Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Interoperability Communications Training and Planning

Colorado Community Health Network and the Colorado Rural Health Center have partnered with Magnum Solutions, LLC to provide interoperability communications training and planning to Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers to support mass casualty and disaster response efforts.

Course objectives include:
  • Discuss the importance of IS 100 (Intro to ICS) and IS 700 (NIMS)
  • Discuss the Basic Incident Command Structure Terminology Applicable to Rural Health Clinics.
  • Illustrate a facility Incident Command Structure and Identifying a basic communication plan that would allow for interoperable communications.
  • Demonstrate interoperability communications between a clinic and outside agency during a mass casualty event through the use of Mutual Aid Channels on the Digital Trunked Radio System.
  • Discuss the capacity in which a clinic would respond to a mass casualty event in their community using specific examples.

The course will be offered May 20, 2013 at:

East Morgan County Hospital
2400 W. Edison
Brush, CO 80723
9:00AM-12:00Noon

For more information on class dates and registration, please click here.