Disaster Rounds is a recurring educational Lunch-n-Learn event featuring medical leaders, operational leaders, and subject matter experts from across Canada sharing their knowledge and expertise regarding healthcare disasters and their management.
Sessions are available to anyone, are held virtually, and are approximately 1 hour long. All sessions will be recorded and made available for review.
Disaster Rounds is managed by the AHS Emergency Disaster Management team, supported by AHS Communications, and sponsored by the Executive Director of AHS Emergency Disaster Management.
Register for upcoming events or view past events below!
Disaster Rounds is a recurring educational Lunch-n-Learn event featuring medical leaders, operational leaders, and subject matter experts from across Canada sharing their knowledge and expertise regarding healthcare disasters and their management.
Sessions are available to anyone, are held virtually, and are approximately 1 hour long. All sessions will be recorded and made available for review.
Disaster Rounds is managed by the AHS Emergency Disaster Management team, supported by AHS Communications, and sponsored by the Executive Director of AHS Emergency Disaster Management.
Register for upcoming events or view past events below!
Sgt. Katherine Severson brings over 25 years of experience in Law Enforcement and emergency management, and discusses a case study involving a bomb threat which impacted a major trauma center. What planning myths persist regarding explosives and law enforcement actions? Is evacuation always the right call?
Healthcare Disaster Manager Shannan Saunders discusses disaster case studies and her experiences working in hospitals in Ontario and New York. What similarities and differences are there between these two very different Healthcare systems? What can we learn from the US experience to help us be more prepared?
Dr. Josh Bezanson, Dr. Kevin Lobay, and first-on-scene Paramedic Mackenzie Wardle discuss learnings from this remote, isolated, and logistically challenging mass casualty incident which resulted in three fatalities and 21 patients requiring transport.
What happens when your hospital is surrounded by landslides and flooding, and you need to keep providing care? Scott Blessin and Sean McCune discuss their experiences supporting hospital operations, despite major supply routes being destroyed and ongoing flooding and landslides.
What lessons from providing medical and humanitarian aid during an international War disaster are applicable to Canadian Healthcare? Dr. Daniel Kollek, director of the Centre for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness (CEEP), participated in a humanitarian mission to support those impacted by the War in Ukraine and discusses his experiences and learnings.
