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Outbreak Response and Incident Management: SHEA Guidance and Resources for Healthcare Epidemiologists in United States Acute-Care Hospitals

Domestic Preparedness December 11, 2017
This expert guidance document was developed as a resource to provide healthcare epidemiologists working in acute-care hospitals with a high-level overview of incident management for infectious disease outbreaks and to prepare them to work within an emergency response framework. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/outbreak-response-and-incident-management-shea-guidance-and-resources-for-healthcare-epidemiologists-in-united-states-acutecare-hospitals/8C035426B3C86E075BBB0AFFAE42F0AC/core-reader#

November 2017

Domestic Preparedness November 29, 2017
Featured in this issue: Unmanned Aircraft Systems – On the Way to the Jetsons’ Era, By Charles J. Guddemi; Drones – Both a Force Multiplier & Headache, By Catherine L. Feinman; Protecting the Homeland From Nefarious Drone Use, By Richard Schoeberl & Kendall J. Smith; Critical Infrastructure Partnerships – Prioritizing

Mass Violence and Behavioral Health

Domestic Preparedness November 21, 2017
This report focuses on how mass violence affects the behavioral health of adult and young (child and adolescent) survivors or witnesses of a mass violence incident. Public health, behavioral health, and emergency management professionals can use information provided to improve their disaster behavioral health preparedness plans. https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/dtac/srb-mass-violence-behavioral-health.pdf

Mass Violence and Behavioral Health

Domestic Preparedness November 21, 2017
This report focuses on how mass violence affects the behavioral health of adult and young (child and adolescent) survivors or witnesses of a mass violence incident. Public health, behavioral health, and emergency management professionals can use information provided to improve their disaster behavioral health preparedness plans. https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/dtac/srb-mass-violence-behavioral-health.pdf

Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Risk Assessments Inform Owner and Operator Protection Efforts and Departmental Strategic Planning

Domestic Preparedness November 7, 2017
The U.S. Government Accountability Office was asked to review the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) risk assessment practices for critical infrastructure. This report describes: (1) DHS’s risk assessment practices in 3 of 16 critical infrastructure sectors and private sector representatives’ views on the utility of this risk information; and (2)

Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Risk Assessments Inform Owner and Operator Protection Efforts and Departmental Strategic Planning

Domestic Preparedness November 7, 2017
The U.S. Government Accountability Office was asked to review the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) risk assessment practices for critical infrastructure. This report describes: (1) DHS’s risk assessment practices in 3 of 16 critical infrastructure sectors and private sector representatives’ views on the utility of this risk information; and (2)

October 2017

Domestic Preparedness October 25, 2017
Featured in this issue: Surviving the First Disaster Deployment, By Arthur Samaras; Unmanned Aerial Systems & Emergency Management, By Kay C. Goss; Three Storms Demonstrate Five Forms of Flooding, By John Englander; Hurricane Harvey & What It Means for Future Disasters, By Dawn Thomas; Lone Wolves – Finding the Red

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Domestic Preparedness

2883 Highway 71E

P.O. Box 285

Del Valle, TX 78617-9998

Editorial Statement

Founded in 1998, Domestic Preparedness continues to be a pioneering thought leader in the emergency preparedness, response, and recovery space. The multidisciplinary editorial focus helps professionals acquire critical information to develop collaborative, real-world solutions. With relevant, multidisciplinary, whole-community intelligence from the front lines, practitioners can learn from diverse perspectives. The authoritative, practitioner-centered, multimedia information platform disseminates intelligence the way busy management-level public- and private-sector professionals want to learn. This is the trusted source for content written by practitioners, for practitioners, with relevant, real-world best practices.

DomesticPreparedness.com, the Domestic Preparedness Journal and the Weekly Brief include facts, views, opinions, and recommendations of individuals and organizations deemed of interest. The Texas Division of Emergency Management and the Texas A&M University System do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of, or otherwise endorse, these views, facts, opinions or recommendations.
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