Presented by the University of Louisville Center for Health Hazards Preparedness & School of Public Health and Information Sciences

University Of Louisville Public Health Preparedness Resources

The Following Items Are Offered As Resources Only - No Continuing Education Credit Is Available.

I. DR. NICHOLAS MOSCA INTERVIEW
Dr. Mosca has a vast amount of knowledge about preparedness and recovery as he was the director of Oral Health Missions in Mississippi in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Mosca shares his experiences and lessons he learned in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in this online video interview.

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II. MOULAGE VIDEO
This video discusses the basics of moulage application, which is a sophisticated theatrical makeup to simulate characteristics of a disease. Through the use of moulage and standardized patients, the Center for Health Hazards Preparedness creates highly realistic scenarios involving the clinical presentation of infection with biothreat agents such as smallpox and anthrax.

Standardized patients are actors who learn to assume all physical and psychological aspects of the patient being simulated: not only the history, but also the body language, physical findings, and emotional and personality traits. Using the information presented here you will be able to bring reality to training exercises and drills to enhance our Nation's public health preparedness.

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III. COUGH SIMULATION VIDEO
Understanding how infections are transmitted enables the healthcare worker to initiate protective measures. Using a human patient simulator, we have developed a method that visually demonstrates respiratory particles that are dispersed during a human cough. Using this as a training tool, a mental picture is provided for the healthcare personnel.

By seeing the personal and environmental contamination that occurs during a human cough, the healthcare worker is better prepared to make decisions that can protect them, others in the healthcare environment, and others within their community.

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IV. ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE VIDEO
Maintaining a hygienic environment within a healthcare facility is a challenge that faces all healthcare personnel. Ensuring that the risk of environmental contaminated is appreciated everyone in the environment helps make its cleanliness a job that can be embraced by all levels of personnel.

Using techniques that visually demonstrate environmental contamination enables the viewer to capture impressive mental images. In addition, techniques are described that enable personnel responsible for environmental cleanliness to evaluate the effectiveness of their work as we continue to make patient safety our top priority.

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V. DR. GERALD GRANT INTERVIEW
During his six month service in Iraq, Dr. Gerald Grant, an officer and neurosurgeon in the U.S. Air Force and clinical faculty in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, managed neurological trauma as well as blast traumas and general surgical practice. Dr. Grant shares his battlefield experiences and real-life application of mass casualty triage in this online video interview.

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ISSUES PLAYING VIDEO
You must have Windows Media Player 10.0 or higher to view the lecture. You may be unable to view the lecture using an older version of Windows Media Player. Most computers already have this program installed. If yours does not, you can download and install it for free by clicking here.

Clicking on the lecture link should cause Windows Media Player to open on your computer; the lecture should then load and begin playing automatically.

If you click on the link and this does not happen, open Windows Media Player yourself by going to the start menu on your computer and clicking on the Windows Media Player icon.

Once Windows Media Player opens, go to "file" then "open url" and cut and paste in the appropriate address:

Dr. Mosca: http://louisville.edu/television/SPHIS/Mosca.Interview.asx

Moulage: http://louisville.edu/television/SPHIS/Moulage.asx

Cough Simulation: http://louisville.edu/television/cough.asx

Environmental Hygiene: http://louisville.edu/television/Environmental.asx

Dr. Grant: http://louisville.edu/television/SPHIS/Grant.Interview.Full.Version.asx

Click ok and the lecture should begin playing.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
These free resources are sponsored by University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences and the Center for Health Hazards Preparedness (formerly the Center for Deterrence of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism).

Funding support provided by Bioterrorism and Curriculum Development Program, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


COPYRIGHT
All materials on these webpages are Copyright © 2007 University of Louisville. This material may be reproduced or redistributed for educational purposes, provided that the University of Louisville is acknowledged as the author and copyright holder and the material's website of origin, http://www.chse.louisville.edu/disasterprepcourses.html, is listed. If you have any questions, please contact us at chse@louisville.edu.


MORE INFORMATION
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