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Training Announcement: Pediatric Disaster Mental Health: Essential Elements for Healthcare Providers

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Greetings Everyone,

A training opportunity from the Bureau and the EMS-C:

Children comprise almost 25% of the U.S. population and are the most vulnerable to mental and behavioral health problems during disasters. The events of September 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina, COVID-19 and many others have had significant deleterious effects on the pediatric population in the United States. The challenges children face in wake of these disasters reaches into schools, healthcare facilities, families and communities. There is a great need to effectively prepare for, respond to and mitigate against future pediatric disaster mental health catastrophic events.

The NYC Pediatric Disaster Coalition will be conducting a webinar on Wednesday, May 31rd from 12:00pm – 2:00pm (Eastern Time):

Pediatric Disaster Mental Health: Essential Elements for Healthcare Providers

The presentation will focus on:
• Information/resources on pediatric disaster mental health for providers, teachers, parents, and pediatric patients
• Psychological first aid for pediatric populations
• Screening and referral for pediatric disaster mental health issues

The featured speakers are nationally recognized as leaders in the field of Pediatric Disaster Mental and Behavioral Health:

Merritt D. Schreiber, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Lundquist Institute
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center|
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Tona McGuire, Ph.D.
Co-Lead WRAPEM Mental Health Workgroup
Mental Health Domain SME, Pediatric Pandemic Network
Co-Lead, Behavioral Health Strike Team, WA State Dept of Health

Please make every effort to attend. You are welcome and encouraged to share this email invitation with your healthcare colleagues.

The registration link is below. Upon registering you will receive an email conformation with the Zoom link and call-in.

Registration link:
https://www.programinfosite.com/pediatricdisastercoalition/registration/

Feel free to reach out with any questions. Thank you for your dedication to the children of the city of New York.

Regards,

John Jermyn
Project Director
New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition
646-915-2050

jjermyn@maimonidesmed.org

Michael Frogel, MD, FAAP
Co-Principal Investigator, New York City Pediatric Disaster Coalition
Chairman, National Pediatric Disaster Coalition
917-478-7047

Mikefrogel@gmail.com

ENH Closure Notice

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Please see the notice below from Ray Hubert, EMS Liaison of Eastern Niagara Hospital.

Good Morning Chiefs,  

It was recently brought to my attention that a fax used by some agencies for submitting their PCR to ENH has been put out of service and will not be replaced.

Please insure that your system is set to fax to 716-514-5748

Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call me.

 

In addition to the message from Ray, below is the link for the closure notice for Eastern Niagra Hospital.

Link:  ENH-Closure-Notice_EMS-Personnel-1.pdf (ubmdems.com)

 

Road Closure

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Greetings Everyone,

I wanted to let everyone know that the 33 outbound (from Best Street to the 198) will be closed M-F from 10p to 6a. This will occur from now until June 16th, 2023. Please keep this in mind when leaving the downtown area.

Thanks

 

EMS For Children Advisory Committee

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Greetings!

Passing this on from Amy Eisenhauer regarding the EMS For Children Advisory Committee:

Good Afternoon NYS EMS Leaders,

 

The next EMS for Children Advisory Committee Meeting will be held virtually via Webex on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, from 13:00 to 16:00. You may register for the meeting at this link: NYS Information Technology Service WebEx Enterprise Site – Register Meeting

please share with agencies and providers in your area.

 

Stay well and be safe,

Amy