The Public Health – Seattle & King County Advanced Practice Center is a resource for local public health agencies throughout the nation as it develops plans and builds local and regional capacity for responding to an act of bioterrorism or other public health emergency. The following best practice tools are designed to help save time and enhance the planning efforts of public health.
Equity in Emergency Response: Public Health Planning for Vulnerable Populations
Forging new and best practices to address public health preparedness, response and recovery information and services for all people is in the forefront of Public Health – Seattle & King County Advanced Practice Center’s work. When complete, this developing Toolkit will provide time saving information about assessing, engaging and building relationships with key community based organizations that serve vulnerable populations. It will help local health jurisdictions embark in customizing their own coordinated planning efforts for all of the communities they serve.
Managing Surge Response and Public Health Workforce Activation
Public health departments are preparing for an array of potential events requiring large scale response. The success of any widespread mobilization will depend on a jurisdiction’s ability to rapidly and effectively redeploy human resources to staff emergency response teams and to maintain the continuity of essential health department functions.
Planning and Managing for Isolation & Quarantine
There is a tremendous need for all health jurisdictions to develop a calculated and collaborative response plan for an event that would require a large-scale isolation and quarantine. Developing and practicing a community based plan should produce a coordinated and efficient response that could significantly minimize sickness and death in a serious outbreak.
Speak First: Communicating Effectively in Times of Crisis and Uncertainty
This multimedia tool is a proven, practical training for building the skills to delivering first messages in the early hours of a crisis. Learn what you need to know, to sharpen your skills and to teach others how to master these best practices. Contact us to request a copy of this multimedia Toolkit.
Strengthening Emergency Response Through a Healthcare Coalition
In an emergency, an uncoordinated healthcare system will compromise the health and safety of the public and will have a major impact on the community’s ability to recover. Public Health Departments have been assigned as the lead to coordinate medical support during any event that threatens the public’s health across the nation. Each community illustrates a different picture for planning, but the role of Public Health is clear as a leader in coordinating community partners for emergency healthcare response.
