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Orientation Session

Pacific NorthWest Border Health Alliance (PNWBHA) Overview: Who We Are and What We Do - Wayne Dauphinee, PNWBHA

 

Plenary Sessions

International Mutual Aid Agreements: Foundations of Health Security in North America - Carole Cameron , DHS-FEMA

 

Lessons Learned but Forgotten: How to Implement Sustained Change in Public Health Preparedness and Response

  • Lessons Learned, Identified and Adapted - Dr Barbara Redmond, PHAC-CEPR

  • Lessons Learned, Forgotten, and Remembered - Rick Buell, HHS-ASPR (Region X)

 

Ebola Forum

Ebola Preparation in the Pacific Northwest

  • Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness in Saskatchewan - Dr Denise Werker SK Ministry of Health

Meeting Public Health Threats at Ground Zero

  • CDC Ebola Response Guinea July - December 2014 - LCdr Michael Kinzer USPHS

  • Monrovia Medical Unit Team 1 - LCdr Jesus Reyna USPHS

  • Operation SIRONA - Capt Angela Bremner 1 (Cdn) Fd Hosp

 

Breakout Sessions

Quarantine Revisited

  • EVD Contact Management in BC - Michelle Murti, BC Fraser Health

  • Quarantine Planning in Washington State - Mahlet Zeru and David Owens, WA DOH

 

Infectious Waste Management - Lisa Young, BCAS and David Jansen, WA DOH

 

Catastrophic Disaster Planning: Cascadia Subduction Zone - Michael Loehr, WA DOH

 

EMS Management of Highly Contagious Patients -Rod Salem, BCAS and Larry Torris, OR HA

 

Emergency Licensing of Healthcare Professionals

  • WA State Licensing Framework - Karen Jensen, WA DOH

  • BC Perspective - Kelli Kryzanowski, BC MOH

 

Speaking the Same Language: Fundamentals of Risk Communication - Laura Blaske, WA DOH

 

Poster Presentations and Displays

 

1. FEARBOLA - Rod Salem, BCAS

 

2. PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Mass Gatherings Public Health - Andy Stergachis, NWCPHP

 

3. Region Specific Mass Casualty Incident Simulation : A Look at Interdisciplinary Clinical Simulations Education in Two Rural BC Communities - Dara Davies, BCMMU

 

4. Seeing Spots: Measles Outbreak in Clallam County - Christina Hurst, Clallam County Health

 

5. PNWBHA: Who We Are and What We Do - Amy Sheridan, PNWBHA Secretariat

 

6. Washington State Wide Pharmacy Agreement - Jessica Baggett, WA DOH

 

7. Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement - PNEMA (WA EMD)

 

Working Group Sessions

Environmental Public Health

  • There’s a Fungus Among Us! - Heather Hill, RN, PHN IV

  • Updates on Coccidioides in Washington State: When, Where, & What’s of Environmental Surveillance - Ron Wohrle, WA DOH

  • Avian Influenza in Washington: The State-Wide Animal Perspective - Amber J Itle, WA DOH

 

Emergency Medical Services

  • Ebola or Highly Infectious Disease EMS Response - WA DOH