About The Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center (AEMRC) Preparedness Training Program

The Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center at the University of Arizona developed the Preparedness Training program to continue the goals of CREST once it's BTCDP grant ended. The goals remain to equip the healthcare professional workforce in the state of Arizona and nation wide to

  • Recognize indications of a terrorist event
  • Identify acute care needs of patients in a safe & appropriate manner
  • Participate in a coordinated multidisciplinary response to manage public health emergencies
  • Assess & effectively alert the public health system of such an event
 
AEMRC Preparedness Training will deliver courses and activities that have been selected to incorporate these goals. The courses are presented by qualified health professionals with special training and knowledge regarding emergency preparedness and response.
 
Participants in our Preparedness Training courses have included professionals from:
 
  • nursing
  • medicine
  • EMS
  • mental health
  • pediatrics
  • dentistry
  • pharmacy
  • veterinary medicine
  • allied health
  • public health
  • emergency management
  • law enforcement
  • health administration