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Pandemic Influenza: Best Practices and Model Protocols
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The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for developing best practices and model protocols for use by State, local, tribal, and territorial personnel in the development of pandemic influenza plans, preparedness activities, training, and exercises. The content is a synopsis of input received from Federal, State, local, territorial, and tribal emergency medical services (EMS), fire, emergency management, public works, and sector-specific participants during a three-day forum sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security’s Chief Medical Officer and hosted by the U.S. Fire Administration on 23-25 February 2007. The results of this forum are being coordinated with the ongoing efforts of the Department of Transportation, the Department of Health and Human Services, and others.
Links of Interest
Pandemic Flu Preparedness and Response
- Information for First Responders on Maintaining Operational Capabilities during a Pandemic (PDF, 633 Kb)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
- Flu.gov
- American Public Health Association
- Department of Homeland Security Office of Health Affairs
- EMS Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
- Hospitals "Full-Up": The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
EMS and Rescue
- 911.gov
- Ambulance Services Information Resource for Medicare
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- Emergency Medical Services for Children
- EMS.gov
- FireChief.com
- Food and Drug Administration Public Health Notifications
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- Mass Casualty Information for EMS Providers
- National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
- National Association of EMS Physicians
- National Association of State EMS Officials
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration/FICEMS
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
- National Urban Search and Rescue Response System
