Utilizing the Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance System to Prepare for and Respond to Emergencies

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• Personal Author:
  Shugart, J. M.
• Description:
  In order to ensure workers can respond safely and effectively to future emergencies, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) collaborated with federal agencies, state health departments, and unions to create the Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance (ERHMS) System. ERHMS is a framework that allows an organization to monitor the health and safety of emergency responders throughout the predeployment, deployment, and postdeployment phases of a response. The goal of ERHMS is to prevent short- and long-term illness and injury in emergency responders. Traditional groups of workers that typically respond to emergencies include police, fire, emergency medical personnel, and construction and utility workers, but can also include environmental health specialists, industrial hygienists, mental health professionals, and other public health personnel and volunteers. ... In order to increase an organizations' ability to implement and adopt ERHMS, NIOSH has recently developed ERHMS Info Manager, a free, custom-built software product that uses Epi Info for all calculations and analyses. This product allows for the collection of data as outlined in ERHMS throughout all three phases of a response. ... With an increase in emerging threats over the past several years and a high demand for environmental public health and safety professionals to respond, it is imperative that we continue to train our workers to prepare for and respond to emergencies. Without a trained, well-equipped, and healthy workforce, we cannot overcome future threats. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Disaster Planning Emergencies Emergency Responders Firefighters Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Health Promotion Law Enforcement Occupational Health Safety Software Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Computer Applications Computer Programs Computer Software Data Processing Disaster Planning Disaster Response Emergency Management Emergency Preparedness Emergency Response Fire Fighters Health Programs Industrial Hygienists Medical Monitoring Medical Personnel Monitoring Systems Police Officers Rescue Workers Surveillance Programs Training Workforce Development

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• ISSN:
  0022-0892
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EPRO - Emergency Preparedness and Response Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  44-46
• Volume:
  80
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050855
• Citation:
  J Environ Health 2017 Nov; 80(4):44-46
• Contact Point Address:
  Jill M. Shugart, Emergency Preparedness and Response Office, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E-20, Atlanta, GA 30329
• Email:
  jshugart@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Environmental Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f91b9070cef91277916e6ec6a602278551aba454b1465eb77cb696de140a4c4f005da38737dbaea2b0a27e91091eb67d9a568cd519f103f8303dacffabf7ad6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211054/cdc_211054_DS1.pdf
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