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Orientation Session

Pacific NorthWest Border Health Alliance (PNWBHA): 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

• Learned, Forgotten, and Remembered - Rick Buell US 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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