MGT 348 Medical Preparedness and Response for Bombing Incidents – Sioux Falls

Course Completion Requirements 

Participants Must Provide

• A photo identification on the first day of class. See the Participant Handbook for approved forms of identification and additional guidelines.

Attendance Requirements 

Class attendance is an essential part of the education process and participants in TEEX courses are expected to attend all class sessions and field exercises. This course requires participants to attend a minimum of 80% of the class hours as a component of successful course completion. During the course, your instructor will review any additional attendance requirements, for example a field exercise that cannot be missed

Recommended 

Familiarity with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS). For more information about NIMS and ICS, see the FEMA independent study courses IS-100, IS-200, and IS-700 (or their equivalents).

Upon successful completion, you will be able to: 

• Explain how to apply the lessons learned from the London Transit System and Boston Marathon bombings to help prevent and/or respond to a possible local bombing incident.
• Identify and explain the threats posed by terrorists’ use of explosives against U.S. domestic targets.
• Identify commonly used explosives, explosive devices, and basic blast physics.
• Recognize and identify indicators of an imminent attack.
• Safely conduct appropriate preventive, preparatory, and response actions during both the pre-detonation and post-detonation periods of a bombing incident.
• Recognize bombing injuries and identify appropriate triage and assessment modalities.
• Discuss key planning considerations as they relate to evolving terrorist tactics.

Suggested Audience 

Disciplines include, but are not limited to:

• Fire Services
• Law Enforcement (federal, state, local, county)
• SWAT team members
• Tactical Medics
• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Hospital personnel
• Physicians
• Nurses
• Emergency management organizations
• Emergency managers and planners
• Emergency planners
• City, county, state, and federal medical
• County Medical
• State Medical
• Federal Medical
• Private Industry
• Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)
• Dispatchers
• Medical Reserve Corps

Continuing Education And Professional Credits 

Note: Live Online Instructor-Led (webinar) courses are not eligible for TCOLE credit.

• Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
• American Academy of Family Practitioners (AAFP)
• Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE)
• Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)

Note: When registering for the MGT348 you are also registered for the PER233 which is the same class. This is done because we share this class with New Mexico Tech.  The registration page for the class will show 32 hours due to the system combining both class hours. The actual duration of the class is 16 hours only.

This course is being hosted by The Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR) with the South Dakota Department of Health (SD DOH) to facilitate the opportunity of completing the TEEX Community Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Certificate Program, https://teex.org/program/community-preparedness/