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Courses for School Nurses

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  1. Virtual School Nurse and EMS Learning Project. By University of New Mexico EMSC Targeted Issues grantee, this course primarily targets school nurses and includes 12 modules: emergency preparedness, EMS continuum of care, school emergency preparedness, assessment and triage, airway management, emergency care of the spine, musculoskeletal emergency care, assessment, and two scenario-based modules.
  2. Virtual School Nurse Behavioral Health Emergencies. By University of New Mexico EMSC Targeted Issues grantee, this course primarily targets school nurses and includes two completed modules: Helpless to Hopeful: Teen Suicide and Depression and Impaired to Improved: Teen Alcohol and Substance Abuse, as well as two forthcoming modules: Confused to Coping: Youth Adjustment and Conduct Disorders and Rage to Resourceful: Youth Interpersonal Violence and Abuse.
  3. Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Courses for Healthcare Professionals. By Tennessee EMSC, this course include six modules targeting healthcare professions: Children with Special Needs: Considerations for Healthcare Professionals; Disaster Preparedness for Schools; Preparing for Explosion and Blast injuries; Responding to Bioterrorism; Responding to Chemical Incidents; and Responding to Radiation Disasters
  4. Pediatric Disaster Planning and Preparedness. By the EMSC National Resource Center, this course primarily targets emergency management officials, EMS responders, hospital personnel, and school management personnel, and includes five modules: Why Disaster Planning for Children Is Needed; Accessing Community Risk for Disasters Involving Children; Preparing the Community for Disasters Involving Children; Responding to Disasters Involving Children (Assessment/Triage); and Responding to Disasters Involving Children (Resuscitation/Treatment.)

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