Dustin Calhoun, MD Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Medical Director for Emergency Management, HCEM Course Director
Health Care Emergency Management is a longitudinal program that begins in the first year of medical school that engages the student in the management of emergency
medical situations and the role of the student in emergency and disaster systems-based practice.
BLS Training (Year 1) is designed for students to learn to conduct an initial assessment to determine patient stability and perform key critical treatments such as CPR (including earning healthcare provider certification) to get a patient stable until additional
medical assistance arrives or the patient can be transported to an emergency facility.
Disaster Preparedness (Year 2) provides an introduction to disasters, and preparedness for natural disasters, including flood, fire, hurricane/tornado, tsunami, and earthquake, as well as
man-made disasters, such as explosions. The students learn to work on an inter-professional team that includes EMTs, emergency nurses and physicians and learn to perform medical triage on simulated wound injures. Students also become credentialed
in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) before they proceed into their third year rotations.
Terrorism Preparedness(Year 3) focuses on acts of terrorism, with an emphasis on bioterrorism and chemical warfare. Through a simulated bioterrorism event, students learn to work as a member
of an inter-professional team in the event of such a disaster.
Emergency Medicine Preparedness(Year 4) provides a capstone experience that provides opportunities for self-directed learning. Students also complete re-certification for BCLS and preparatory
work for Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification in preparation for their residency.
Course Coordinator:
Gina Burg
Office: Medical Sciences Building Room G453C
Phone: 513-558-8447
Email: gina.burg@uc.edu
2 hours of individual study prior to a 4 hour lecture/small group session.
Overall course objectives:
Provide a general overview and understanding of triage as it applies to situations of mass casualty incidents.
Understand and follow Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment (START). A method that provides rescuers with an easy, simple step-by-step approach to assessing and treating a large number of patients with varying degrees of injuries.
Provide an overview of the disaster operations, natural disasters, and explosive incidents.
Understand the available levels of disaster response from the individual, to the community, to national and international.
Course Coordinator:
Gina Burg
Office: Medical Sciences Building Room G453C
Phone: 513-558-8447
Email: gina.burg@uc.edu
2 hours of individual study prior to a 4 hour lecture/small group session.
Overall course objectives:
Provide a general overview and understanding of the Incident Command System (ICS) as it applies to the National Response Framework.
Provide an opportunity for students to integrate their understanding of ICS and disaster medicine into the management of a large-scale public health emergency via a hypothetical epidemic tabletop exercise. This tabletop exercise is one of the Homeland Security national scenarios adapted to the Greater Cincinnati Region.
Provide an overview of the unique aspects of the large categories of "disasters": biologic, and chemical/radiologic to include the importance of decontamination and toxicology.
Discussion on how a public health disaster affects the community, the healthcare community, and medical resources. Includes medical care, ethics, hospital operations and how medical school students could be utilized. The discussion centers on the physician's role in the community during and after a disaster.
Course Coordinator:
Gina Burg
Office: Medical Sciences Building Room G453C
Phone: 513-558-8447
Email: gina.burg@uc.edu
This course is the last of your four healthcare emergency management courses and will complement the other three years of the healthcare emergency management curriculum. This course will be delivered online through the UC Blackboard platform and consist of three videos and three discussion boards. The video content includes the subject areas of medical response to the Boston Marathon bombing, the psychological aspects of disasters and how disasters impact children.
Overall course objectives:
Discuss why it is important for a physician’s family to be prepared for disasters.
Discuss the role the hospital plays in the community during a disaster.
Discuss various disaster settings and community stakeholders.
Identify ways to achieve personal preparedness.
Identify ways to become involved in your community disaster response agencies.
Recognize the triggers of psychological distress.
Raise awareness of the types of psychological effects to expect after a disaster.
Provide principles and tools to bring back to your health care facility to augment your response plan and strengthen resources.
Help train staff at your facility to increase their knowledge and ability to plan and respond to the psychological consequences of large-scale emergencies.
Discuss the psychological impacts of a disaster for a child.
