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    • The Disaster Response Collaborative (DRC) aimed to improve pediatric disaster response capability and capacity among children’s hospitals. This enduring recording series features previously held monthly learning sessions with leaders, subject matter experts, and peers. These recordings are now available to a broader audience and provide learners the opportunity to explore the collaborative structure and expectations, hear expert discussions on the four pediatric focus areas/topics, and review opportunities related to tabletop exercises and drills.

      New to Pediatric Disaster Preparedness?

      The Disaster Response Collaborative (DRC) builds upon concepts introduced in the Disaster Networking Collaborative (DNC), which focused on foundational pediatric disaster preparedness, organizational readiness, and emergency management partnerships. Learners who are new to pediatric disaster preparedness may benefit from exploring Pediatric Preparedness Playback: The Disaster Networking Collaborative before diving into the Disaster Response Collaborative (DRC) sessions.

      Learners may obtain a PPN Certificate and/or continuing education credit by completing all required elements for each session, including watching the video, submitting the attendance code, and completing the evaluation. Instructions for claiming credit will be provided at the end of each section.

      Activities may be completed in any order. Participants may claim credit or a participation certificate for each individual activity as it is completed.

      Participants who successfully complete all 12 activities will receive a Certificate of Completion for the series. Once all activities are complete, Click Here. To check your progress or view completed activities, visit My Activities in PPN Continuing Education.

      What You Will Learn

      By engaging with this collection of recorded sessions, you will explore:

      • Strategies to strengthen pediatric disaster preparedness, response planning, and organizational readiness within children’s hospitals.
      • Best practices for evacuation, reunification, surge planning, and triage/infection control/decontamination during emergencies and disasters.
      • Approaches to quality improvement, disaster plan review, interprofessional collaboration, and evidence-based pediatric disaster management.

      Continuing Education Information

      In support of improving patient care, Children's National Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Children’s National Hospital Accreditation Provider #4008362.

      ACCME: Children’s National Hospital designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

      ANCC: Children’s National Hospital designates this activity for a maximum of 12 enduring ANCC contact hours.

      PPN: The Pediatric Pandemic Network designates this activity for a maximum of 12.0 PPN contact hours.

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      Pediatric Pandemic Network

      pedspandemicnetwork.org

      The Pediatric Pandemic Network is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of cooperative agreements U1IMC43532 and U1IMC45814 with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources. The content presented here is that of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, visit HRSA.gov.

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    Session 1: Overview of the Disaster Response Collaborative

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      Learning Objectives
      • Describe the need for improving pediatric disaster planning and response in U.S. children’s hospitals.
      • Clarify Pediatric Pandemic Network and Disaster Response Collaborative goals.
      • Identify resources to facilitate improved pediatric disaster response.

    • I’ve finished watching Session 1: Overview of the Disaster Response Collaborative.

      Claim My Credit or Certificate

      To claim continuing education credit, you will need to log in or create an account on PPN CE and select your profession.

      Step 1: On the course page, click “Take Course” then “Start Course.”

      Step 2: Enter your attendance code NUSVEM.

      Step 3: Complete the evaluation and continue through the remaining screens until the page displays “Course Complete.”

      Once complete, your credit and/or certificate will be available under My Activities → Completed Activities.

      Start on the course page here.

      Please see our guide for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. If you still need assistance after reviewing the guide, a support request link is available on the final page.

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    Session 2: Using Drills and Exercises to Achieve Disaster Response Improvements

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      Learning Objectives
      • Discuss how learning about the response to the shooting at the Kansas City Chief’s Super Bowl Parade Victory Rally can improve your facility’s readiness to prepare to respond to a similar event.
      • Identify how to use key exercise concepts, including types of exercises and guidance from the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation program (HSEEP).
      • State how to satisfy accreditation requirements through participation in drills and exercises.

    • I’ve finished watching Session 2: Using Drills and Exercises to Achieve Disaster Response Improvements.

      Claim My Credit or Certificate

      To claim continuing education credit, you will need to log in or create an account on PPN CE and select your profession.

      Step 1: On the course page, click “Take Course” then “Start Course.”

      Step 2: Enter your attendance code BEKPUZ.

      Step 3: Complete the evaluation and continue through the remaining screens until the page displays “Course Complete.”

      Once complete, your credit and/or certificate will be available under My Activities → Completed Activities.

      Start on the course page here.

      Please see our guide for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. If you still need assistance after reviewing the guide, a support request link is available on the final page.

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    Session 3: Focus Area Option: Triage, Infection Control, and Decontamination

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      Learning Objectives
      • List the benefits of selecting the triage, infection control, and decontamination focus area for an improvement project.
      • Explain why it is important to have protocols for pediatric triage, infection control, and decontamination in your hospital’s disaster plan.
      • Describe how to determine whether decontamination, isolation, and/or infection control procedures are needed or not for a particular patient.

    • I’ve finished watching Session 3: Focus Area Option: Triage, Infection Control, and Decontamination.

      Claim My Credit or Certificate

      To claim continuing education credit, you will need to log in or create an account on PPN CE and select your profession.

      Step 1: On the course page, click “Take Course” then “Start Course.”

