Team Meetings:

Team meetings are held at the DMAT Headquarters 25601 Ft. Meigs Rd. Suite A. (See map overview and map closeup). Meetings begin at 7PM and usually end by 9PM. The meeting dates for 2005 are as follows: (as always, you can call the DMAT Information Hotline for the latest updates of team activities, deployments, training, meeting times and locations and current happenings: (419) 383-5163

Fiscal Year 2005 (Oct 2004 - Sept 2005) Training Schedule

Meeting schedule 2005

January 20

February 16

March 17
FIRST ON
CALL TEAM

April 20

May19

 

June 15
FIRST ON
CALL TEAM

July 21

August 17



September 15

October 19
FIRST ON
CALL TEAM

November 17

No December meeting

 

NDMS Response Teams Training Program (NON-MEDICAL) - Must also be completed as part of the MEDICAL program:

Be sure to visit the NDMS Teams Training Site to view the NDMS Response Teams Training Program in it's entirety. NDMS.UMBC.EDU. Here you'll find the official NDMS team training modules. These modules have also been provided here as a courtesy to the DMAT community and others who work with the DMAT community. If you are a DMAT team member, you must visit the official site and take the assessment tests in order to have your participation in the training program on record. These copies of the materials at the national site are not official and do not replace you completing the modules there to meet your federal team training requirements. For those non-DMAT members, viewing the training curriculum should give you an idea of the level of knowlege expected of the DMAT member (you must have Quicktime and Adobe Acrobat installed on your system to view these training movies). www.quicktime.com www.adobe.com

Program Introduction:

Unit 1: Introduction to NDMS

Unit 2: Preparing for deployment

Unit 3 - Establishing the Base of Operations

Unit 4 - Disaster Health

Unit 9 - Salt Lake City Preparedness

Session 1 - Cultural Awareness (Moles, Bissel, Hsu-Trawinski, Pratt)

 

NDMS Response Teams Training Program (MEDICAL) - Includes all of the NON-MEDICAL courses in addition to these:

Be sure to visit the NDMS Teams Training Site to view the NDMS Response Teams Training Program in it's entirety. NDMS.UMBC.EDU. Here you'll find the official NDMS team training modules. These modules have also been provided here as a courtesy to the DMAT community and others who work with the DMAT community. If you are a DMAT team member, you must visit the official site and take the assessment tests in order to have your participation in the training program on record. These copies of the materials at the national site are not official and do not replace you completing the modules there to meet your federal team training requirements. For those non-DMAT members, viewing the training curriculum should give you an idea of the level of knowlege expected of the DMAT member (you must have Quicktime and Adobe Acrobat installed on your system to view these training movies). www.quicktime.com www.adobe.com

Unit 5 - Trauma / Injuries

Unit 6 - Special Issues in Disaster Care

Unit 7 - Special Therapeutic Intervention

Unit 8- Disaster issues in public health

 

NDMS Response Teams Training Program (VMAT) :

Be sure to visit the NDMS Teams Training Site to view the NDMS Response Teams Training Program in it's entirety. NDMS.UMBC.EDU. Here you'll find the official NDMS team training modules. These modules have also been provided here as a courtesy to the DMAT community and others who work with the DMAT community. If you are a DMAT team member, you must visit the official site and take the assessment tests in order to have your participation in the training program on record. These copies of the materials at the national site are not official and do not replace you completing the modules there to meet your federal team training requirements. For those non-DMAT members, viewing the training curriculum should give you an idea of the level of knowlege expected of the DMAT member (you must have Quicktime and Adobe Acrobat installed on your system to view these training movies). www.quicktime.com www.adobe.com


Curriculum Listing:

  • Veterinary Issues in Disasters (coming soon)
  • VMAT Command and Control Responsibilities (coming soon)
  • VMAT Incident Objectives (coming soon)
  • Dealing with Grief: Yours and the Victims (coming soon)
  • GPS and Map Reading (coming soon)
  • Resource Management, Tasking and Logistics (coming soon)
  • 24 hours at a disaster: A Time Frame of Things to be Completed (coming soon)
  • Public Health Issues in a Disaster Response (coming soon)
  • Disaster Site Evaluation (coming soon)
  • Epidemiology and Assessment Techniques (coming soon)
  • Animals and HAZMAT: What you need to know (coming soon)
  • Tissue, Blood and Fluid Sampling Techniques (coming soon)
  • Dead Animal Disposal (coming soon)
  • Assessment and Field Accumulation of Information (coming soon)
  • After Action Reports and Other Documentation (coming soon)
  • Exit Strategy of Sustainable Disaster Relief (coming soon)
  • Foreign Animal Diseases: Identification, Transmission and Reporting (coming soon)
  • Common Bioterrorism Agents and Their Effects on Animals (coming soon)
  • Infectious Disease Management (coming soon)
  • Zoonosis and Zoonotic Diseases (coming soon)
  • Wildlife Handling and Treatment (coming soon)
  • Additional Wildlife Courses (coming soon)
  • Large Animal Issues (coming soon)
  • Companion Animal Issues (coming soon)
  • Immobilization and Remote Drug Delivery Systems (coming soon)
  • Animal Handling: Capture, Restraint, Transport (coming soon)
  • Small Animal First Aid (coming soon)
  • Large Animal First Aid (coming soon)
  • Shock (coming soon)
  • Bandaging, Casting and Splinting Basics (coming soon)
  • Wound Care (coming soon)
  • Emergency Venous Access (Wingfield)
  • Fluid Resuscitation (Wingfield) Part 1,   Part 2,   Part 3
  • Euthanasia (coming soon)
  • Advanced Triage (coming soon)
  • Thoracic and Abdominal Injuries (coming soon)
  • Brain and Spinal Injuries (coming soon)
  • Blast and Crush Injuries (coming soon)
  • Hyperthermia (coming soon)
  • Cold Exposure (coming soon)
  • Burn Management and Smoke Inhalation (coming soon)
  • Near Drowning (coming soon)
  • Basic Life Support in Small Animals Part 1,    Part 2

 

 

NDMS Response Teams Manual

This links to the NDMS Response Teams Manual that remains in development by NDMS. This manual details the DMATs, MST's and the Operational Structure that makes up NDMS. It consists of hundreds of pages. This is the most comprehensive document to date from NDMS describing the mission and function of the DMATs and NDMS & DMAT Operations.

NDMS Current Response Team Manual              NDMS Response Teams Manual- 1999 version

 

TADMAT Training Resources:

These resources were produced by the TADMAT. These may be used by anyone. Feel free to download these to utilize toward lectures and training for your own team. (you may need adobe acrobat to view some of these files.

TADMAT Modular Training Program:

TADMAT Modular Training Program (the model for National DMAT Team Training):
All documents are in Adobe Acrobat format.

Complete Manual

MOD_I.PDF - Disasters and the DMAT
MOD_II.PDF - Deploying, Living and Working in the Field Setting
MOD_III.PDF - Disaster Medicine Concepts
MOD_IV.PDF - Disaster Drill
MOD_V.PDF - Advanced Disaster Medicine
MOD_VI.PDF - Personal and Family Preparedness
MOD_VII.PDF - Multidisciplinary Skills Cross - Training

 

We hold an annual Spring & Fall Field Exercise.

 

Other Resources:

Dr. Erik Auf Der Heide's Book: Disaster Response - Principles of Preparation and Coordination

And you should probably also check the Center for Disaster Education & Research home page. A non-proffit organization started by some members of the TADMAT that has a large repository of disaster management training and informational resources.