COVID-19 Training Resources (Updated April 9, 2020)

Published: March 28, 2020

World Health Organizations

OpenWHO is WHO’s a new interactive, web-based, knowledge-transfer platform offering online courses to improve the response to health emergencies. OpenWHO enables the Organization and its key partners to transfer life-saving knowledge to large numbers of frontline responders.

• https://openwho.org/

• Some Topics:

  • Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Treatment 

  • COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners 

  • Clinical Care Severe Acute Respiratory Infection

Futuro HEALTH

• Pandemic Readiness course and programs

Organization for Associate Degree Nursing Programs

• Recorded COVID-19 Webinars

• https://oadn.org/recorded-covid-19-webinars

HealthStream

• HealthStream is dedicated to improving patient outcomes through the development of healthcare organizations' greatest asset: their people. Our solutions are contracted by healthcare organizations in the U.S. for workforce development, training & learning management, talent management, credentialing, privileging, provider enrollment, performance assessment, and managing simulation-based education programs.
• HealthStream Supports Caregivers in the Coronavirus Pandemic FREE resources
  • COVID-19
    • COVID-19 Introduction
    • COVID-19: 2019 Novel Coronavirus: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know
    • COVID-19: Revenue Cycle Brief: Coronavirus (COVID-19) – nThrive
  • Acute Care
    • COVID-19: Emergency Preparedness in the Acute Care Setting - KnowledgeQ
    • COVID-19: Hand Hygiene - A SafetyQ Course
    • COVID-19: Controlling the Transmission of Infection in the Acute Care Setting - A SafetyQ Course
    • COVID-19: Personal Protective Equipment in the Acute Care Setting - KnowledgeQ
    • COVID-19: Infection Control and Prevention in the Acute Care Setting - KnowledgeQ
    • COVID-19: Airborne Transmission-Based Precautions in the Acute Care Setting - KnowledgeQ
    • COVID-19: Contact and Droplet Transmission-Based Precautions in the Acute Care Setting - KnowledgeQ
    • COVID-19: Ventilator Safety - A SafetyQ Course
    • COVID-19: Diarrheal Illness - A SafetyQ Course
  • Post-Acute Care
    • COVID-19: Emergency Preparedness for Post-Acute Organization
    • COVID-19: The Importance of Hand Hygiene in Post-Acute Care - PAC-Mobile
    • COVID-19: Infection Control and Prevention Efforts in Post-Acute Care - PAC-Mobile
    • COVID-19: Airborne Transmission-Based Precautions in Post-Acute Care - PAC-Mobile
    • COVID-19: Contact and Droplet Transmission-Based Precautions in Post-Acute Care - PAC-Mobile
    • COVID-19: Protecting Yourself with Personal Protective Equipment in Post-Acute Care - PAC-Mobile
  • Home Health Care
    • COVID-19: The Importance of Appropriate Hand Hygiene – An HCCS Regulatory Course
    • COVID-19: Healthcare-Associated Infection: From Healthcare Facility to Home – An HCCS Regulatory Course
    • COVID-19: Controlling the Transmission of Infection in the Home Environment – An HCCS Regulatory Course
    • COVID-19: Protecting Yourself and Your Patient with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Home Health and Hospice – An HCCS Regulatory Course
    • COVID-19: Standard Precautions and Bloodborne Pathogens – An HCCS Regulatory Course
    • COVID-19: Bag Technique in Home Health and Hospice - An HCCS Regulatory Course
• https://www.healthstream.com/

 

American Red Cross

• Register to become volunteer, a wealth of training online, don’t have to commit to actually volunteering at the time of registration.
• You continue on and have access to the “EDGE” learning platform.  
• VolunteerConnection.redcross.org

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• I think this one is particularly relevant to what we discussed today as it covers both ethical and crisis decision making.
• https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid/#top
• https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-241.b

Good resources here for Administrators – podcasts

• “One of the antidotes to anxiety and panic is information.”
• “Regularly presenting information to the people you’re serving makes a big difference.” “Having a unified voice around information can make a huge difference.”
• https://icisf.org/covid19-resources/

MRC TRAIN

• A gateway into the TRAIN Learning Network, the most comprehensive catalog of public health training opportunities. TRAIN is a free service for learners from the Public Health Foundation.
• Some topics include:
  • Blood Bourne Pathogens
  • Using an Epi Curve to Determine Mode of Spread
  • Introduction to Trauma Informed Care for DIS
  • Core Disaster Life Support
  • Disaster Epidemiology: Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response 
  • Social distancing measures aimed at control of COVID-19: evidence and implementation
  • Disaster Triage for Mass Casualty Incidents
  • Implicit Bias: The Influence of your Unconscious Mind
  • PPE Use in Healthcare Settings: How to Choose and Safely Don, Use and Remove
  • Psychological First Aid
• https://www.train.org/mrc/home

Centers For Disease Control (CDC)

• Hosting webinars
• https://emergency.cdc.gov/coca/calls/2020/index.asp
• https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/hsb/disaster/training.htm

Network for Public Health Law

• COVID-19: Crisis Standards of Care—Guidance for Health Care Systems and Providers
• https://www.networkforphl.org/resources/covid-19-crisis-standards-of-care-guidance-for-health-care-systems-and-providers/ 

National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC)

• Personal Protective Equipment for COVID-19
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG6zISnenPg&

THE SOCIETY FOR HEALTHCARE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AMERICA

• Podcasts
• https://learningce.shea-online.org/content/novel-coronavirus-covid-19

National Disaster Life Support Foundation

• SALT (sort, assess, life-saving interventions, treatment and/or transport) Mass Casualty Training
• https://register3.ndlsf.org/mod/page/view.php?id=2056 

CAE Healthcare

In collaboration with Area9 Lyceum, a global leader in adaptive learning, CAE Healthcare has released this adaptive learning course.

Mechanical ventilation is a complex skill that often requires a combination of courses.  With the high demand of ventilator management in the acute setting, healthcare professionals may be tasked with managing these complex patients with minimal understanding of mechanical ventilation or ventilators. As you expand your knowledge and experience, or simply want to enhance your understanding of mechanical ventilation, let us help you.  In this course, you will learn about:

• Respiratory Physiology
• Basic Functions of a Ventilator
• Ventilator Use in Respiratory Failure
• Goals of Care in Respiratory Failure

Complimentary COVID-19 Ventilator Reskilling Course