Leading from Preparedness Through Recovery - The 2012 ...

THURsday, May 24, 2012Session Descriptionssession Descriptionsto demonstrate compliance with regulatory and oversight standards andcaptures and documents emergency preparedness strengths, areas forimprovement, and best practices.Learning Objectives:u Discuss the advantages of using a web-based automated performanceimprovement management system.u Identify three cost-effective processes included in the VHA PIMS.u Compare current processes used at the participant’s facility with thefeatures and functions demonstrated in the session.Intended Audience: Certified counselors, emergency physicians, EMT/paramedics, healthcare executives, health education specialists, industrialhygienists, marriage & family therapists, medical administrators, nurses,pharmacists, physicians, social workersSession 29: Likability and LeadershipPresenter: Lorie LiptakTime: 1015-1130 hrsRoom: Delta CFocus Area: LeadershipFrom as far back as we can remember, we are taught to make certain everyonelikes us and to do and say things to please others. After all, life is just onebig popularity contest, right? So it is not surprising that we tend to couplelikability with effective leadership. However, a leader’s job is not to build ateam of people who like and are committed to him or her, but to build a teamthat is committed to following him or her in the pursuit of accomplishing aparticular task. Likability lets us be champions for our cause, but can hindergood decision making and effectiveness as a leader. This session will helpparticipants understand the link between likability and effective leadershipand provide ideas for harnessing the power of likability.Learning Objectives:u Identify the traits of a likable person and an effective leader.u Explain the link between likability and effective leadership.u Describe how to develop the traits of likability to improve leadershipskills.Intended Audience: Certified counselors, dentists, emergencyphysicians, EMT/paramedics, healthcare executives, health educationspecialists, marriage & family therapists, medical administrators, nurses,physicians, social workers, veterinariansSession 30: Listen, Protect, ConnectPresenters: Merritt Schreiber, PhD; LT CDR Anthony Tranchita, PhD, MSTime: 1015-1130 hrsRoom: Delta DFocus Area: LeadershipListen, Protect, Connect (LPC) is a psychological first aid (PFA) model that wasdeveloped specifically for use by community members to enhance resilience.Listen, Protect and Connect uses only non-mental-health responders withversions that focus on children, parents, family, and the community. Thismodel, when used by responders, can build community resiliency forcommunity disaster victims and responder-to-responder peer support. Thisis a key component of the “Anticipate, Plan and Deter” Responder ResilienceSystem in use in Los Angeles County hospitals and clinics and in the Stateof Minnesota. In this course, participants will receive training on using theNeighbor to Neighbor/Responder version of the Listen, Protect, and ConnectPFA model. This session will also highlight the successful use of LPC PFA bythe U.S. Public Health Service Mental Health Team 2 and the adaptation ofLPC PFA for healthcare workers by Los Angeles County and the Los AngelesCounty Department of Public Health. This LPC PFA model can be foundat http://www.cdms.uci.edu/protect.pdf and http://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/LPC_N2N_508.pdf. By the end of this session,participants will be able to apply and use Listen, Protect and Connect PFAin their daily lives and in disaster response with patients, family members,and other responders.Learning Objectives:u Recite varied approaches to psychological first aid.u Explain the use of the Listen, Protect and Connect PFA model foremergency responsers.u Describe how the USPHS and Los Angeles County Departmentof Public Health and Emergency Medical Services Agency havesuccesfully applied LPC to real-world experiences.u Apply and use Listen, Protect and Connect psychological first aid.Intended Audience: Certified counselors, dentists, emergencyphysicians, EMT/paramedics, environmental health personnel, healthcareexecutives, health education specialists, industrial hygienists, marriage &family therapists, medical administrators, morticians, nurses, pharmacists,physicians, social workers, veterinariansSession 31: Animals and Nuclear Accidents:Lessons Learned from JapanPresenter: Richard Green, EdDTime: 1015-1130 hrsRoom: Governor’s AEFocus Area: Public HealthThe 9.0 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku occurred at 14:46 JSTon Friday, 11 March 2011. It was the most powerful known earthquake tohit Japan and one of the five most powerful earthquakes in the world. Theearthquake triggered extremely destructive tsunami waves of up to 133 feetand in some cases traveling up to six miles inland. In addition to loss of lifeand destruction of infrastructure, the tsunami caused a number of nuclearaccidents, primarily the ongoing level 7 meltdowns at three reactors in theFukushima I Nuclear Power Plant complex and the associated evacuationzones affecting hundreds of thousands of residents. The Japanese NationalPolice Agency confirmed 15,790 deaths, 5,933 injured, and 4,056 peoplemissing across eighteen prefectures, as well as over 125,000 buildingsdamaged or destroyed. Residents within a 12-mile radius of the FukushimaI Nuclear Power Plant and a 6.2-mile radius of the Fukushima II NuclearPower Plant were evacuated. Unfortunately, those animals that could notbe carried were left behind. Literally tens of thousands of animals remained462012 Integrated Training Summit