The Center for Biopreparedness Education’s latest training video, “Hospital On-Site Triage and Lockdown,” has received a Telly Award.
This international award is given annually to the best in TV commercials and programs as well as video and film productions. The center is a joint endeavor between UNMC and Creighton University Medical Center and provides disaster preparedness training to medical personnel, public health and first responders.
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“The video provides a common sense approach to helping hospitals prepare for this type of threat,” said Barbara Dodge, hospital preparedness coordinator for the Center for Biopreparedness Education.
Dodge was the producer of the video, which includes information about locking down a hospital, hospital on-site mass casualty triage, and types of blast injuries as well as recognizing and caring for those types of injuries.
“When we started researching this project, we discovered that there were no other video training tools that addressed hospital on-site mass casualty triage and the need to lock down a hospital when the hospital becomes overwhelmed with victims,” Dodge said.
The mission of the Telly Awards is to strengthen the visual arts community by inspiring, promoting and supporting creativity. The video won top honors in two categories: health/wellness and safety, and second place in four other categories.
Now in its 28th year, the annual Telly Awards received over 14,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents.
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“Many care providers working at hospitals expect triage to occur prior to victims arriving from a mass casualty scene,” said Dr. Voigt, an adjunct associate professor of surgery at UNMC who narrated the video. “This video presents a very real scenario where that doesn’t initially happen and victims arrive at the hospital on their own. Difficult management decisions are demonstrated and emphasis is on practice.
“You have to practice to be prepared, and we all need to be prepared.”
Philip Smith M.D., a professor of infectious diseases at UNMC who is co-director of the Center for Biopreparedness Education, said it was an honor to receive the Telly.
“The scope and caliber of organizations submitting entries makes this recognition all the more exciting for us,” Dr. Smith said.
Sharon Medcalf, associate director of the center, said that this summer, the videos will be sent to every hospital in Nebraska.
“This is the third video we’ve produced and we find that they’re welcomed as effective training tools for hospitals, public health and first responders,” Medcalf said.