      Step 2: Enter your attendance code CUWKEY.

      Step 3: Complete the evaluation and continue through the remaining screens until the page displays “Course Complete.”

      Once complete, your credit and/or certificate will be available under My Activities → Completed Activities.

      Start on the course page here.

      Please see our guide for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. If you still need assistance after reviewing the guide, a support request link is available on the final page.

    • For a deeper dive into these topics, visit Disaster Response Collaborative Focus Area: Triage, Infection Control, and Decontamination. Additional recordings provide expert insights, implementation strategies, and practical approaches that can be adapted within your organization.

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    Session 4: Focus Area Option: Pediatric Surge Capacity

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      Learning Objectives
      • List the benefits of preparing in advance for surge events.
      • Explain why it is important to have protocols for surge capacity in your hospital’s disaster plan.
      • Describe considerations of various systems when planning for hospital surge.

    • I’ve finished watching Session 4: Focus Area Option: Pediatric Surge Capacity.

      Claim My Credit or Certificate

      To claim continuing education credit, you will need to log in or create an account on PPN CE and select your profession.

      Step 1: On the course page, click “Take Course” then “Start Course.”

      Step 2: Enter your attendance code VUFJAK.

      Step 3: Complete the evaluation and continue through the remaining screens until the page displays “Course Complete.”

      Once complete, your credit and/or certificate will be available under My Activities → Completed Activities.

      Start on the course page here.

      Please see our guide for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. If you still need assistance after reviewing the guide, a support request link is available on the final page.

    • Looking for more strategies and examples? The Disaster Response Collaborative Focus Area: Pediatric Surge Capacity expands on these concepts with additional discussions focused on operational readiness, resource management, and strengthening organizational resilience.

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    Session 5: Focus Area Option: Pediatric Patient Tracking and Family Reunification

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      Learning Objectives
      • Explain why it is important to have protocols for pediatric patient tracking and family reunification in your hospital’s disaster plan.
      • Discuss questions/strategies for for performing an intake of each child and asking questions of parents/guardians to ensure unaccompanied children are reunited with their family accurately and effectively.
      • Describe options for set-up and staffing various areas within a family reunification or support center (e.g., family intake center, pediatric safe area, family reunification site, confidential areas for family updates and notifications).

    • I’ve finished watching Session 5: Focus Area Option: Pediatric Patient Tracking and Family Reunification.

      Claim My Credit or Certificate

      To claim continuing education credit, you will need to log in or create an account on PPN CE and select your profession.

      Step 1: On the course page, click “Take Course” then “Start Course.”

      Step 2: Enter your attendance code JUQYAD.

      Step 3: Complete the evaluation and continue through the remaining screens until the page displays “Course Complete.”

      Once complete, your credit and/or certificate will be available under My Activities → Completed Activities.

      Start on the course page here.

      Please see our guide for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. If you still need assistance after reviewing the guide, a support request link is available on the final page.

    • Continue your learning in Disaster Response Collaborative Focus Area: Pediatric Patient Tracking and Family Reunification, where additional recordings examine real-world challenges, practical solutions, and lessons learned from hospitals and disaster preparedness experts.

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    Session 6: Focus Area Option: Pediatric Evacuation

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      Learning Objectives
      • Explain why it is important to have pediatric evacuation protocols in your hospital’s disaster plan.
      • Understand the need to include various approaches to evacuation in disaster planning.
      • Clarify how to use drills/exercises or response to real-life events to prepare for a no-notice evacuation."

    • I’ve finished watching Session 6: Focus Area Option: Pediatric Evacuation.

      Claim My Credit or Certificate

      To claim continuing education credit, you will need to log in or create an account on PPN CE and select your profession.

      Step 1: On the course page, click “Take Course” then “Start Course.”

      Step 2: Enter your attendance code WAWDAG.

      Step 3: Complete the evaluation and continue through the remaining screens until the page displays “Course Complete.”

      Once complete, your credit and/or certificate will be available under My Activities → Completed Activities.

      Start on the course page here.

      Please see our guide for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. If you still need assistance after reviewing the guide, a support request link is available on the final page.

    • Ready to explore the topic in greater depth? Visit Disaster Response Collaborative Focus Area: Pediatric Evacuation to learn from children's hospitals that have developed, tested, and refined evacuation strategies to support safe patient movement during disasters.

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    Session 7: Moving Into Action

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      Learning Objectives
      • Identify operational tips specific to evacuation, reunification, surge, and triage/infection control/decontamination that can be used throughout the disaster plan.
      • Describe how your hospital will benefit from completion of a national self-assessment specific to pediatric disaster preparedness.
      • Determine the impact identified improvements will have on your hospital’s disaster plan and what steps need to be completed to ensure anticipated outcomes.

    • I’ve finished watching Session 7: Moving Into Action.

      Claim My Credit or Certificate

      To claim continuing education credit, you will need to log in or create an account on PPN CE and select your profession.

      Step 1: On the course page, click “Take Course” then “Start Course.”

      Step 2: Enter your attendance code MEXKUX.

      Step 3: Complete the evaluation and continue through the remaining screens until the page displays “Course Complete.”

