Pandemic Influenza
Video Broadcasts | Audio | Online Training Courses | Conference Materials
Video Broadcasts and Webcasts
- Coordinating Community Response: Public Health, Hospitals, Law Enforcement and Emergency Management Services
- Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication
- Learning From and Preparing for SARS
- Mass Casualty Incident Management
- Avian Influenza State, National and Worldwide Response
- Isolation and Quarantine: Practice and Law
- Surge Capacity for Disasters: The Potential Roles of the Community and Public Health Nurse
- Ethical Hazards in Pandemic Flu Planning and Response
- Risky Business: Communication During Crisis
- Agroterrorism: Managing Foreign and Emerging Animal Diseases Oct 12, 2006
- Mass Evacuation to Rural Communities Nov 9, 2006
- Managing Contemporary Mass Fatalities Dec 13, 2006
Regional Pandemic Flu Conference DVD Set The Regional Pandemic Flu Conference, held at Harborview Medical Center on January 30, 2006, is now available for purchase on a 3-DVD set. The set costs $25, including tax and mailing. These six lectures are also available online…
- Infection Control in Healthcare Settings for Viral Respiratory Pathogens
Infection control in healthcare facilities is critical because of the potential role they can play in propagating and controlling emerging respiratory infections.
This talk looks at infection control issues for hospitals related to avian influenza.
Speaker: Arjun Srinivasan, MD, LCDR US Public Health Service Medical Epidemiologist, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC.
University of Washington Regional Pandemic Influenza Conference. January 30, 2006 56:33 min - Pandemic Preparedness for Health Care Facilities
A discussion of some of the health care planning issues and local planning issues that arise around the topic of pandemic influenza.
This program also looks at the HHS plan and how Seattle and King County are working to implement it locally.
Speaker:Dr. Jeffrey Duchin, chief, Communicable Disease. University of Washington Regional Pandemic Influenza Conference. January 30, 2006 53:20 min - Panel Discussion: Local Pandemic Flu Planning
A panel of experts from hospitals, universities, and the Public Health Department in the Seattle and King County area discuss local planning and
preparedness for the potential event of a pandemic flu. Speaker: Mac Hooton, MD, program panel moderator, professor, Allergy & Infectious Diseases,
Harborview Medical Center. University of Washington Regional Pandemic Influenza Conference. January 30, 2006 57:40 min - Patient Care During a Catastrophic Event & The Role of Palliative Care
This program looks to the past, present, and future in facing the challenge of how to practice medicine in moments of being overwhelmed.
It also explores the palliative care issues that will most likely arise with a pandemic flu and how the palliative care role needs to quickly evolve
in the setting of such a situation. Speaker: Dr. Michael Copass, medical director, Emergency Services. Darrell Owens, PhD, APRN, ACHPN,
Palliative Care Consult Service, Harborview Medical Center. University of Washington Regional Pandemic Influenza Conference. January 30, 2006 53:35 min - Regional Disaster Planning Efforts & The Biology of Pandemic Influenza
This three-part talk addresses how Harborview Medical Center is working together with the hospitals in Seattle, King County, and King County
Public Health to create an emergency health care coalition - of hospitals, pandemic flu planning and emergency preparedness, and the biology of
pandemic influenza - and what we have learned from it in the past. Speakers: Johnese Spisso, chief operating officer, Harborview Medical Center.
Chris Martin, administrative director, Emergency Services, Harborview Medical Center. Timothy Dellit, MD, assistant professor of medicine,
Medical Director, Antibiotic Management Program, Harborview Medical Center. University of Washington Regional Pandemic Influenza Conference.
January 30, 2006 54:44 min - Update on Antiviral Drugs & Strategies for Their Use
A look at the antiviral influenza medications that are currently available, some strategies for their use, the HHS Pandemic plan for antiviral
drugs right now, and areas that need to be addressed regarding what the global healthcare community’s next steps might be during a potential pandemic.
Speaker: David Shay, MD, MPH, Influenza Branch, CDC. University of Washington Regional Pandemic Influenza Conference. January 30, 2006 54:48 min - Keeping our Children Safe and Secure: Pandemic Flu and Emergency Preparedness
U.S. Dept of Education - Influenza pandemic - What You Really Need To Know from NZ, suitable for community groups and business
Describes preparation, prevention, treatment, includes a one hour online video and a two hour dvd available for ordering. - ABC News Getting Ready For A Pandemic
- HHS Sec. Michael Leavitt Speech at AMA National Advocacy Conference Real Player 3/13/06
(link does not work try this Google site search) - Prepared and Protected - Infection Control and Personal Protective Equipment for Respiratory Diseases
Australia Dept of Health and Ageing. For slow or fast internet connections. Transcripts and dvd available. - Emerging Pandemic: Costs and Consequences of an Avian Influenza Pandemic Outbreak
web cast of presentations by Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director of CIDRAP, and Helen Branswell, Medical Writer with the Canadian Press Agency.
