Online Education & Training

The Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response offers a series of online courses on emergency preparedness topics for hospital, healthcare and public health workers.

The courses are available to all health care workers. At the end of each course is a brief quiz that tests your comprehension of the material and documents your completion of the course.

Yale New Haven Center for
Emergency Preparedness
and Disaster Response

Eastern Region Office
1 Church Street, 5th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510
Tel. (203) 688-3224
Fax: (203) 688-4618
E-mail: Center@ynhh.org

Central Region Office
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Suite E6.218
Dallas, TX 75390-8890
Tel. (214) 648-9450
Fax (214) 648-2544

Western Region Office
777 Mariners Island Blvd.
San Mateo, CA 94404-5008
Tel. (650) 312-1196
Fax (650) 312-1664

Online Course Catalog

NIMS Courses

EM 103 NIMS: Introduction to Emergency Management w/NIMS - Meets NIMS training objectives for IS 100, IS 700 and IS 800B (CME credit available)
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EM 140 NIMS: Incident Command Systems (ICS) for Health Care w/NIMS - Meets NIMS training objectives for IS 200, IS 700 and IS 800B (CME credit available)
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

EM 120: Best Practices for the Protection of Health Care Facility-Based First Receivers (Awareness Level) - Meets OSHA, 29CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(i)) Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) awareness-level standard related to hospital-based first responders (CME credit available)
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EM 121: N95 Respirator and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Training for Health Care Workers - Meets OSHA Respirator Standard 1910.134(k), 1910.120 and Armed Forces training requirements (USACHPPM, NHRC, AFRL)
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EM 122: N95 Respirator Fit Tester Training - Meets OSHA Respirator Standard 1910.134(k) and Armed Forces training requirements (USACHPPM, NHRC, AFRL)
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EM 220.1: Best Practices for the Protection of Health Care Facility-Based First Receivers (Operations Level): Hazard Awareness and Risks - Meets regulations outlined in Congressional Federal Register, CFR 1910.120, and the Best Practices for Hospital-Based First Receivers of Patients
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EM 220.2: Best Practices for the Protection of Health Care Facility-Based First Receivers (Operations Level): Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Meets regulations outlined in Congressional Federal Register, CFR 1910.120, and the Best Practices for Hospital-Based First Receivers of Patients
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EM 220.3: Best Practices for the Protection of Health Care Facility-Based First Receivers (Operations Level): The Decontamination Process - Meets regulations outlined in Congressional Federal Register, CFR 1910.120, and the Best Practices for Hospital-Based First Receivers of Patients
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Additional Offerings

EM 110: Introduction to Radiological Emergency Preparedness - Meets Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), OSHA and The Joint Commission
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EM 201: Bioterrorism Preparedness for Clinicians - Meets Columbia University School of Nursing and Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine Clinician Competencies (HRSA endorsed) – specific to biological events
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EM 202: Tuberculosis Training Program
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EM 203: Bloodborne Pathogens Training Program
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EM 230: Mental Health Aspects of Emergencies and Disasters for Non-Mental Health Professionals - Meets Columbia University School of Nursing and Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine Clinician Competencies; Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)-defined at-risk population (CME credit available)
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EM 250: Small Victims, Big Challenges: Pediatric Triage, Treatment and Recovery for Emergencies - This course addresses an ASPR-defined at-risk population and is an ASPR partnership project.
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For information on our complete course offerings, please click here to view the complete course guide.

What's New?

CME Credits Now Available

CME credits are now available for the following courses: EM 103 NIMS, EM 140 NIMS, EM 120 and EM 230.

Fall/Winter 2008 Course Guide

Click here to view a full guide, in PDF format, to our fall/winter educational offerings. This diverse set of online and instructor-led activities is designed to prepare the health care workforce for disasters and emergencies.

Introduction to Radiological Emergency Preparedness (EM 110)

This course for health care professionals addresses the basic principles of radiation. Featuring description of health risks associated with radioactive material, safeguards for personal safety and additional strategies for handling radiological incidents.

CD-ROMs available

Narrated CD-ROMs of our introductory course, "Introduction to Emergency Management (EM 103)," and "Introduction to Radiological Emergency Preparedness (EM 110)," are available upon request.