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Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response

This issue of The Express highlights the following new and updated resources:

• Cybersecurity Incident Response Preparedness (Speaker Series Recording)
• Lessons Learned from the Pediatric Tripledemic- Systems, Staff, Space, and Supplies (ASPR TRACIE Roundtable)
• Pre-Hospital Topic Collection (Updated)
• Pre-Hospital Mass Casualty Triage and Trauma Care (Updated)

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes to an end, we invite you to access our Cybersecurity Topic Collection and our Cybersecurity Resources Page for related resources. Please reach out to ASPR TRACIE if you need technical assistance.

Cybersecurity Incident Response Preparedness (Speaker Series Recording)

Rahul Gaitonde, branch chief of the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3), discusses the mission of HC3, cyber threats impacting the health sector, incident response, and recommendations and best practices in this speaker series recording.

Lessons Learned from the Pediatric Tripledemic-Systems, Staff, Space, and Supplies (ASPR TRACIE Roundtable)

ASPR TRACIE and ASPR’s Pediatric Disaster Care Centers of Excellence hosted the Lessons Learned from the Pediatric Tripledemic: Systems, Staff, Space, and Supplies roundtable where panelists shared lessons learned from the 2022-2023 pediatric surge due to influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus. Participants discussed successes and challenges in information sharing, the use of specialty resources in response (e.g., Medical Operations Coordination Centers), augmenting staff, and coordination with supply chain and coalition partners. Check out our Pediatric/Children Topic Collection for related resources. 

Pre-Hospital and Pre-Hospital Mass Casualty Triage and Trauma Care (Updated Topic Collections)

ASPR TRACIE recently comprehensively updated two pre-hospital topic collections with assistance from our subject matter expert cadre. The Pre-Hospital Topic Collection includes information on both traditional and evolving pre-hospital roles (e.g., mobile on-scene care and community paramedicine) relevant to disaster and mass trauma care. The Pre-Hospital Mass Casualty Triage and Trauma Care Topic Collection can help hospital emergency planners, emergency medical systems personnel, and emergency medicine clinicians understand the basics of field triage and immediate stabilization of mass casualty incident victims.

The HHS Office of Climate Change and Equity’s Climate and Health Outlook Portal

This interactive map displays monthly county-level forecasts for heat, wildfire, and drought in the U.S. and county-level individual risk factors that may increase vulnerability to the impacts of these climate-related hazards.

Updates from the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection

ASPR’s Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) offers a variety of newsletters to keep stakeholders informed during emergency response and steady state. The newsletters inform stakeholders of the most significant issues facing the health care and public health sector, including cybersecurity, health care supply chains, and more. If you are interested in receiving CIP newsletters, visit the CIP newsletter subscription webpage.