This event took place on Sep 19, 2005 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC.
Links to audio and video streams of the event are provided.
event summary · Dr Osterholm’s presentation (ppt) · ext link to downloadable wmv file of the webcast - Media Interviews with Dr. Anthony S. Fauci on Seasonal Flu, Avian Flu (Bird Flu), and Pandemic Flu
many audio and video interviews from 2004 through the present - Audio & Photomontage on the Next Killer Flu
from the October 2005 issue of the National Geographic - PBS Wideangle: Avian Influenza (Sep 2005)
this PBS minisite includes an interactive map feature, a photo essay, filmmaker’s notes and an online trailer - Avian Influenza - A Global Threat (2002)
Streaming online video of an 11 minute film on the pandemic threat by the European Science Working group on Influenza. (windows media file) - Pandemic Influenza - Alabama Public Health Training Network
2004, 2 hours, requires realplayer - FAO Special Report – Avian Influenza
videos showing clinical signs of AI in a variety of avian species, laboratory procedures and disposal procedures - MARINA’s Pandemic Podcast
MARINA’s Pandemic Podcast is an interactive walking, health, and news show bringing you questions and interviews regarding the imminent Avian Bird Flu H5N1 Pandemic - CSPAN Store
sells videos of testimony before the US House of Representatives and Senate. Just search for your topic of interest. - Why Don’t We Do It In Our Sleeves?
Humorous video teaching the benefits of coughing and sneezing into sleeves. 5:04 min - Hospitals “Full Up”: 1918 Influenza Pandemic
University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Center for Biosecurity. A documentary comparing the 1918 Spanish Influenza pandemic with modern-day health capabilities, in the event of an act of bioterrorism or any large-scale infectious disease outbreak. 8min 23sec. - Great Teachers - Influenza: Past Pandemics and Future Threats
Jeffery Taubenberger, M.D., Ph.D., NIAID, Nov 8, 2006, NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds, 56min - Avian Flu Hands
Safe America Foundation Pandemic Flu Podcast, Public Service Announcement
Safe America Foundation Pandemic Flu Podcast, Public Service Announcement
Safe America Foundation Pandemic Flu Podcast, Public Service Announcement
Safe America Foundation Pandemic Flu Podcast, Public Service Announcement
Audio Broadcasts
- Bird Flu, the Next World Pandemic?
To the Point: Hosted by Warren Olney. KCRI and Public Radio International. Feb 23, 2006.
Guests are Dick Thompson, Joseph Domenech, Laurie Garrett, Michael Osterholm, Marc Siegel. - Word Economic Forum Davos, Jan 2006 – multiple podcasts
- NPR – How Would U.S. Respond to Flu Pandemic?
Talk of the Nation, October 14, 2005. Guest: Micheal Osterholm - NPR – 1918 Virus Could Hold Lessons for Avian Flu
Talk of the Nation, October 7, 2005; includes Jeffrey Taubenberger, chair, Department of Molecular Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology - Nightline Program on Pandemic Flu
aired on September 29, 2005. Audio of ABC news broadcast, Michael Osterholm and others are interviewed by Ted Koppel. - Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), and Peter Aldhous, Chief News & Features Editor Nature Magazine,
speak to WNYC’s Leonard Lopate on July 14, 2005. 30 minutes packed with information. A truly excellent and authoritative introduction to the issues.
listen (mp3 stream) · download (12.4 MB) - BBC World Service program on Clinical Trials, program 2 What went wrong in the TGN1412 trial? March 2006 a clinical trial had terrible consequences. Provides an excellent description of cytokine storm.
Online Training Courses
PrepareIowa sponsored by the Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness, provides the technological facility for courses from several institutions,
including U. Albany programs listed further down this posting. Courses offered include…
including U. Albany programs listed further down this posting. Courses offered include…
- Genesis of an Influenza Pandemic: Preparedness vs. Poultry, Poverty, and Practices
- Ethical Hazards in Pandemic Planning and Response
- Emerging Infections
- Risk Communication in Public Health Emergencies
- Pandemic Flu Planning
- Pandemic Influenza: How Real is the Threat?
University of Albany School of Public Health Center for Health Preparedness Home base for the excellent Grand Rounds program at the University of Albany
School of Public Health Center for Public Health Preparedness. Note that some of their past courses are still available at the Iowa site listed above.
If you catch the courses the first time they are run, you can submit questions via phone or fax. Some of their courses and broadcasts:
School of Public Health Center for Public Health Preparedness. Note that some of their past courses are still available at the Iowa site listed above.
