Emergency and Disaster Management

为什么学习 Emergency and Disaster Management at Northwest

全国网赌正规平台的 emergency and disaster management (EDM) program offers experiences that very few colleges offer. 为 starters, EDM students participate in 密苏里州的希望, a three-day multidisciplinary mass casualty simulation. 的 event includes a rotation of distinct training exercises for students as well as emergency personnel in medical, 警察, 火力和武装力量. Scenarios include search-and-rescue, assessment of traumatic injuries and evacuation from difficult terrains, 比如悬崖和河流. 的 Medical Reserve Corps of Greater Kansas City also has joined 的 exercise to lead a nighttime search and rescue simulation with dogs!

O的r Hope exercises include New York Hope at 的 New York State Preparedness Training Center and Atlantic Hope, which simulates a humanitarian deployment to 的 fictional country of Atlantica.

Students may also participate in 的 Campus Community Emergency Response Team (C-CERT) training and become certified responders. 的 training includes disaster planning and preparation, 小型灭火, disaster medical operation and first aid, light search and rescue disaster psychology and CERT organization utilizing 的 Incident Command System.

的 EDM 项目 are designed to teach students about leadership, followership and working under pressure while developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Faculty are experts in this field and strive to help students in any way possible!