Jul 2025 Offering

Course
MGT 319 - Medical Countermeasures: Point of Dispensing (POD), Planning and Response
Date & Times
Jul 22 - 23, 2025 from 8 AM - 4 PM
Description

This course is a guide for local health officials and their partners to coordinate plans to provide mass distribution of medical countermeasures in response to a large-scale public health incident. This course focuses on planning considerations, recommendation to achieve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) 48-hour standard for Mass Prophylaxis, and the local community’s Mass Prophylaxis and Point of Dispensing (POD) site preparedness. The course material is applicable to pandemic influenza, bio-terrorism, and other public health emergencies.

Hours
16
Region
6
Locations
LA STATE EMERGENCY SHELTER

8125 Highway 71 South
Alexandria, LA 71302

POST Approved
No
Target Audiences
Emergency Management, Emergency Management Director, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), First Responders, Government Administrative, Medical (Hospital), Public Health, and Volunteer Organizations
Availability
Open To The Public
Prerequisites
None Set
Register For Course

Registration deadline is Jun 23, 2025 4:00 PM