Disaster Rounds
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. Sessions will be recorded when possible 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.
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. Sessions will be recorded when possible 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.
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Stories from the 2013 High River Hospital Evacuation and Floods - 12June2023
almost 2 years agoLise Brisebois-Blouin, Director of Rural Health for AHS, recounts her first-hand experiences evacuating the High River Hospital during the 2013 Southern Alberta floods.
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Lise Brisebois-Blouin, Director of Rural Health for AHS, recounts her first-hand experiences evacuating the High River Hospital during the 2013 Southern Alberta floods.
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Explosive Hazards, Hospitals, and Law Enforcement - 6May2022
almost 2 years agoSgt. 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?
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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?
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A Comparison of Canadian and US Healthcare Disaster Management Practices - 5May2022
almost 2 years agoHealthcare 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?
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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?
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The Columbia Icefields Mass Casualty Incident - 4May2022
almost 2 years agoDr. 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.
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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.
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Supporting Hospital Operations During the Atmospheric River - 3May2024
almost 2 years agoWhat 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.
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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.
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Humanitarian Relief - It's Not Always What You Think - 2May2022
almost 2 years agoWhat 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.
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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.
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