Wanganui DHB trials WebEOC education plan

Wanganui DHB held a trial run on their proposed WebEOC education package on Wednesday (4th February) afternoon. Attending were a mixture of staff who had attended the initial super user training in 2008 and some who were being exposed to WebEOC for the first time.

The aim of the training was to run through the programme developed by Dr Praveen Thadigiri before rolling it out to staff within the Wanganui DHB. The content had a quick overview on emergency management then moved into the commonly accessed boards and plug ins. The creation of position logs and tasks to completing sitreps and the use of Emergeo were all covered in a simple and easy to understand way. Students were encouraged to enter details in the various boards in a training event scenario that had been set specifically by Charles for the Wanganui DHB.

It is hoped that the education package can be rolled out to introduce WebEOC to not only those filling positions within the EOC but PA, EA's and those who are likely to be used to capture and enter data during an event.

For any further information contact Charles, Glenys Fitzpatrick at the Wanganui DHB or myself.

Murray Mills
Central Regional Emergency Management Advisor
MoH