      Once complete, your credit and/or certificate will be available under My Activities → Completed Activities.

      Start on the course page here.

      Please see our guide for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. If you still need assistance after reviewing the guide, a support request link is available on the final page.

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    Session 8: From Plans to Practice: Activities to Improve Disaster Response

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      Learning Objectives
      • Learn about activities that can lead to improved disaster response capability and capacity.
      • Identify how lessons learned from tabletop exercises focused on evacuation, reunification, surge, or triage/infection control/decontamination can improve preparedness.
      • Outline steps to plan drills, including how to test certain protocols for efficiency and accuracy.

    • I’ve finished watching Session 8: From Plans to Practice: Activities to Improve Disaster Response.

      Claim My Credit or Certificate

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      Step 1: On the course page, click “Take Course” then “Start Course.”

      Step 2: Enter your attendance code VUXMUS.

      Step 3: Complete the evaluation and continue through the remaining screens until the page displays “Course Complete.”

      Once complete, your credit and/or certificate will be available under My Activities → Completed Activities.

      Start on the course page here.

      Please see our guide for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. If you still need assistance after reviewing the guide, a support request link is available on the final page.

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    Session 9: Building the Bridge: Continuity in Pediatric Response

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      Learning Objectives
      • Discuss ways to maintain ongoing business priorities in a disaster.
      • Describe staff training and orientation options in disaster planning.
      • Identify exercise/drill strategies shared by other facilities to guide your disaster planning and response efforts.

    • I’ve finished watching Session 9: Building the Bridge: Continuity in Pediatric Response.

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      Step 1: On the course page, click “Take Course” then “Start Course.”

      Step 2: Enter your attendance code QUHLUK.

      Step 3: Complete the evaluation and continue through the remaining screens until the page displays “Course Complete.”

      Once complete, your credit and/or certificate will be available under My Activities → Completed Activities.

      Start on the course page here.

      Please see our guide for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. If you still need assistance after reviewing the guide, a support request link is available on the final page.

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    Session 10: From Data to Decision Making: Engaging Hospital Leadership in Pediatric Disaster Preparedness

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      Learning Objectives
      • Understand the importance of relationship building in disaster management.
      • Describe strategies for engaging and maintaining C-suite/leadership awareness and support of pediatric preparedness and response efforts.
      • Identify examples of how to plan and conduct drills in support of specific outcomes.

    • I’ve finished watching Session 10: From Data to Decision Making: Engaging Hospital Leadership in Pediatric Disaster Preparedness.

      Claim My Credit or Certificate

      To claim continuing education credit, you will need to log in or create an account on PPN CE and select your profession.

      Step 1: On the course page, click “Take Course” then “Start Course.”

      Step 2: Enter your attendance code SUYPOR.

      Step 3: Complete the evaluation and continue through the remaining screens until the page displays “Course Complete.”

      Once complete, your credit and/or certificate will be available under My Activities → Completed Activities.

      Start on the course page here.

      Please see our guide for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. If you still need assistance after reviewing the guide, a support request link is available on the final page.

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    Session 11: Team Report Outs: Lessons Learned from the DRC

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      Learning Objectives
      • Outline at least three key strategies for disaster preparedness planning.
      • Identify common challenges often experienced in disaster preparedness planning.
      • Describe the importance of a sustainability plan to continue disaster response work.

    • I’ve finished watching Session 11: Team Report Outs: Lessons Learned from the DRC.

      Claim My Credit or Certificate

      To claim continuing education credit, you will need to log in or create an account on PPN CE and select your profession.

      Step 1: On the course page, click “Take Course” then “Start Course.”

      Step 2: Enter your attendance code DEMMUK.

      Step 3: Complete the evaluation and continue through the remaining screens until the page displays “Course Complete.”

      Once complete, your credit and/or certificate will be available under My Activities → Completed Activities.

      Start on the course page here.

      Please see our guide for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. If you still need assistance after reviewing the guide, a support request link is available on the final page.

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    Session 12: Carrying it Forward: Lessons, Impact, and Sustainability in Pediatric Disaster Planning and Response

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      Learning Objectives
      • Apply insights from peer hospital presentations to inform ongoing improvement, integration, and resilience in your institution.
      • Identify practical strategies and resources to sustain and advance pediatric disaster preparedness and response initiatives.
      • Develop an action plan to advance identified improvement opportunities, ensuring pediatric disaster preparedness gains are monitored and sustained.

    • I’ve finished watching Session 12: Carrying it Forward: Lessons, Impact, and Sustainability in Pediatric Disaster Planning and Response.

      Claim My Credit or Certificate

      To claim continuing education credit, you will need to log in or create an account on PPN CE and select your profession.

      Step 1: On the course page, click “Take Course” then “Start Course.”

      Step 2: Enter your attendance code QORKAL.

      Step 3: Complete the evaluation and continue through the remaining screens until the page displays “Course Complete.”

      Once complete, your credit and/or certificate will be available under My Activities → Completed Activities.

      Start on the course page here.

      Please see our guide for detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots. If you still need assistance after reviewing the guide, a support request link is available on the final page.