SPEAKER PROFILE

NAME: Dr. Charles Stewart

TITLE: Director, Oklahoma Institute of Disaster and Emergency medicine and Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma, School of Medicine.

EMPLOYER: University of Oklahoma

RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for directing and developing emergency medicine and disaster research programs at the Institute.

QUALIFYING EXPERIENCE: With both an educational (see below) and field background in disaster management, specializing in disaster and emergency medicine, Dr. Stewart able to address issues concerning the planning, management and delivery of emergency and disaster management services in Long Term Care Facilities.  Dr. Stewart’s experience includes the medical directorship of the Fort Carson Army Hospital Emergency Department, various medical advisory positions, authorship of over 150 articles and seven books on emergency medical management, terrorism, chemical warfare and bioterrorism. Dr. Stewart was also a visiting professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of the Urals in Sverdlovsk (Ekatrinburg), Russia.

ACADEMIC HISTORY

INSTITUTION ATTENDED: United States Military Academy, Engineering (1969); University of Pittsburgh, Medicine (1973); European Master of Disaster Medicine Program, Disaster Medicine (2004) (note dates in parentheses are dates of award)

DATE OF GRADUATION: see above

HIGHEST DEGREE: See above

PRESENTATION INFORMATION

TITLE OF PRESENTATION: Opening remarks; Case Study and Discussions I and II.

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION:  Case study exercises emphasize the importance of using a multidisciplinary approach to respond to disasters.  Case study exercises are designed to encourage a free and open exchange of ideas in a low stress environment as well as to familiarize participants with roles, functions, plans, policies and procedures within an institution. They also provide an opportunity for institutions to identify areas of weakness where improvements can be made prior to a catastrophic event. These sessions will provide the audience with several scenarios that they will work on in smaller groups. The teams, then, are asked to present their response in a session facilitated by Dr. Stewart as the moderator.  After the last module, a “hot wash” debriefing will be conducted to discuss the initial reaction of participants to the exercise, outline the major issues and gaps identified by the exercise, and potential next steps to address them.  

OBJECTIVES:  To help Long Term Care Facilities to develop an effective plan for managing  during a disaster. This includes developing effective and sustainable planning processes, planning for all of the stages of disaster management including, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation.

Presentation on pdf: Long Term Care in the Face of Disaster – The Big Picture