Case study: A national alliance for training healthcare workers in emergency response

Author's Biography

Elaine Forte is the Deputy Director of Operations for the Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response. She has more than 25 years of project management experience, including evaluation, development and implementation of IT systems; laboratory facility design; and development and delivery of emergency preparedness education and training and surge capacity initiatives. Ms Forte provides administrative direction for the statewide Emergency System for the Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals programme, the New England Partnership for Healthcare Emergency Response Education and Training and the National Alliance for Training HealthCare for Emergency Response. Ms Forte also directs activities undertaken by the National Center for Integrated Civilian-Military Domestic Disaster Medical Response. Ms Forte is a member of both the American Association of Clinical Chemistry and the Clinical Laboratory Management Association.

James Paturas is the Deputy Director for the Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response, with over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He is also Associate Director for the International Collaborating Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response. As the Director of Ambulatory Development and Emergency Medical Services for Bridgeport Hospital for over 20 years, he served as the chairman of the hospital’s emergency management committee. He is the Past President of the American College of Contingency Planners and Past President of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians. Mr Paturas currently serves on the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning and Inside Homeland Security. He is also a Certified Emergency Manager and Fellow of the American College of Contingency Planners.