{"id":26938,"date":"2017-06-15T10:18:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T16:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=26938"},"modified":"2017-06-15T15:59:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T21:59:37","slug":"campus-to-participate-in-statewide-emergency-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=26938","title":{"rendered":"Campus to participate in statewide emergency exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>UCCS, in coordination with the El Paso County Public Health Department, will participate in a mock emergency medicine distribution exercise June 16 at the Gallogly Recreation and Wellness Center.<\/p>\n

Beginning at 2 p.m., university staff members, including staff from the Physical Plant, University Police and Wellness Center departments, will practice the university\u2019s response during a community health crisis.<\/p>\n

Staff will turn a basketball court into a mock clinic with the intent of testing emergency dispensing procedures such as filling out intake forms, consulting with public health staff and receiving \u201cmedicine.\u201d<\/p>\n

El Paso County Public Health will also operate a similar exercise at Rampart High School, 8250 Lexington Drive. The exercises are occurring statewide as part of a statewide Public Health Emergency Dispensing Exercise, PHED Ex. CU Boulder will also work with its county health department as part of the statewide effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis exercise is an important opportunity to identify training needs and areas where we can improve our preparations for a real emergency,\u201d Tim Stoecklein, program director, Emergency Management, said. \u201cBut it is important for everyone to understand that this is only practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Questions? Contact Stoecklein, 255-3106, or tstoeckl@uccs.edu<\/a> or Stephanie Hanenberg, executive director, Wellness Center, 255-4444 or shanenbe@uccs.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Updates will be posted at @PHEDex2017 and @EPCPublicHealth on Twitter, and www.elpasocountyhealth.org<\/a><\/p>\n