Training Opportunity: Medical Response Workshop: Unified Regional Response to a Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack

Sent on behalf of the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission (SETRPC) and the Borders, Trade, and Immigration (BTI) Institute (a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence) .

You are invited to attend the Medical Response WorkshopUnified Regional Response to a Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack  (CCTA), hosted by the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission (SETRPC) and the Borders, Trade, and Immigration (BTI) Institute (a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence)  on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 26-27, 2018, at Lamar University’s Montagne Center, 4400 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Beaumont, Texas. Check in starts at 7:30 am.

This two-day workshop focuses on the Medical Response to mass shootings and Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks.  Invited speakers include Incident Commanders, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), Paramedics, emergency room and hospital staff, and medical response leaders involved in recent high-profile mass shootings and CCTA incidents (San Bernardino Terrorist Attack; Las Vegas Music Festival Shootings, Dallas Police Shootings, Aurora Theater Shootings, the Sutherland Springs Church Shootings, and more)  to share their experiences, discuss the challenges they faced, and identify best practices and lessons learned from those events.  These best practices, as well as recommendations compiled from incident after action reviews, Department of Justice publications, and Department of Homeland Security doctrine, will be used as a baseline for developing plans, synchronization matrices, training tools and the creation of technological solutions to better prepare first responders nation-wide.

  • Day 1 of the workshop will include presentations on Lessons Learned for first responders and hospital personnel who led the medical response in the aftermath of CCTAs and Active Shooter incidents.  Participants will hear first-hand from Incident Commanders, EMTs, Paramedics, hospital personnel and Fire Services personnel regarding their experiences, challenges, the lessons learned in the midst of response efforts.
  • Day 2 of the workshop is focused on developing planning tools and techniques to address medical response concerns in organization, plans, policies, procedures, equipment, and training and exercises, and lists of recommended actions for officers to prepare for CCTAs and active shooter incidents.     

Registration:  In order to ensure sufficient space for attendance, we ask that all participants register in advance. There is no charge for registration. Please do so as soon as possible.  Our first CCTA Workshop for Public Information Officers reached maximum capacity 45 days prior to the scheduled date. Click on to REGISTER

Future Workshops. This Medical Response WorkshopUnified Regional Response to a Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack  (CCTA),is the third in a series addressing functional areas to prepare for a Unified Regional Response to Coordinated Complex Terrorist Attacks.  These workshops, scheduled for the Spring-Summer 2018, are hosted by the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission are made possible through a grant provided by the Department of Homeland Security. Other workshops will focus on Operational Communications, Tactical Response, Intelligence, and Victim and Family Services.  For more information on future workshops, dates, and registration, click on to www.uh.edu/bti/ccta.

 Information.  For more information, contact me directly at 713.743.1676 or at KClement@uh.edu Please feel free to forward this invitation to other EMTs, hospital staff and administrators, and other medical services personnel in your region.

Respectfully,
Kevin

Kevin M. Clement

Project Lead

Unified Regional Response to a Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack

The University of Houston

(713) 743-1676 | (512) 626-5413| kclement@central.uh.edu