Program

This workshop is designed to educate participants on the types and effects of stress that confront professionals who serve in stressful occupations. The course employs hands-on, reality-based examples that are both useful and enlightening, as well as lessons learned from the experiences of the instructor. Participants will be provided with the necessary tools to recognize and understand the signs and symptoms of stress, to recognize the types of incidents that will need follow-up care, and effective ways for managing stress and building resilience.

The Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE) course, designed and built on the Avoid, Deny Defend (ADD) strategy developed by ALERRT in 2004, provides strategies, guidance and a proven plan for surviving an active shooter event. Topics include the history and prevalence of active shooter events, civilian response options, medical issues, and considerations for conducting drills.

A brief overview of the May 6th, 2020 Shooting at the Rigby Middle School. The bulk of the presentation will focus on the After Action Review and Lessons Learned provided in the Document developed by the Idaho School Safety and Security Program.

Introduction to basic Radiation Protection and Radiological terminology, sources of radiation and contamination, and overview of treating contaminated, injured individuals.

Public Health Districts 5, 6, and 7 in collaboration with the Greater Idaho Healthcare Coalition will facilitate a Tabletop Exercise with conference participants to assist in validating the newly written Pediatric and Infectious Disease Surge Annexes. The session will include a review of these annexes, a reflection on recent trends in infectious disease within our healthcare system, and a scenario-based discussion to address objectives identified by coalition members.

By addressing needs within the community, Families Against Narcotics (FAN) has created a continuum of care for people with substance use disorder. We will share how we've worked to understand the needs of both individuals and families impacted by addiction. In addition, we will educate on how reducing the stigma surrounding substance use disorder can have positive effects, not only for people struggling with the disease, but for communities as well. From our HARM:LESS Harm Reduction Street Team to our Hope Not Handcuffs collaboration with law enforcement, and from our COMEBACK Quick Response Team initiative to our Sober Living Scholarship program, FAN meets people where they're at and offers them compassionate support and assistance. By doing so, we are making a difference in communities throughout Michigan.

Open discussion on dealing with aggression. Open discussion on de-escalation techniques. Open discussion on the increase in aggression and violence in all health care realms.

Idaho Power offers several tools and resources to help communities and public safety partners prepare for and respond to extended power outages. During this session we will discuss best practices for outage preparedness, outage communication protocols, and community support during extended power outage events.

Fatal and non-fatal overdose in Idaho continues to rise due to the increased presence of illicitly manufactured fentanyl within the drug supply. From 2020 to 2021, there was a 23% increase in drug overdose deaths and 11% increase for suspected overdose visits to emergency departments. Overdose death can be prevented through individual and system-level approaches. Within this presentation, attendees will gain knowledge on drug and overdose trends in Idaho and evidence-based strategies to reduce overdose death.

Attendees will also participate in discussion of accidental overdose, the mixing drugs. Fentanyl is around 20 to 40 times more toxic than heroin and 50 to 100 times more toxic than morphine, which makes the risk of accidental overdose higher. When fentanyl is combined with other opioids (like heroin, morphine, methadone or codeine), alcohol, benzodiazepines, or cocaine or methamphetamines, it can further increase the risk of accidental overdose. Combining substances (including alcohol), intentionally or unintentionally, increases overdose risk.  It’s also important to be aware that drugs other than fentanyl can also be lethal, and that there is no quality control or regulated manufacturing process for illegal drugs.

Infectious disease specialist will be presenting. Session abstract will be coming shortly.

Idaho is a true four-season state and many places can see three of those seasons in one day alone. With such fickle weather, it’s important to understand the hazards that can exist and how best to prepare for them. This presentation will offer Idaho weather normal and extremes, as well as the typical weather hazards that can occur from day-to-day and season-to-season. Hazards such as extreme temperatures, thunderstorm impacts, flooding, fire weather and winter storm impacts. In addition to what weather hazards we face in Idaho, we’ll cover how best to prepare for these hazards including preparedness steps and what weather resources exist to understand current and future hazards.

Demonstrating the use of Radiological PPE and comparing Radiological PPE with Medical, EMS and First Responder’s PPE.

Session Outline:

1.  Preparation for Mass Casualty Event(s)
2. Proper training for staff members
3. Adapting and overcoming obstacles
4. Forming partnerships
5. Employee Self-Care
6. Lessons learned
7. The importance of PEOPLE and teamwork
8. Success stories

The Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) course is an eight-hour competency-based, awareness-level course that introduces concepts and principles to prepare health professionals for the management of injuries and illnesses caused by disasters and public health emergencies. The BDLS course will be given by the Intermountain Center for Disaster Preparedness. 

Only room for a limited number of attendees and is offered as an optional third day to the Regional Readiness Rendezvous conference.