#covid19 #coronavirus #publichealth The objective of this session is to review COVID-19 and basic concepts for a public health strategy. Dr. Terry Dwelle will discuss:
– Coronavirus history
– COVID-19 characteristics
– 6 concepts to flatten the curve
– 12 social distancing recommendations.
– COVID-19 testing concepts.
– How cocooning protects high risk individuals
– Key concepts of crisis communications in pandemics.
TIMESTAMPS:
– 1:00 Coronavirus history
– 4:45 Key information and characteristics about the COVID-19 disease
– 11:59 COVID-19 and Kawasaki disease in children
– 20:09 Transmission
– 22:14 Can a person be reinfected after recovering from the disease?
– 23:56 Disenfectants active against coronavirus
– 25:38 6 concepts to flatten the curve
– 26:21 Recommendations for hospital processes during COVID-19
– 27:23 Social distancing
– 28:58 Wearing masks
– 32:38 Understanding the epidemiology of the pandemic
– 36:04 COVID-19 testing
– 46:25 Herd immunity
– 49:58 Random sampling process
– 58:20 Concepts to protect the most vulnerable in our communities
– 59:27 Hardening long-term care facilities
– 1:05:13 Enhancing support for those on home isolation
– 1:08:49 Decreasing transmission in the general population
– 1:10:20 Development and distribution of vaccines and antivirals for COVID-19
– 1:16:26 Messaging strategies for a public health crisis
– 1:25:58 Developing a triage plan
– 1:33:35 Community COVID-19 risk metric
– 1:35:29 Summary
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INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Terry Dwelle is the former North Dakota State Health Officer and the current President and Educational Director of North Dakota Public Health Training Network (NDPHTN). He has over 40 years of clinical and public health experience in the United States, Eastern Europe, Latin and South America, and Central and East Africa.
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PRESENTATION UPDATED:
August 4, 2020
