Hospital Radiological First Receivers: Detecting Radioactive Contamination PER-370

Course Start Date : October 02, 2025
Course Available Until : October 02, 2025
08:30 AM – 02:00 PM
Sponsor Information
County of Middlesex, Office of Health Services
https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/government/departments/department-of-public-safety-and-health/office-of-health-services
Location
Middlesex County Fire Academy
1001 Fire Academy Drive
Sayreville, NJ 08872
Contact Information
John Dowd
732-745-3135
732-433-1231
john.dowd@co.middlesex.nj.us
Public Health Core Competency Domain Information
N/A
Credits and Continuing Education Units
Public Health CE#22447: 3.50 hour(s)
Description
The PER-370, Hospital First Receivers: Detecting Radioactive Contamination course, provides hospital first receivers/healthcare workers with essential knowledge and skills that will assist them when responding to a radiological/nuclear weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) incident in the safest manner possible for themselves and victims. The course will provide the participants with information on how to use radiological tools and contamination management processes to limit the spread and exposure to radioactive contaminants. The best practices presented in this course can be applied to any incident that involves radiological contamination.
Agenda / Additional Information
Course will be from 8:30am - 4:15pm
Lunch is on your own

Module 1 - Welcome and Introduction, pre-test
Module 2 - Contamination Management, Instrument Operations (Drills), post-test (Ionizing, Radiation, Contamination Management, Radiological Detection, Decontamination Screening)
Presenters
National Domestic Preparedness Consortium
Target Audience(s)
Emergency Medical Responder
Epidemiologist
Health Educator
Health Officer
MRC Volunteer
Public Health Planner
Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS)
Inspector (non-REHS)
Nurse
Physician
Other
Infection Preventionist
Communicable Disease Investigator
Healthcare workers, first receivers, first responders (fire / police)