Tuesday, January 19th from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Eastern

Date and Time:

Description:

Please join the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) for a Tribal infection control learning community (TICLC) webinar: EMS Response to COVID-19. This webinar will provide an overview of the best practices for EMS response to COVID-19 and strategies for implementing infection prevention and control measures to protect EMS staff. The COVID response model used by the Pueblo of Laguna Community Health and EMS program will be discussed.

The learning community is focused on knowledge sharing and members are encouraged to share information and build relationships with each other. Please submit questions ahead of time to make sure the presenters can get to them. Come prepared to ask questions or share your own insights and experiences.

Audience:

This webinar is open to any interested person, but is likely most relevant to Tribal healthcare personal, Tribal frontline healthcare workers, infection control officers and preventionists, and those who want to learn more about infection prevention and control measures for EMS response personnel.

**Submit questions in advance to Carmen Sanders at csanders@nihb.org.  

Dr. White is an Emergency Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at University of New Mexico, USA, where he serves as EMS Faculty and as Director of the UNM Center for Rural and Tribal EMS. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and in EMS Medicine. He completed EMS Fellowship at the University of New Mexico, Emergency Medicine Residency at University of Michigan, and is a Nationally Registered Paramedic. Dr. White currently serves as EMS Medical Director for Cibola County Fire and Emergency Medical Services, Pueblo of Acoma EMS/Fire Department, Pueblo of Isleta EMS, Pueblo of Laguna Fire Protection Program, Pine Hill Emergency Medical Services, and the TóHajiilee Field Office of Navajo Nation EMS. He serves on several national and state EMS policy committees, and is the President of the New Mexico Chapter of the National Association of EMS Physicians. His areas of research interest are in rural, frontier, and tribal EMS, Community Paramedicine, and EMS telemedicine.