CSEPP Training Courses

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Agent Characteristics and Toxicology First Aid and Special Treatment (ACT FAST) Version II

This 8-hour course is designed to prepare emergency medical personnel to recognize and provide first response treatment to persons accidentally exposed to nerve and blister agents. The objective of this training program is to prepare participants to respond to an off-installation scene involving an accidental release of one or more chemical agents (nerve agents, such as VX, GA, GB; and blister agents, such as sulfur mustard).

Participants will be able to

• describe the initial first-aid treatment for patients of nerve agents;
• describe the initial first-aid treatment for patients of blister agents;
• describe the potential hazards of nerve agents: what they are, potential route of exposure, and how they work;
• describe the potential hazards of blister agents: what they are, potential route of exposure, and how they work;
• identify the signs and symptoms of nerve agents; and
• identify the signs and symptoms of blister agents.

This course is designed to prepare participants to respond to an emergency situation involving an accidental release of nerve or blister agent. The focus is prehospital treatment-providing treatment at the scene and dsuring transportation to the hospital. Although anyone who performs emergency medical duties can use the information provided in this course, it is especially designed to meet the needs of those who are likely to be the first on scene: emergency medical technicians, police, fire department personnel, paramedics, ambulance operators, or nurses.

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Chemical Awareness for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program

This 8-hour course is designed to familiarize participants with

• the chemical stockpile and its components,
• the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP),
• the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP).

Participants will be able to describe

• the types of chemical agents stored in their vicinity,
• the major emergency planning steps to protect them in the event of a chemical accident,
• how to avoid exposure to chemical agents (vapor),
• the effects of weather and terrain on the movement of chemical agents.

This course is designed for people engaged in planning for emergency response in the event of a chemical agent incident.

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Response Phase Decontamination for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program

Decontamination should be considered an integral part of the necessary planning for emergency response, Adherence to the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program's (CSEPP) response phase decontamination guidelines will reduce the potential for injury and save lives during the emergency response phase immediately following a significant agent release. Decontamination (decon) of people exposed to a chemical agent must begin in the first stages of response, possible concurrently with the implementation of protective actions.

Independent modules (each requiring 1 to 2 hours) have been developed covering performing self- and buddy-decon, decon station procedures, decon by emergency medical personnel, and a planner's checklist for use in planning for decon within the CSEPP's framework. This course is designed to be presented as a independent course or as part of the Agent Characteristics and Toxicology First Aid and Special Treatment (ACT FAST) course.

This course is designed to prepare personnel (decon station personnel or emergency medical personnel) to perform the functions of response phase decontamination for the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program.

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Personal Protective Equipment

This course is largely based on the detailed literature provided by the U.S. Army and respirator manufacturers in training Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program participants on personal protective equipment.

Participants will be able to

• protect themselves from contamination by donning personal protective equipment;
• remove potentially contaminated personal protective equipment without contaminating themselves;
• recognize the limitations of personal protective equipment;
• know when and how to use chemical detector kits; and
• know their State laws and local work rules, policies and procedures, as well as those established by the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program.

Targeted to emergency response personnel responding to a chemical warfare agent accidental release, this course is designed to be presented as a independent course or as part of the Agent Characteristics and Toxicology First Aid and Special Treatment (ACT FAST) course.

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Use of Auto-Injectors by Civilian Emergency Medical Personnel to Treat Civilians Exposed to Nerve Agent

This 3-hour course is designed to prepare participants to

• identify antidotes to be administered in the event of nerve agent exposure,
• identify the conditions under which antidote auto-injectors should be used,
• demonstrate the use of the antidote auto-injectors, and
• recognize adverse reactions to the use of the antidotes.

This course is designed to be presented as a independent course or as part of the Agent Characteristics and Toxicology First Aid and Special Treatment (ACT FAST) course. It is also designed to prepare those persons (emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and nurses) called upon to respond to an emergency situation involving an accidental release of nerve or blister agent who are allowed, under pertinent State laws and regulations, to administer drugs

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