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Grant Helps AMA Prepare Physicians In Disaster Response

Christine LehmannAuthors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric News
Volume 39, Number 19
https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.39.19.0390012a
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The AMA announced last month that it has received a large grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that will allow it to provide more comprehensive disaster-response training and at more sites.
The $1 million grant was presented by Matt Mayer, chief of staff of the department's Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, to James James, M.D., head of the AMA Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response.
“This grant represents a tremendous opportunity for the AMA to work to improve emergency response,” said James. “We need to be thinking of standardization and what is required in terms of basic skills and knowledge to make physicians and other responders better prepared to respond to disasters.”
The AMA will use the federal grant to expand its “Core Disaster Life Support” course, one of three courses in the AMA National Disaster Life Support program. The goal is to increase awareness of the basic skills, competencies, knowledge, and resources that are critical for a coordinated and effective local response effort.
The AMA curriculum covers manmade and natural disasters, traumatic and explosive events, nuclear and radiological weapon attacks, and biological events. Electronic versions of the courses will be developed to increase access for first responders in rural and underserved areas, the AMA noted.
Fourteen organizations including the AMA were awarded $34 million this year from the Department of Homeland Security. The grants are to help prepare the nation for a variety of possible terrorist attacks.
Information about the AMA Center for Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response is posted online at<www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/6206.html.>.▪

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The Department of Homeland Security gives the AMA a $1 million grant to expand its disaster training for medical professionals.

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