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Maine Health Alerts

State Emergency Software Applications:

  • HAN (Maine health Alert network)
  • WEBEOC (web based, local, county/state emergency operations center)
  • EM Resource (Statewide Hospital Status-test version)
  • Maine Responds(Maine Emergency Volunteer Registry Portal)
Our mission:
To protect the health and lives of people in Maine by strengthening the ability of health agencies and partner organizations in Southern Maine to detect, contain and manage public health threats and emergencies.

Maine CDC Emergency Consultation and Disease Reporting Hotline
1-800-821-5821

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Emergency Preparedness Monthly
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Lessons from the Front Lines (Lessons from H1N1 by the Trust for Americas Health) click..

Interim Recommendations for Facemask and Respirator Use to Reduce Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Transmission click..

CDC's Emergency Operations Center video

News archive, click..

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Haiti Quake Information(click)

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H1N1 (Flu) Information

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  1. SMRRC Weekly H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) Situation update (click date)
  2. 9/17
    9/24
    10/1
    10/16
    10/19
    10/23
    10/30
    11/06
    11/20
    12/08
    12/31
  3. Maine Public Information hotline for Swine Flu: 1-888-257-0990
  4. Maine CDC Emergency Healthcare Professional (only) Hotline 1-800-821-5821
  5. State of Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) Swine Flu infomation
  6. Public and School Influenza Vaccine Clinic Calendar
  7. World Health Organization (WHO) Swine Flu information
  8. The current WHO phase of pandemic alert is 6
  9. Flu Tracker map of all cases
  10. Facemask and Respirator use
  11. Tools and Resources for Influenza Preparedness
  12. New swine flu informational poster
  13. US DHHS proposal to finance the administration of H1N1 vaccine
  14. More information on flu and swine flu
  15. Agenda, Presentations & Handouts from 8/20/09 Maine #H1N1 Summit - Maine CDC, DHHS
  16. Our School-Based Vaccine clinic tool kit
  17. US Centers for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC) Swine Flu information
  18. Map to track H1N1 cases on higher education campuses
  19. Graph of 1957 Pandemic Flu Deaths
    What you can do:
  1. What you can do to prevent getting the Flu
  2. Interim Guidance on Antiviral Recommendations for Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection and Close Contacts

Maine Emergency Preparedness Conference 2010

With Keynote: Steve Cantrill, MD, FACEP
Denver Health Medical Center

When: APRIL 12
Time:
7:30 AM—4:00 PM
Where: AUGUSTA CIVIC CENTER
Description: optimizing: Medical surge management, Creation and operation of alternate care sites (ACS), Choosing and configuring an optimal site, Selecting operational and clinical care staff. Deploying volunteers at an ACS. Implementation of Crisis Standards of Care. EMS integration into the health system response
Flyer: Registration and Flyer

 


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Understanding the role for public health and health care practitioners

Sponsors:

New england alliance for public health workforce development,
Date: April 7, 2010
Location: Maple Hill Farm, Hallowell, ME
Agenda and Registration Information to follow
More Information:
Flyer
Contact: Karen O’ Rourke


Public Information Officer (PIO) Awareness Training (G289)

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When: Saturday March 27th 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Lincoln County Communications Building
Description: Awareness to the concepts underlying the PIO role. Provide basic understanding of the PIO funciton for those new to the position. It is also a prerequisite for more advanced training to the mastery level of public information careers.
Target Audience: Individuals who have public information responsibilities as their main job or as an auxilary functions at the state, tribal, or local level of government. Secondary audience for individuals who would benefit from a general understanding of the emergency public information function. This includes elected or other officials with responsibilties working with PIOs or news media during an incident.
More information:Flyer
Registration: Lincoln County Emergency Management, 207-882-7559, email: kim902@co.lincoln.me.us or fax 207-882-7550. Deadline for registration is March 20th.


2nd Annual Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference


When: April 29-30, 2010
Location: Augusta Civic Center
Registration: http://www.regonline.com/meprepares2010
Space is limited, so please register early.  Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email with additional information.
Sponsors: Maine Association of Emergency Managers (MALEM), State Emergency Response Commission(SERC), Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)


Dr Matt Sholls MD Slide Presentation on Mitigation, treatment, PPE, Social Distancing, Surge Prevention/Surge Response Presented at the Freeport, Hilton Garden Inn, 10/7/09


Dr. Paul Biddinger's presentation from our July 8, 2008 "Local Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness: A Tabletop Exercise for Sagadahoc County & Neighboring Communities."

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