The Ministry of Health, Wellness, Social Transformation and the Environment in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recently completed a Mass Casualty Management Training Programme.
Fifty persons to include, Doctors, Nurses, Police, Fire Officers, Defence Force Soldiers and Navy, Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians and Emergency Medical Technicians, Officers attached to the National Officer of Disaster Services, Antigua Barbuda Airport Authority, Antigua Port Authority and other departments within the Ministry of Health and the government.
The training, which lasted a period of 6 days was facilitated by Peter Burgess of PAHO. It focused on areas such as planning for mass casualty incidents, the alert process, scene assessment and reporting, field organization, communication techniques, different stages of triage, an overview of the Incident Command System (ICS) and Psychological First Aid (PFA).
In addition to the theoretical part of the course, a practical component was also involved. The persons who successfully passed the course will be provided with a Mass Casualty Management certificate from PAHO which will be valid for three years.
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