • As a verified AHLS Instructor, an individual is provided the opportunity to host their own courses, allowing for the training of their colleagues and coworkers, or those in their community.
  • Participants that will only receive certificate of completion and continuing education credits: EMT, EMR, LPN, MA (Medical Assistant), and industrial, scientific and military personnel

Registration Fees:

  • For fee assistance, the participants must live or work in Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE).
    • This covers the entire registration fee.
    • The grant does not assist with any virtual courses or courses outside of the region.
  • Participants register and choose the option "pay later or invoice me". 
    • This is tracked and your information is verified before you are accepted into the course.
  • Participants receive an email to clarify they will only receive a certificate of completion if their license does not meet the requirements for a verified provider.

Credit Offered:

  • EMS – CAPCE – 16.25 hours
  • AMA PRA Category 1 Credit – CME – 16.25 credit hours per completed course
  • Nursing Continuing Professional Development – NCPD 16.25 credit hours per completed course
  • Continuing Pharmacy Credit – CPE – 16.25 credit hours per completed course
  • Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) 16.25 credit hours per completed course

DATE: Wednesday April 24 - Friday April 26

TIME: 7:45 AM to 5:00 PM Wed & Thu (Advanced Hazmat Life Support Course)

7:45 AM to 12:00 PM Friday (Instructor Certification)

WHERE: Polk County EOC, 1907 Carpenter Ave., Des Moines

Register for this session here

 

ICS 300 Intermediate

Course Description: This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System. This course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses.

Target Audience: This course is open to first responders, public works, jurisdictional executives, hospital leadership, non-profits, and anyone else that may be required to perform intermediate ICS duties.

DATE: Monday, July 29 - Wednesday July 31

TIME: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

WHERE: Polk County EOC, 1907 Carpenter Ave., Des Moines

WHO: New and experienced emergency managers

Register for this session here

 

ICS 400 Advanced

Course Description:
This 2-day course provides training on and resources for personnel who has a responsibility to function in a command post managing and expanding incident. Topics include use of an Incident Complex and Area Command, and the interactions between Multi-Agency Coordination (MAC) entities

Target Audience:
Experienced senior emergency management personnel who may perform in a management capacity for major or complex incidents. Individuals who may serve as the Incident Commander, as a member of a Unified Command, or as members of the Command or General Staff, or Multiagency Coordination Group/Emergency Operations Center (EOC) management for incidents that may use an Area Command.

DATE: Wednesday, September 18 - Thursday, September 19

TIME: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

WHERE: Polk County EOC, 1907 Carpenter Ave., Des Moines

WHO: New and experienced emergency managers

Register for this session here

 

Emergency Management Program Development Session #3

The Emergency Management Program Development course provides a comprehensive overview of the statutory requirements and professional duties of today’s emergency manager. Developed and delivered by practitioners in four separate 6-hour sessions, the course is an opportunity for peer-to-peer learning through lectures as well as task-oriented coaching. Technical and soft skill development in the areas of administration, planning, resource management, training, and exercises are included. Sessions can be taken individually and in any sequence, however, all four sessions are required for a full course certificate of completion.

WHAT: Local governance, hazard analysis, planning, professional development

DATE: Thursday, November 14, 2024

TIME: 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM

WHERE: Polk County EOC, 1907 Carpenter Ave., Des Moines

WHO: New and experienced emergency managers

Register for this session here

 

Emergency Management Program Development Session #4

The Emergency Management Program Development course provides a comprehensive overview of the statutory requirements and professional duties of today’s emergency manager. Developed and delivered by practitioners in four separate 6-hour sessions, the course is an opportunity for peer-to-peer learning through lectures as well as task-oriented coaching. Technical and soft skill development in the areas of administration, planning, resource management, training, and exercises are included. Sessions can be taken individually and in any sequence, however, all four sessions are required for a full course certificate of completion.

WHAT: Commission governance, Training, Exercises, Homeland Security, Budgeting and Professional Development

DATE: Thursday, August 1, 2024

TIME: 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM

WHERE: Polk County EOC, 1907 Carpenter Ave., Des Moines

WHO: New and experienced emergency managers

Register for this session here