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Welcome to INVENT . THE ILLINOIS NURSE TEAM . The Illinois Nurse Team (INVENT) is a volunteer group of Registered Nurses (RNs) trained to provide nursing care during a state declared disaster or emergency situation. Examples of circumstances under which INVENT may be activated include; mass casualty incidents, mass immunization efforts, or local hospital surges.INVENT may also be activated to enhance an IMERT response, to staff field hospitals, to assist local health departments with post-exposure follow-up, and to assist with the Illinois Poison Control Disaster Hotline. Partnering with other agencies such as: IDPH, Emergency Medical Services for Children, IMERT, Emergency Nurses Associations, Illinois College of Emergency Physicians, and Illinois Poison Control, nurses from all backgrounds are pre-credentialed and provided with preparedness training. We are currently seeking RNs from all backgrounds and specialty areas to join INVENT.
HAITIAN RELIEF EFFORTSThere are no plans to deploy to Haiti at this time. One immediate way to help is through monetary donation. However, be careful how you do so. We will continue send out updates through e-mail and post on our Facebook Page. If you have not received an e-mail from the IMERT-INVENT office in the past week, please contact us to ensure your correct e-mail is on file. New CDC documents posted for Haiti Earthquake The following new documents have been posted to the CDC Earthquake website. Emergency Wound Management for Healthcare Professionals These principles can assist with wound management and aid in the prevention of amputations. In the wake of a flood disaster resources are limited. Following these basic wound management steps can help prevent further medical problems. NEW: Public Health Issues and Priorities for the Haiti Earthquake Based on previous experience with disasters in Haiti and earthquakes in other countries, CDC has a general understanding of what the public health needs will be in Haiti following the January 12th earthquake.The following projections and recommendations take into account Haiti's socio-economic and demographic situation, and the health of its people prior to the earthquake. NEW: Guidance for Relief Workers and Others Traveling to Haiti for Earthquake Response This notice is to advise relief workers and other personnel traveling to Haiti to assist with the humanitarian response following the January 12 earthquake near Port-au-Prince. Conditions in the area remain hazardous, including extensive damage to buildings, roads, and other infrastructure. NEW: Travel Health Warning to Haiti At this time, CDC recommends that U.S. travelers avoid all nonessential travel to Haiti. NEW: Guidance for U.S. Residents in Haiti The US Department of State has issued guidance to US residents in Haiti. UPDATED: Health Recommendations for Relief Workers Responding to Disasters This notice provides advice specific to the needs of relief workers responding to disasters internationally or domestically. UPDATED: After an Earthquake: Management of Crush Injuries & Crush Syndrome Crush injury and crush syndrome may result from structural collapse during an earthquake. Crush injury is defined as compression of extremities or other parts of the body that causes muscle swelling and/or neurological disturbances in the affected areas of the body. CDC Website IMERT-INVENT Deployment Development Training Conference for Team Members to Practice & Prepare
. The Illinois Medical Emergency Response Team (IMERT) and INVENT, the Illinois Nurse Team, introduced a new training course for its members in May. The Deployment Development Training program provided two days of skills demonstration and practice exercises in a simulated deployment environment. The debut Deployment Development was held May 2-3, 2009, at the ILEAS Training Center in Urbana and attracted about 80 team members. The program was developed to teach the confidence and practical skills necessary to be a better disaster responder, focusing on communication and collaboration as the keys to success for a more effective team. Participants were required to report to the seminar as they would for a real-world deployment, in uniform with their personal gear cache packed and ready for use. The first day of the seminar combined presentations and hands-on skills stations to demonstrate the IMERT equipment package and its utilization in an alternate-case site setting. All of the elements critical to establishing a successful deployment environment were included. Participants determined better ways to pack their personal gear caches; reviewed the supplies that comprise the medical package; set up and organized supplies and equipment as it would be in a real deployment; utilized the radios and patient scanners, learned about specialized equipment including the GenSat trailer and disaster tent; practiced patient conveyance procedures with stretchers, backboards, and 4-wheel utility vehicles; and reviewed JumpSTART triage protocols. On the second day, participants put their skills to the test in a daylong real-time exercise that simulated a deployment exactly as IMERT-INVENT members will experience it in real-world action. As the seminar was held right as the swine flu outbreak was building, the scenario simulated a pandemic. The feedback received was overwhelmingly positive, both from team members who have participated in previous deployments and those for whom this was the first “field” experience with the IMERT-INVENT team. Participants called the new program “the best IMERT training [they’d] ever been to” and “the ultimate see-it, hear-it, do-it weekend.” As the course was so well-received, IMERT-INVENT plans to offer Deployment Development Training seminars on a more frequent basis. The seminar is open to all IMERT-INVENT team members looking for additional training experience and continuing education credit. . News .
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