| ETIDE |
| TRAIN THE TRAINER |
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| Title: Specialist Training Module in Infectious Disease Emergencies |
| For |
| Nurses, Paramedics and other Health Care Workers |
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| Venue: National Institute for Infectious Diseases, ‘Lazzaro Spallanzani’, Rome, Italy |
| Day 1 |
| Time |
Subject |
Teachers |
Activity |
Topics to be covered |
| 08.30 |
Registration & Coffee |
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| 08.45 |
Induction to Università degli Studi di Padova & ETIDE objectives |
A. Zampieron
(ULSS 16) |
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| 09.00 |
Advanced Incident Management
(Session 1) |
N. Gent (HPA) |
Interactive group activity |
- Qualitative risk assessments
- Risk management
- Alerting mechanisms & chains of command
- Roles & responsibilities of internal & external agencies
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| 10.00 |
Bathroom break |
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| 10.05 |
Advanced Incident Management
(Session 2) |
N. Gent (HPA) |
Lecture, Interactive group discussions |
- Outbreak recognition & unusual clustering
- Sources of local & national epidemiological data
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| 11.15 |
Coffee break |
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| 11.30 |
Advanced Incident Management
(Session 3) |
N. Gent (HPA) |
Lecture – group presentations |
- Advance technical advice & national & international guidelines
- Management of surge capacity
- Business Continuity
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| 12.45 |
Lunch |
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| 13.30 |
Syndromic Presentation, Basic Clinical Management
(Session 1) |
M. Holmberg |
Lecture, Interactive discussions
Case study |
- Principles of safe triage & assessment
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| 14.30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 14.45 |
Syndromic Presentation, Basic Clinical Management
(Session 2) |
B. Circiumaru |
Lecture
Interactive discussions
Case study |
- Infections that may cause emergencies*
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| 16.30 |
Questions & Outline for Day 2 |
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| 17.00 |
End |
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| Day 2 |
| Time |
Subject |
Teachers |
Activity |
Topics to be covered |
| 08.45 |
Assemble & Coffee |
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| 09.00 |
Review day 1 |
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| 09.15 |
Syndromic Presentation, Basic Clinical Management
(Session
3) |
M. Holmberg |
Lecture, group discussion, case studies |
- Intro to Viral Haemorrhagic fevers*
- Syndromic presentation, modes of transmission, differential diagnosis, pre & post exposure prophylaxis, microbiological & instrumental tests
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| 11.15 |
Coffee break |
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| 11.30 |
Syndromic Presentation, Basic Clinical Management
(Session
4) |
B. Circiumaru |
Lecture, discussions, case studies |
- Intro to Pox viruses
- Intro to respiratory viruses (Influenza & SARS)
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| 12.45 |
Lunch |
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| 13.30 |
Case Study |
Barbara Bannister
Stefan Schilling |
Small Exercise |
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| 15.00 |
Coffee break |
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| 15.15 |
Case Study |
Barbara Bannister
Stefan Schilling |
Small Exercise |
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| 16.30 |
Questions & Outline for day 3 |
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| 17.00 |
End |
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| Day 3 |
| Time |
Subject |
Teachers |
Activity |
Topics to be covered |
| 08.45 |
Assemble & Coffee |
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| 09.00 |
Review day 2 |
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| 09.05 |
Principles of Infection Control & Transmission Prevention
(Session 1) |
A. Zampieron |
Lecture, Group discussion, Case studies |
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| 10.00 |
Coffee break |
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| 10.15 |
Principles of Infection Control & Transmission Prevention
(Session 2) |
A. Zampieron
G. De Carli
A. Baka |
Lecture & Case studies & Pratical exercises |
- Collective and individual methods for prevention of occupational infections
- Development of risk assessment
- Setting up clean & dirty areas
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| 12.45 |
Lunch |
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| 13.30 |
Psychological Effects |
R. Amlôt |
Lecture |
- Psychological impact of a biological incident on victims and health care professionals
- Psychosocial stress responses
- Overview of psychological & emotional factors on behaviour within specific groups*
- Interventions to mitigate negative impact of a biological incident
- Positive psychosocial impacts of an incident
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| 14.45 |
Coffee Break |
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| 15.00 |
Psychological Effects |
R. Amlôt |
Practical sessions |
- Putting theory into practise
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| 15.45 |
Communication Skills |
P. Dickmann |
Lecture & group activity |
Communication Strategy including:
- Development of ‘pre-event message content for a range of biological incidents & scenarios to reduce fear & avoid impact
- Importance of effective, reliable & clear communication with staff, victims & general public
- Interacting with appropriate agencies both internal & external
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| 16.30 |
Questions and Outline for day 4 |
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| 17.00 |
End of the day |
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Syndromic Presentation, Basic Clinical Management
Session 1: Agents to be covered:
- Anthrax, Plague, Tularemia, Meliodosis, Glanders, Botulism
Session 2: VHFs
- Lassa Fever, Ebola & Marburg, Hantavirus, Crimean Congo
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