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Heat Related Illness Prevention Training for School Staff

Heat Related Illness Prevention Training for School Staff. Learn what you will need to take CDC Heat Related Illness Prevention Training Course Learn how to find and start CDC Training Course Tips for taking CDC Training Course

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Heat Related Illness Prevention Training for School Staff

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  1. Heat Related Illness Prevention Training for School Staff

  2. Learn what you will need to take CDC Heat Related Illness Prevention Training Course • Learn how to find and start CDC Training Course • Tips for taking CDC Training Course • Learn who can earn Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for completing course • Learn how to earn CECs (Credits available until 6/1/2013)

  3. Pen or pencil • Paper • Computer with internet access • (See next slide for computer settings) • Approximately an hour to complete the course

  4. Microsoft™ Internet Explorer 5.5 browser (or higher) on standard Microsoft™ technologies, i.e., Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 98 • Javascript enabled • Pop-up blocker disabled • Intel Pentium III Processor • 256 MB RAM • Broadband Internet connection • Windows Media Player

  5. Step 1: Go to Arizona Department of Health Services Extreme Weather and Public Health website: www.azdhs.gov/phs/oeh/heat/index.htm

  6. Step 2: Locate link on left side of page: “School Toolkit”

  7. Step 3: Click on link: “Recognizing, Preventing, and Treating Heat-Related Illness: A Web-Based CDC Training Course” (After clicking, you will be taken to the beginning of the course)

  8. Take notes! This will help you during posttest! • Give yourself enough time to complete course and posttest! • Carefully read instructions and scenarios! • Don’t rush!

  9. *Credits for course available until 6/1/2013

  10. WHO CAN EARN CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS (CECs)? • Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) • Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES)-- Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH) through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc (NCHEC) • Continuing Education Units (CEU)through the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)

  11. After completing the course, a link will be provided to connect you with the CDC continuing education site • Click on the link • You will be asked to find the course and register for the course • Once you have registered, you will be directed to take the posttest to earn Continuing Education Credit • You must pass the posttest to receive your continuing education credit

  12. Please email us at Extremeweather@azdhs.gov • Or call us at (602) 364-3118

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