CBDE: Preparedness for Health First Responders

Self-paced, online.

When a deliberate use of chemical or biological agents against a human population occurs, health care professionals and public health personnel are directly involved in the response’s organization, management, and implementation. They have an essential role at many levels in allowing rapid detection, adequate management, and limitation of the health impact of chemical or biological deliberate events, or “CBDE”. This 3-hour course aims to provide them with basic training on managing and responding to a CBDE by looking at it from a health first-responder angle. It is complementary to the CBDE Level 1 and Level 3 courses but can also be taken independently.

Overview:

Health care professionals are certain to be among the key personnel in responding to a deliberate use of chemical or biological agents against a human population. It is consequently vitally necessary that those personnel who may be affected by such use gain a basic understanding of their nature and of the principles of how to respond. Similarly, a chemical or biological deliberate event, or “CBDE” for short, would place exceptional strain on the public health sector; thus, public health personnel also need to have a basic understanding of how to manage an effective public health response to CBDE. As the United Nations’ public health agency, WHO has an important role to play in the global public health response to, preparedness and readiness for events involving possible deliberate use of biological and chemical hazards. That is why the Biosecurity and Health Security Protection Unit has developed this online training on basic knowledge in managing the consequences of a Chemical and Biological Deliberate Event for all health professionals worldwide. The course comprises an introduction, four modules and a final evaluation covering an overview of how to manage the consequences of a Chemical and Biological Deliberate Event as an health professional.

Learning objectives:

By the end of this course, you will:

  • Recognise the nature of a deliberate event (vs. a natural or accidental one),
  • Detect and manage it at first-responder level,
  • Classify and distinguish chemical and biological agents and their routes of exposure,
  • Describe the legal framework on Chemical and Biological Warfare,
  • Organise of a complete medical path for chemical and biological casualties.

General Information

Date: Self-paced

Location: online

For more information and detailed program visit the website.


Published in GI-Mail 04/2024 (English edition).

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