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. 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.
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.
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The System is Down: Lessons from a Provincial Healthcare Network Outage - May 15, 2024
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Coming Home After Disaster: Environmental Public Health Considerations in Reentry Planning - May 14, 2024
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Learning from a Residential House Explosion Mass Casualty Incident - May 9, 2024
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Crossover Conditions - The Intersection of Wildfire and Healthcare Facilities - 6May2024
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Megan Cox and Crystal Browne discuss their experiences during the multiple evacuations of Edson Hospital and Continuing Care patients during the severe 2023 Wildfire Season. This complex set of evacuations was compounded by multiple community evacuations, and took place during larger scale healthcare system and facility evacuations throughout the province.
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Ethical Considerations in Hospital Evacuations - 28Feb2024
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Cultural Safety in Reception Centres - A Health Perspective - 11Jan2024
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Developing a Hospital Evacuation Toolkit - 20December2023
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The Papal Visit - A Behind the Scenes Perspective - 19June2023
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Stories from the 2013 High River Hospital Evacuation and Floods - 12June2023
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Explosive Hazards, Hospitals, and Law Enforcement - 6May2022
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