Emergency Management Personnel,
We would like to introduce the U.S. National Response Team
(NRT) Emergency Responders Health Monitoring and Surveillance (ERHMS) system,
coordinated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH). We are sending this to you because we know you share our mission to
protect American workers. The ERHMS system provides guidelines for protecting
emergency responders involved in various types of emergencies and settings and
can be used by anyone involved with the deployment and protection of emergency
workers.
The attached Portable Document
Format (PDF) flyer provides information pertaining to ERHMS and FREE training
courses that are now available online. ERHMS training courses include the
following:
·
Emergency
Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance (ERHMS) System
o
Provides the necessary tools for implementing
health monitoring and surveillance of emergency response workers.
o
Outlines important procedures for
pre-deployment, deployment, and post-deployment.
o
Offers continuing education credits for those
who complete the course. Credits include: CEU/CE; CHES; CME; CNE Contact
Hours; Pharmacist Contact Hours; and AAVSB/RACE.
o All
emergency response coordinators are encouraged to take this course.
·
Emergency
Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance (ERHMS) System: Leadership
Training
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Introduces the ERHMS system to leaders in
organizations responsible for planning and executing incident response
activities.
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Optimizes the health and safety of response,
remediation, recovery, and volunteer workers.
o The
intended audience includes local, regional, state, tribal, and federal
personnel who are responsible for the occupational safety and health of
responders.
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Offers 0.1 continuing education units for
completing the course.
We hope that you take advantage of the valuable information
provided and participate in the training course offerings. We encourage you to
visit the ERHMS website at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/erhms/.
