ERHMS Info Manager™ User Guide Version 1.0 [2017]

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance Info Manager user guide
• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Shugart, Jill M. ; McGarvey, A. ; Williams, S. ; Dowell, Chad H.
• Description:
  The collapse of the World Trade Center and the subsequent persistent and complex health problems experienced by the emergency responders illustrated the need for improved health monitoring and surveillance of emergency responders. As a result, a multi-agency task force was created to address the problem. This task force worked with the U.S. National Response Team (NRT) to develop the Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance(TM) [ERHMS(TM)] Technical Assistance Document (TAD). The TAD details best practices and contains tools, examples, and forms that have been used by various agencies when responding to incidents. The TAD is available at https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/erhms. ERHMS(TM) is a framework designed to help protect emergency responders throughout the pre-deployment, deployment, and post-deployment phases of a response. The intent of medical monitoring and surveillance of emergency response and recovery workers is to identify exposures and signs and symptoms early in the course of an emergency response to prevent or mitigate adverse physical and psychological outcomes and also to ensure workers maintain their ability to respond effectively and are not harmed in the course of their work. Monitoring and ongoing assessment can help determine whether protective measures are adequately being provided to the workforce and are sufficient to prevent or reduce harmful exposures to workers. Data collected during the pre-, during-, and post-deployment phases will also help to identify which responders would benefit from medical referral and possible enrollment in a long-term health surveillance program. To obtain a copy of a previous version of this communication product please contact CDC Info 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) - TTY: 1-888-232-6348 - cdc.gov/info. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Databases As Topic Data Interpretation, Statistical Emergencies Emergency Responders Epidemiologic Methods Hazardous Substances Information Management Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Public Health Informatics Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks Software Statistics As Topic

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• Keywords:
  World Trade Center; WTC; Emergency responders; Surveillance programs; Emergency response; Emergency management; Computer software
• Source:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-169, 2017 Jul; :1-43
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Handbooks
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EPRO - Emergency Preparedness and Response Office ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  48 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050097
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2017-102706
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c7deb93b466f74ab7dccb6030d84e9cc763ff473f65d95dc41b8617739caa5cd435b0781c0929aa3c3347dc039b5ff81977c57ab9f9cb34a6266a7a4d8496a3c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46843/cdc_46843_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.87 MB ]