If you catch the courses the first time they are run, you can submit questions via phone or fax. Some of their courses and broadcasts:
- Preparedness and Community Response to Pandemics
- Emergency Preparedness Training for Hospital Clinicians
- Working in a Point Of Distribution (POD) to distribute medications and vaccinations to a large number of people.
California Distance Learning Health Network (CDLHN)
We produce and promote courses on a variety of public health topics beneficial to healthcare workers as well as interested individuals in the general public.
We produce and promote courses on a variety of public health topics beneficial to healthcare workers as well as interested individuals in the general public.
- Pandemic Influenza and Public Health Law What Public Health Departments Need To Know
Original broadcast June 8, 2006. webcast 75 minutes, facilitator and participant materials, A Health Officer Practice Guide for Infectious Disease in California 73 pages
Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training
Each MERET module contributes to preparing the health care workforce to function during public health emergencies or bioterrorism events by providing
competency based awareness-level online training for hospitals, clinics, long-term care, public health agencies and other community emergency responders,
including volunteers. Registration required. Flash plug-in required.
Each MERET module contributes to preparing the health care workforce to function during public health emergencies or bioterrorism events by providing
competency based awareness-level online training for hospitals, clinics, long-term care, public health agencies and other community emergency responders,
including volunteers. Registration required. Flash plug-in required.
- Standard Precautions and Respiratory Hygiene
- Design and Maintenance of Airborne Infection Isolation Rooms (AIIR)
- Transmission-Based Precautions
- Multiple Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs)
- Protect Yourself First with Full Barrier Precaution
- Methods for Achieving Temporary Negative Pressure Isolation (TNPI)
Critical Care Medicine Tutorials
Introduction to Critical Care, Problem Orientated Approach, Respiratory Failure, Shock, Renal Failure, Sepsis.
This site was developed to help residents during their critical care rotation in the surgical ICU at the University of Pennsylvania. This information is for personal study purposes only.
Introduction to Critical Care, Problem Orientated Approach, Respiratory Failure, Shock, Renal Failure, Sepsis.
This site was developed to help residents during their critical care rotation in the surgical ICU at the University of Pennsylvania. This information is for personal study purposes only.
Symptom Management at End-of-Life: Pain Module
Department of Pain and Palliative Care at Beth Isreal Medical Center, New York
This module focuses on the assessment and management of pain in a patient with cancer facing the end of life. Learners are guided through critical assessment and diagnosis, treatment planning, implementation of interventions, and outcomes assessment in an interactive, problem-based format using learner feedback.
Department of Pain and Palliative Care at Beth Isreal Medical Center, New York
This module focuses on the assessment and management of pain in a patient with cancer facing the end of life. Learners are guided through critical assessment and diagnosis, treatment planning, implementation of interventions, and outcomes assessment in an interactive, problem-based format using learner feedback.
Emergency Management Institute (EMI) US Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA)
National Emergency Training Institute (NETC) electronic campus offers a wide variety of courses, including those on the incident command system which is
required for local governments which hope to receive financial assistance for preparedness (e.g., equipment).
FEMA Independent Study Program for many disaster and emergency management courses.
National Emergency Training Institute (NETC) electronic campus offers a wide variety of courses, including those on the incident command system which is
required for local governments which hope to receive financial assistance for preparedness (e.g., equipment).
FEMA Independent Study Program for many disaster and emergency management courses.
Online University of the National Environmental Health Association
Avian and Pandemic Flu: Preventive Measures: Maintaining Operational Continuity 2.5 hours $89
Avian and Pandemic Flu: Awareness for the Public Health Professional 1.5 hours $89
Avian and Pandemic Flu: Preventive Measures: Maintaining Operational Continuity 2.5 hours $89
Avian and Pandemic Flu: Awareness for the Public Health Professional 1.5 hours $89
The Kentucky Terrorism Response and Preparedness (TRAP) program provides several courses, including two on Agroterrorism
(one at the introductory level, one at extension level), bioterrorism, chemical terrorism, and pediatric terrorism (recognition and treatment
(one at the introductory level, one at extension level), bioterrorism, chemical terrorism, and pediatric terrorism (recognition and treatment
of problems particularly affecting children).
Conference Materials
- Pandemic Influenza and the Public Survey findings by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
presentation for Institute of Medicine workshop: Modeling Community Containment for Pandemic Influenza. Oct 26, 2006 - The Role of Community Wide Mitigation Strategies in Pandemic Planning 2006 ASTHO Annual Meeting
- Proceedings of Avian Influenza: Preparation and Response Regional Workshop
many PowerPoint presentations and pdfs available. University of Albany School of Public Health, June 2005
- Update on Avian Flu Scott Dowell, MD CDC Dec 6, 2005 PowerPoint presentation