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| Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:00:00 EST | UPDATED: Earthquake Information for Clinicians The "Interim Recommendations for Initial Domestic Medical Screening of Haitian Orphan Parolees" document, provides medical screening recommendations for diseases of public health importance in orphaned children entering the United States from Haiti under humanitarian parole status. |
| Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:00:00 EST | NEW: Emergency Wound Care after an Earthquake This new page provides links that you can use for immediate action in regards to Emergency Wound Care after an Earthquake. |
| Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:00:00 EST | UPDATE: CDC Responds to the Haiti Earthquake CDC is working with others in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), various branches of the U.S. military, and other federal and international agencies to help communities in Haiti recover from the powerful earthquake that struck the country on January 12, 2010. CDC's current response focuses on collaborating with national and international partners to meet urgent public health needs and establishing liaisons and coordination needed for successful, long range public health programs in response to the earthquake. As of January 30, 2010, 330 CDC staff are currently engaged in response activities, of these 24 CDC staff are deployed to Haiti and other response agencies. |
| Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:00:00 EST | NEW: Thermal Injuries Updated information about thermal injuries including information on pre-hospital and hospital management and care. |
| Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:30:00 EST | UPDATE: CDC Responds to the Haiti Earthquake CDC is working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), various branches of the U.S. military, and other federal and international agencies to help communities in Haiti recover from the powerful earthquake that struck the country on January 12, 2010. CDC's current response focuses on collaborating with national and international partners to meet urgent public health needs and establishing liaisons and coordination needed for successful, long range public health programs in response to the earthquake. One hundred eighty-five CDC staff are currently involved in the response. |
| Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST | UPDATE: Fact Sheet: Landslides and Mudslides Updated information about what causes landslides and debris flows and what you can do to protect yourself from the health threats that they cause. |
| Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST | NEW: Translated Earthquake Home Page (Haitian Creole) Translations for Haitian Creole pages were added. |
| Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST | NEW: Translated Earthquake Home Page (French) Translations for French pages were added. |
| Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:00:00 EST | UPDATE: CDC Responds to the Haiti Earthquake CDC is working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), various branches of the U.S. military, and other federal and international agencies to help communities in Haiti recover from the powerful earthquake that struck the country on January 12, 2010. |
| Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:00:00 EST | NEW: CDC Responds to the Haiti Earthquake CDC is working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), various branches of the U.S. military, and other federal and international agencies to help communities in Haiti recover from the powerful earthquake that struck the country on January 12, 2010. |
| Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:30:00 EST | UPDATED: Guidance for Relief Workers and Others Traveling to Haiti for Earthquake Response This notice is to advise relief workers and other personnel traveling to Haiti to assist with the humanitarian response following the January 12 earthquake near Port-au-Prince. Conditions in the area remain hazardous, including extensive damage to buildings, roads, and other infrastructure. |
| Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST | UPDATED: Emergency Wound Management for Healthcare Professionals These principles can assist with wound management and aid in the prevention of amputations. In the wake of a flood disaster resources are limited. Following these basic wound management steps can help prevent further medical problems. |
| Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST | NEW: Public Health Issues and Priorities for the Haiti Earthquake Based on previous experience with disasters in Haiti and earthquakes in other countries, CDC has a general understanding of what the public health needs will be in Haiti following the January 12th earthquake. The following projections and recommendations take into account Haiti's socio-economic and demographic situation, and the health of its people prior to the earthquake. |
| Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST | NEW: Guidance for Relief Workers and Others Traveling to Haiti for Earthquake Response This notice is to advise relief workers and other personnel traveling to Haiti to assist with the humanitarian response following the January 12 earthquake near Port-au-Prince. Conditions in the area remain hazardous, including extensive damage to buildings, roads, and other infrastructure. |
| Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST | NEW: Travel Health Warning to Haiti At this time, CDC recommends that U.S. travelers avoid all nonessential travel to Haiti. |
| Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST | NEW: Guidance for U.S. Residents in Haiti The US Department of State has issued guidance to US residents in Haiti. |
| Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST | UPDATED: Health Recommendations for Relief Workers Responding to Disasters This notice provides advice specific to the needs of relief workers responding to disasters internationally or domestically. |
| Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST | UPDATED: After an Earthquake: Management of Crush Injuries & Crush Syndrome Crush injury and crush syndrome may result from structural collapse during an earthquake. Crush injury is defined as compression of extremities or other parts of the body that causes muscle swelling and/or neurological disturbances in the affected areas of the body. |
| Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:16:00 EST | NEW: Q & A: Gastrointestinal (GI) Anthrax New questions and answers on gastrointestinal (GI) anthrax |
| Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:30:00 EST | UPDATED: Q & A: Anthrax and Animal Hide Drums More updated questions and answers on Anthrax and Animal Hide Drums |
| Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:00:00 EST | UPDATED: Q & A: Anthrax and Animal Hide Drums Updated questions and answers for Anthrax and Animal Hide Drums. Know the facts. Stay safe! |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:35:00 EST | MedCon:Pre-Event - A Tool to Estimate the Pre-Event Population at Risk of Medical Consequences in a Disaster The MedCon:Pre-Event has been designed to estimate the baseline medical care requirements (i.e., the number of persons that would require medical care) of a displaced population following a disaster due to pre-existing medical conditions. Users of MedCon:PreEvent should note that the MedCon:Pre-Event has not been designed for estimating the medical care requirements due to direct impact of the event (e.g., injuries and illness) or additional medical care requirements resulting from the aggravation of the existing medical condition. The intended users of the MedCon:Pre-Event model are public health preparedness planners at local, state, and federal levels involved in addressing the large scale medical care requirements resulting from man-made and natural disasters. |
| Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:23:00 EST | VacStockpile: A Tool to Estimate the Potential Impacts for Stockpiling Vaccines for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases of Children The VacStockpile has been designed to help planners and policy makers evaluate the potential health and cost impacts of stockpile decisions for each type of pediatric vaccine for an array of scenarios regarding possible vaccine shortages. The consequences of a vaccine shortage evaluated include potential doses of vaccine shortage, replenishment costs to replace stockpile doses that are used for shortages or discarded because of expiry of shelf life, and a number of potential health consequences (e.g., number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths) that may occur under various vaccine shortage scenarios. Although VacStockpile has been designed for use in the United States, it can be applied to other situations or locations where vaccine stockpiles are being maintained or considered. |
| Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:30:00 EST | Emergency Use Authorization Online Course An EUA online course developed by the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide public health officials, emergency managers, or Strategic National Stockpile coordinators with an introduction to the Emergency Use Authorization of medical products. |
| Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EST | New RSS Feed: CDC Hurricane Health and Safety Tips Get weekly hurricane health and safety tips from CDC by RSS. In addition to the weekly tips, CDC will also provide you important, timely tips relevant to storms making landfall throughout the season. (These tips also available by email, mobile phone text message, and Twitter.) |
| Fri, 29 May 2009 16:30:00 EST | National Hurricane Preparedness Week Hurricane Preparedness Week is May 24-30. If you live in coastal areas at risk, CDC encourages you to begin preparing yourself for hurricane season. CDC and other agencies offer many resources to help you stay safe and healthy throughout the 2009 season from June 1 through November 30. |
| Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:48:00 EST | CDC Investigates Human Cases of Swine Flu CDC is investigating human cases of swine flu in the United States. Keep up with updates on the investigation and find out what you can do to protect yourself from getting sick by visiting the CDC Swine Flu website. |
| Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:24:00 EST | Training Opportunity: Disaster Medicine 201: Post-Earthquake Medical Challenges in the New Madrid Seismic Zone May 7-8, 2009, Memphis, TN. This class is a big-picture overview of medical issues related to the earthquake threat in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. It was developed through the cooperation of CUSEC and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The class is presented with the invaluable assistance of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The primary instructors are doctors with extensive backgrounds in emergency and disaster medicine. The class is intended for all medical personnel, including EMTs, paramedics, nurses, and doctors concerned with medical issues and operational concerns following an earthquake. |
| Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:06:00 EST | Information About the April 6 Earthquake in Central Italy CDC has provided links on its Earthquake website to Red Cross, Red Crescent, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) information about the April 6 earthquake in central Italy. CDC also encourages you to learn how you can take steps to protect your health and safety during and after an earthquake. |
| Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:11:00 EST | G-M Detectors Job Aid A downloadable graphic illustration of the procedure for performing a radiological survey with a handheld Geiger Mueller detector. |
| Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:19:00 EST | New Public Service Announcements for the Floods Flood PSAs for "Preventing Trench Foot or Immersion Foot" and "Identification and Treatment of Hypothermia Related to Exposure in Cold Water" |
| Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:49:00 EST | Cold Weather Flood Safety During a flood and its aftermath, know how protect your personal health and safety. In winter and early spring, it is especially important to understand the health threats associated with exposure to cold weather and cold water. |
| Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:21:00 EST | Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment An 18 minute skills training video that demonstrates how to screen people for external contamination using a hand held Geiger Mueller Detector. The program is designed for individuals assigned to conduct mass screening for contamination from radioactive materials following a large scale incident. The program may be used as pre-incident training or intra-incident just in time training. Supplementary training material on utilization of ion chambers and alpha scintillation detectors is provided |
| Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EST | Reactions to Smallpox Vaccination: Guidance for Healthcare Professionals Updated information on medications used to treat reactions to the smallpox vaccine. |
| Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EST | Smallpox: An Overview for Clinicians New updates on smallpox questions and answers, including infection control and isolation of smallpox patients, and infection control issues for vaccinated healthcare workers. |
| Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:06:00 EST | Smallpox Question and Answers: Vaccine Basics New updates on smallpox vaccine questions and answers, including information on vaccination before and after exposure to smallpox, contraindications and screening, vaccination while pregnant or breastfeeding, and vaccine storage and distribution. |
| Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:53:00 EST | Key Findings -- Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening CDC's Emergency Response -- A CDC Report on Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (TPER)-Funded Activities Key findings from the CDC report, Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening CDC’s Emergency Response. The key findings summarize FY 2007 TPER-funded public health preparedness accomplishments and priorities as CDC continues to strive toward its preparedness goal. |
| Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:45:00 EST | Twitter Feed for CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response Now you can follow emergency.CDC.gov on Twitter. The CDCemergency Twitter feed provides frequent updates related to both preparedness for future emergencies and response to current emergencies. |
| Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:03:00 EST | Send a Winter Weather Preparedness E-Card to Friends and Family Send a message to encourage others to take steps to prepare for winter storms and protect themselves from cold-related problems such as frostbite and hypothermia. |
| Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:25:00 EST | Two New Emergency-Related RSS Feeds Available From CDC CDC has just launched RSS feeds for two of the most popular sections of the emergency.CDC.gov website: 1) Recent Outbreaks and Incidents, which provides information on selected public health emergency topics of recent public interest, ranging from Salmonella outbreaks to hurricanes to terrorism, and 2) Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA), which reaches out to the nation's clinicians with weekly updates and monthly conference calls. |
| Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:36:00 EST | Preparedness Resources for Healthcare Facilities This new webpage provides all-hazards resources intended for individuals at healthcare facilities tasked with ensuring that their facility is as prepared as possible for an emergency. The healthcare facilities targeted by this page include hospitals, long-term acute and chronic care facilities, outpatient clinics and urgent care facilities, physicians' offices, and pediatric offices and hospitals. |
| Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:21:00 EST | Protect Yourself and Your Family from the Dangers of a Volcanic Eruption The level of seismic activity at Mount Redoubt Volcano, about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, has increased and an eruption is possible within days to weeks. Updated information on how to stay safe during and after a volcano eruption. |
| Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:18:00 EST | Anthrax Question and Answers: Vaccination New updates on Anthrax Questions and Answers. |
| Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:53:00 EST | Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening CDC's Emergency Response -- A CDC Report on Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (TPER)-Funded Activities CDC's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER) has released its inaugural report on CDC activities in public health emergency preparedness. The report, Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening CDC's Emergency Response, explains the key role CDC plays in preparing the public health infrastructure to respond effectively to all types of hazards, and provides an overview of the broad range of preparedness activities receiving Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (TPER) funding. CDC accomplishments in preparedness are described. The report also details how CDC is addressing challenges to achieve its overarching public health preparedness goal: People prepared for emerging health threats - people in all communities will be protected from infectious, occupational, environmental, and terrorist threats. |
| Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:34:00 EST | Search for Peanut Butter Product Recalls Related to Salmonella Outbreak In order to make it easier for consumers to determine whether any of the peanut butter-containing products they have at home are subject to recall, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created and posted an expanded, searchable database that will be updated as new information becomes available. For information on products containing peanut butter from companies not reporting recalls, consumers may wish to consult the company's website or call the toll-free number listed on most packaging. Please note that information consumers may receive from the companies has not been verified by FDA. |
| Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:30:00 EST | CDC Interim Guidance for Revaccination of Eligible Persons who Participated in the US Civilian Smallpox Preparedness and Response October 2008 The purpose of this document is to propose a recommendation for an appropriate time-interval for revaccination of public health and health care volunteers who were vaccinated as responders in the US Civilian Smallpox Preparedness and Response Program. This document addresses only the revaccination of public health and healthcare volunteers and does not address routine revaccination guidance for laboratory workers or primary vaccination of emergency responders. |
| Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:30:00 EST | Launch of 'SNAPS: Snap Shots of State Population Data' CDC is pleased to announce the public launch of SNAPS: Snap Shots of State Population Data. SNAPS is a free service to the public that provides local-level community profile information nationwide. It can be browsed by county and state and searched by zip code. SNAPS serves as a valuable tool when responding to public health emergency events at the state, Tribal, and local levels. It provides a snap shot of key variables for consideration in guiding and tailoring health education and communication efforts to ensure diverse audiences receive critical public health messages that are accessible, understandable, and timely. |
| Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:30:00 EST | Medical Record Abstraction Form for Domestic Bombing Events This one-page form allows public health personnel to quickly extract basic medical information from hospital and emergency medical services' records to advise officials on the immediate impact of the event and the potential need for special resources. |
| Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:15:00 EST | Our New Site! Find out about the many improvements to CDC's Emergency Preparedness and Response Web site. |
| Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:00:00 EST | Severe Winter Weather: Learn How to Stay Warm and Safe When winter temperatures drop significantly below normal, staying warm and safe can become a challenge. Extremely cold temperatures often accompany a winter storm. You may have to cope with power failures, icy roads, and other dangerous conditions. |
| Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EST | California Wildfires: Protect Yourself and Others Smoke from wildfires is a mixture of gases and fine particles from burning trees and other plant materials. Smoke can hurt your eyes, irritate your respiratory system, and worsen chronic heart and lung diseases. Know whether you are at risk and protect yourself. |
| Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EST | FAQ: Melamine in Food Products Manufactured in China News reports and the World Health Organization (WHO) state that tens of thousands of infants in China who consumed infant formula contaminated with melamine are suffering from urinary tract stones, kidney damage, and kidney failure. |
| Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:12:00 EST | CDC Responds to Hurricane Season 2008 Learn what you can do to be prepared before a hurricane, what to do during the storm, and how to stay safe in the aftermath. |
| Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:25:00 EST | Blast Injury Fact Sheets — seven new fact sheets added. Fact sheets for health care providers on the treatment of blast injuries. |
| Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:19:00 EST | Recommendations to Protect Persons Wounded During Bombings and Other Mass Casualty Events New recommendations were published jointly this week in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR) and the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal |
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