July Updates:

Juvare Training
July 10-12th, 2024
This event is a pivotal opportunity for users of emergency preparedness and response software solutions to delve into the heart of digital innovation that directly impacts our communities. The conference will be held virtually July 10 to July 12, 2024 and is free of charge.
Featured Sessions:

• WebEOC Nexus: Delve into the latest breakthroughs and best practices in emergency response.
• Juvare's Unified Command Platform (UCP): Learn about enhanced coordination and collaboration tools specifically tailored for U.S. Federal Agencies and the Department of Defense.
• All Things Alerts: Update your strategies with the latest in alert systems to ensure your messages are received loud and clear.
• Juvare Exchange: Step into the future of data-driven collaboration and analysis.
• SimulationDeck: Experience how realistic training simulations can enhance preparedness.

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Preparedness Lunch and Learn
July 16th, 2024
Through natural disasters, active assailant events and even pandemics, Healthcare Emergency Managers are consistently challenged to help their organizations plan, train and respond to incidents. In this Preparedness Lunch and Learn series of virtual trainings every third Tuesday of each month, we will continue to build knowledge for emergency managers.

Credits are offered for EMS, NHA, CME, and CNE. Audience: EMS, Healthcare Coalitions, Hospitals, Long-Term Care, Local Emergency Management, Local Health Departments, Tribes, etc. 

Basic Disaster Life Support
July 31, 2024
The NDLS course will be virtual and offered on MS Teams July 31, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. It is a competency-based, awareness-level course that prepares health professionals for the management of injuries and illness caused by disasters and public health emergencies. This will be the last Statewide BDLS course offered before the August 7 Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS) class. BDLS is a pre-requisite to take ADLS. To register please contact Judy Wheeler. Registration will open 30 days prior to the class. 

Advanced Disaster Life Support
August 7th, 2024
ADLS is a practical, hands-on course which follows BDLS and allows participants to demonstrate competencies in mass casualty management. Working through scenarios such as a mass casualty incident, decontamination, entrapment, and emergency operations center. BDLS is a pre-requisite and pre-course work is required. The ADLS course will be offered at 300 Nazareth Rd., Kalamazoo, MI. Courses open up one (1) month prior to the course date. Contact Judy Wheeler for the enrollment code.

ICS 300
August 12-14, 2024
EPESoC will be hosting ICS 300 August 12 – August 14, 2024 in Lansing. Dr. Karla Black from Kent County Health Department and Luke Aurner, Region 6 Healthcare Coalition Coordinator will be teaching the course. This is a great course for health care, Healthcare Coalitions, local health departments, tribes, and others to attend. Below is the registration instructions and prerequisite information, space is limited, so register soon. Course registration is at MI-TRAIN, course ID # 1029037. MI-TRAIN Registration Instructions ICS 300 Prerequisites

Public Health Decision Making in a Radiation Emergency
September 24-26, 2024
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is happy to announce two offerings of the CDC’s Public Health Decision Making in a Radiation Emergency course. This course is focused on preparing participants to anticipate decisions that will need to be made, and to support decision makers who will guide public health needs, in a radiation emergency. Specifically, this course:

• Highlights the role of Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) #8 and #6 as they relate to key tasks,
• Identifies which public health and medical functional areas (e.g., clinical care, epidemiology, communication) to provide such support,
• Generates discussion around the key decisions that participants will need to be ready to explain/support, and
• Identifies reference materials and tools that participants can use to reinforce their advice/decisions.

The target audience for this course includes professionals from across all sectors who are expected to take on decision-making roles in a radiation emergency, or to support those who do. Participants should already have a basic level of knowledge about radiation emergency preparedness and response. Please contact Jason Smith ([email protected]) if you’ve any questions.

Date(s): July 16-18, 2024 and September 24-26, 2024
Location(s): Lansing, MI (July) and Wayne County (September)
​Time: 8:00 AM ET – 5:00 PM ET each day Registration: The 2024 Michigan Special Pathogens Response Network (SPRN) Conference will be held on June 18, 2024. This one-day event will include training in the morning and an afternoon exercise for hospitals and EMS agencies. Please share the save the date with HCC partners. Save the Date for the 2024 MI SPRN Conference (Course ID #1119326)