Health Services Response Workshop
DSCLS205W
The purpose of this workshop is to prepare licensed or
certified
health professionals to either work in their local chapter
jurisdiction
or be deployed to a Red Cross disaster relief operation
and function
as health professionals within the Health Services Protocols.
Health Services Response is an instructor-led workshop
designed to
orient licensed or certified health professionals to the
roles and
responsibilities of a Health Services Associate when working
on
behalf of the American Red Cross to meet the disaster-related
health needs of clients.
This one-day learning experience consists of a series
of
presentations, class discussions and small table group
activities
during which participants work as members of a Red Cross
Health
Services team to resolve complex problems. These activities
require workshop participants to apply their professional
knowledge,
experience and critical thinking abilities to the work-related
challenges experienced by Red Cross workers who provide
immediate assistance to clients in the aftermath of a
disaster.
Participants will be Red Cross employees and volunteers
with a
current professional license or certificate to practice
as a CNA,
EMT, LPN/LVN, PA, RN or MD.
Prerequisites Required:
• Fulfilling
Our Mission: Translating Your Compassion Into
Community Action (DSGEN200A, Rev. 07/06)
Recommended*
In addition to the requirements designated above, participants
will
benefit from having completed the following training prior
to taking
this course:
• Serving
People with Disabilities Following a Disaster
(DSPSS200B, Rev. 07/06)
• Client Casework:
Providing Emergency Assistance (DSCLS202A,
Rev. 07/06)
• Shelter
Operations (ARC 3068-11, Rev. 09/05)
• Staff Health: Deploying a Healthy Workforce (may
be available
through your chapter or Service Area)
• Client Assistance System training
* Although the recommended courses are not prerequisites
to the Health Services
Response workshop, participants should complete these
trainings prior to
deployment. Health Services workers must also maintain
current certification in
First Aid and CPR.
This one-day workshop contains approximately 5.25 hours
of
instruction, two 15-minute breaks and a 45-minute lunch
(at the
instructor’s discretion), to comprise a 6.5-hour
training day. Full
attendance of the entire workshop is required.
