Upcoming Dates
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04Mar8:00 am-5:00 pm
MGT 439 Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness- Rapid City – (Hosted by D.O.H.)
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 – Thursday, March 5, 2026 8 am – 5 -pm (CST)
Course Description
This course prepares students to effectively, appropriately, and safely plan for and respond to a disaster incident involving children, addressing the specific needs of pediatric patients in the event of a community based-incident. Pediatric specific planning considerations include mass sheltering, pediatric-triage, reunification planning and pediatric decontamination considerations. This is not a hands-on technical course, but instead a management resource course for stakeholders like pediatric physicians, emergency managers, emergency planners, and members of public emergency departments like EMS, Fire, Police, Public Health, and Hospitals in field of disaster response and preparedness work.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
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) via completion of study courses IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, and IS-800 (or equivalents).
Upon successful completion, you will be able to:
- Recognize the issues likely to arise within the pediatric population during disaster events.
- Describe relevant Emergency Management (EM) considerations when planning for the care and management of the pediatric population following a disaster event.
- Describe the concepts of surge with specific focus on pediatric implications in a disaster event that are unique to the pediatric population, as well as discuss the impact of those considerations on planning and response efforts.
- Discuss effective planning and preparation in addressing the requirements of the pediatric population with Access and Functional Needs (AFN) in a disaster event.
- Describe relevant mass sheltering considerations when planning for the care and management of the pediatric population following a disaster event.
First step – go to:
https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx
Create an account by clicking “create Account” on the right side of the page.
Second step- Once the account is created click the TEEX Online Registration link below:
https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=FP&C=MGT439&S=618
Follow the instructions, click the check box indicating that you reviewed the acknowledgements, take the pre-test and download course materials
For any questions regarding this course, please reach out to Lesley-Ann Pont, Office of Public Health and Response at Lesley-Ann.Pont@state.sd.us.