About CREST

The Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center at the University of Arizona and the Center for Disaster Medicine within the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico (UNM), the Border Epidemiology and Environmental Health Center at New Mexico State University (NMSU) have created the Critical Response and Emergency Systems Training (CREST) program through a cooperative agreement with ASPR.  The goals of CREST are to equip the healthcare professional workforce in the States of Arizona and New Mexico 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
 
CREST 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 CREST course have included professionals from:
 
  • nursing
  • medicine
  • EMS
  • mental health
  • pediatrics
  • dentistry
  • pharmacy
  • veterinary medicine
  • allied health
  • public health
  • emergency management
  • law enforcement
  • health administration