Tag: #ETS
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ETS Senior instructor course in Brisbane
The Emergo Train System (ETS) faculty in Brisbane, Australia hosted another ETS Senior Instructors Course March 24-26, strengthening national capability in disaster preparedness education. The course successfully trained 20 new senior instructors to facilitate the EMERGO serious game, a key tool for testing and improving health system disaster response. Participants included paramedics, disaster managers and…
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First combined ETS simulation of a Hospital disaster plan activation in Spain
First Combined ETS Simulation of a Hospital Disaster Plan Activation in Spain Last week, ETS Senior Instructor Yolanda Villalón Alvarado led a comprehensive ETS exercise in Málaga to test the hospital’s disaster plan using the newly translated Spanish ETS materials.The simulation brought together staff from across the hospital — including the Emergency Department, Surgery, ICU,…
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Developing New Emergo Train System (ETS) Training Materials for Primary Care
We are currently developing brand‑new Emergo Train System (ETS) training materials tailored specifically for primary care. The new package is designed to help healthcare centers practice managing a large influx of patients following an incident. It can also be used for scenarios such as fire evacuation, shelter‑in‑place procedures during threats, or exercises that test the…
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Renewed MoU with ICRC
We are proud to announce that the Memorandum of Understanding between the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Emergo Train System (ETS) has been renewed for another three years, starting this January. ICRC continues to use ETS as a training tool across multiple programs and educational initiatives worldwide. During the previous period, the…
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ETS Senior instructor course in Canada
An ETS Senior Instructor Course was held on December 8–10 in Montréal, Canada, conducted by the ETS faculty in Canada. We wish all participants the best of luck in their future exercises! Since the program began in 2023, the ETS faculty in Canada has trained over 120 ETS Senior Instructors! Courses are offered in both…
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Building Regional Capacity for Mass Casualty Management in MENA
In December, the IFRC and Qatar Red Crescent Society hosted a regional Mass Casualty Management training, bringing together National Societies from across the Middle East and North Africa. The training was held in Doha. Using the Emergo Train System (ETS) Humanitarian Set—a version adapted for low- and middle-income settings and jointly developed with the ICRC—participants…
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International ETS Senior instructor course
20 new ETS Senior instructors certified at the ETS Competence center in August 2024! Participants were from Saudi Arabia, USA, Lebanon, Germany, Denmark, Malaysia and Sweden. We wish all good luck with future exercises back home! There are now close to 3 000 certified ETS Senior instructors in 47 countries. Next international ETS Senior instructor courses…
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Decontamination at hospital set in French
The ETS Decontamination set version 4 (Décontamination en milieu Hospitalier) is now translated to French! Also the uninjured victim bank (Banque de victimes indemnes) is now available in French. The sets have been translated in collaboration with the ETS faculty in Canada at CHUM – Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal. The in-hospital patient bank…
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ETS in-hospital patient banks now available in French!
The ETS In-hospital patient banks for ED, Surgery and ICU in version 4 are now available also in French! The sets have been translated to French in collaboration with the ETS faculty in Canada at CHUM – Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal. The Decontamination at Hospital set is now also available in French! For…
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Senior instructor course in Sydney
In May the ETS faculty in New South Wales (NSW) held an ETS Senior instructor course in Sydney Australia. The faculty in NSW started in 2008 and have since then trained more than 600 instructors! During the course in May, five new ETS Educators was trained to be part of the faculty and help train…
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Testing ETS in-hospital ward patients
The ETS Competence centre are developing a new ETS material with in-hospital patients for ward departments. ETS in-hospital patients have for a long time been available for emergency department, surgery department and ICU. With this material, you can also include ward departments in an exercise. It can also be used for exercises specifically for an…