Since last year, the R7DHRE Chemical Specialty Team has updated the number of Hazardous Materials Guidelines available. They have now produced 20 for anyone to access.

Learn more: https://www.regionviidhre.com/chemical-resources

There are 4 modules to the DASH tool.

-Hospital Pharmacy Module

-Personal Protective Equipment Module

-Burn Supply Module

-Trauma Supply Module

To learn more about the DASH tool and try it out, visit https://dashtool.org/

There are 24 states covered by a Regional Disaster Health Response System.

Region 1: 6 states

Region 4: 8 states

Region 7: 4 states

Region 8: 6 states

Learn more about the different RDHRS sites on our About page.

National Preparedness Month has been recognized every September since 2004. The initiative is managed and sponsored by FEMA's Ready Campaign in conjunction with the Ad Council and aims to educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to all types of emergencies.

Visit the National Preparedness Month website to find great resources of how you can be more prepared for emergencies.

The R7DHRE currently has 7 specialty teams:

• Behavioral health

• Biological

• Burn

• Chemical

• Pediatrics

• Radiological

• Trauma

Visit our specialty team site to learn more about these teams and the resources they offer.

https://www.regionviidhre.com/specialty-teams

The R7DHRE puts on educational/training webinars frequently that cover a wide range of topics. We aim to make these webinars available for viewing at any time. Currently, there are 29 webinars on the R7DHRE website.

Find them here: Webinars — Region VII Disaster Health Ecosystem (regionviidhre.com)

According to the American College of Surgeons (the entity that certifies trauma centers nationally), there are 16 level I trauma centers located in the 4 states that make up region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE). Visit the ACS trauma page, to learn more about what it takes to qualify as a trauma center, and to find the trauma center closest to you. The R7DHRE Trauma team's page is also a great place to find more resources.

The R7DHRE was created as a demonstration site by the US Department of Health and Human Services in 2018 as one of two grants to develop a regional preparedness, all-hazards health system that utilizes healthcare coalitions and teams from a diverse group of partners.

Find out more about the history of the R7DHRE by visiting our website , reading our annual reports, and more. You can also visit the ASPR website to learn more about the regional disaster health response systems.

5. According to the HHS Incident/Event Tracker, there are currently 5 incidents/events active in the US and its territories. These events range from the Maui wildfire recover to the more recent Change Health cyberattack. The tracker can be found on the R7DHRE website in the "Situational Awareness" section of the "Resources" page.

9. Burn Center verification provides a true mark of distinction for a burn center. Verification is an indicator to government, third-party payers, patients, families, and accreditation organizations, that the center provides high-quality patient care to burn patients from the time of injury through rehabilitation.

RESOURCES

R7DHRE Burn Resources

ABA Burn Center Locator

Approx 150,000. The HHS emPOWER Map provides a monthly updated de-identified total at the national, state, territory, county, and ZIP Code levels for Medicare beneficiaries that are currently enrolled in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service Medicare Fee-For-Service (Parts A/B) or Medicare Advantage (Part C). The map also provides a monthly updated total for the number of Medicare beneficiaries who have had an administrative claim for one or more types of electricity-dependent durable medical and assistive equipment (DME) and devices, as well as at-risk combinations data for those who rely on a certain essential health care service(s) and any electricity-dependent DME and devices.

RESOURCES

R7DHRE Resource Planning Tools

The Chemical Specialty Team has been hard at work creating hazardous material guidelines for our partners to access. We currently have 10 guidelines and you can check them out on the Chemical Resources page of our website by clicking the button below.

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