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Welcome to INVENT
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THE ILLINOIS NURSE TEAM
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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.
IMERT & INVENT participates in the I-Quake Drill with
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and IDPH
October 2, 2008
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INVENT nurses participated in the IQUAKE exercise at an alternate care site in Carbondale, and at the Chicago Fire Department Academy on Election Night. These events proved the value of having a team of nurses from the entire spectrum of nursing. Nurses with public health backgrounds joined those from ER, OB, Peds etc. and performed superbly. .
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View past articles.
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Events
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2009 Illinois Public Heatlh Emergency Preparedness Summit
Strenghtening Illinois through Community Engagement
The Illinois Department of Public Health, in partnership with the Illinois Public Health Association, is hosting its annual statewide Public Health Emergency Preparedness Summit to be held near Chicago. The theme this year is "Strengthening Illinois Through Community Engagement" and we anticipate approximately 1,000 attendees. The multidisciplinary summit program is designed to benefit a broad range of public health professionals involved in emergency preparedness, planning and response, including state and local health professionals in the following disciplines: public health administration, environmental health, nursing, communicable disease, laboratory services, food protection, immunization, hospital emergency services, allied health and other emergency response areas.
July 14-16, 2009
Oak Brook Hills Marriot Resort
3500 Midwest Road
Oakbrook, IL 60523
This is not an IMERT or INVENT event
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IMERT/INVENT New Member Orientation and Team Refresher - Deployment Operation Course
Registration 12:30 pm
Training Session 1:00pm - 5:00pm
ICEP Headquarters
Training Room
3000 Woodcreek Drive, Suite 200
Downers Grove, IL 60515
630-495-6400
*** This session is open to all IMERT and INVENT members ***
To Register Online
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The Fifth Annual Trauma Symposium
Presented by Region VIII Trauma Centers
ONLY IN AMERICA
The Evolution of Disaster Management
Trauma Centers of Region VIII:
Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital
Central DuPage Hospital
Edward Hospital
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare
Adventist Glen Oaks Hospital
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
Gottlieb Memorial
Adventist Hinsdale Hospital
Adventist LaGrange Memorial Hospital
Loyola University Medical Center
MacNeal Hospital
This is not an IMERT or INVENT event
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BDLS
Rockford Health System
Regional Emergency Preparedness & Response Training Center
2623 Edgemont St
Rockford, Illinois
This is not an IMERT or INVENT event
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BDLS
Rockford Health System
Regional Emergency Preparedness & Response Training Center
2623 Edgemont St
Rockford, Illinois
This is not an IMERT or INVENT event
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