Mountain Plains Regional Disaster Health Response System

MPRDHRS is a collaborative effort, housed at Denver Health & Hospital Authority, in partnership with HHS Region VIII: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, funded by the Administration of Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) to improve medical surge and clinical specialty capabilities during an emergency and save lives.

BUILD

Build a disaster network, establish and operationalize a partnership for Denver Health Response

ALIGN

Align plans, policies, processes and procedures related to clinical excellence in disasters

INCREASE

Increase statewide and regional medical surge capacity

IMPROVE

Improve statewide and regional situational awareness

DEVELOP

Develop readiness metrics and conduct an exercise to test capabilities

COORDINATE

Implementation, managing incidents, HIMS Unites real-time with hospital incident command system

Program Capabilities

BUILD

Build a disaster network, establish and operationalize a partnership for Disaster Health Response

ALIGN

Align plans, policies, processes and procedures related to clinical excellence in disasters

IMPROVE

Improve statewide and regional situational awareness

INCREASE

Increase statewide and regional medical surge capacity

DEVELOP

Develop readiness metrics and conduct an exercise to test capabilities

Updates

MPRDHRS Medical Advisory Panel

The Mountain Plains Regional Disaster Health System Medical Advisory Panel (MPRDHRS MAP) provided expert guidance and supported an informative webinar on August 29th 2024, in response to the ongoing blood culture bottle shortage impacting healthcare facilities that utilize the Becton Dickinson (BD) bottle. Dr. Anuj Mehta and Dr. Matt Wynia have written an opinion piece on what can be learned from this shortage in MedPage here: What Can We Learn From Blood Culture Bottle Shortage? | MedPage Today

The webinar recording can be accessed here and the guidance can be viewed here: Microsoft Word – MPRDHRS MAP blood culture interim guidance (mountainplainsrdhrs.org)

JIT Learning Series | Introduction to Explosives and Incendiaries

Dr. Jacob Nacht, Emergency Physician and Medical Director for the Denver Health Paramedics, discusses the difference between incendiaries and explosives, and key considerations for patients with resulting injuries from these agents. The module can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/dQyiEMlYjOg

JIT Learning Series | Management of the Patient Exposed to Hantavirus

Dr. Gavin Harris, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University, provides a background on hantaviruses and reviews the clinical case definition, diagnostics, and management of New World hantaviruses. The module can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/bRfYn-Gv5O4

JIT Learning Series | Introduction to Airway Management in a Disaster Setting

Dr. Anna Neumeier of Denver Health discusses the essentials of airway management. The module can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/PJreLPm-ESg

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