Coronavirus Survive & Thrive Guides at CareUniversity: Recent Episodes
Charles Denham
Join leading experts who address how families can practice readiness, response, rescue, recovery, and resilience to not only survive but thrive.Launched when the COVID crisis hit in 2020, our programs help families of caregivers at top medical centers and essential infrastructure workers. Our 1,000 family household study helps us help families as the science evolves.
The Omicron BA5 surge is upon us. Update your family and protect them from:
- Reinfections and Long COVID
- Waning Immunity and Vigilance
- Misinformation and Disinformation
- Preventable Holiday Risks
- Layers of Protection
Review the latest on the layers of protection we can use to maximize family experiences and avoid infections and harm. The role of a lifeguard is 90% prevention and 10% rescue. The same goes for family safety during a COVID surge.
Any crises can bring out both the best and the worst in our society – learn how to protect your family from fraud:
- Prevention: How to prevent harm from fraudsters
- Preparedness: How to be prepared for fraud
- Protection: How to reduce harm if deceived
- Performance Improvement: Learning from others
Hear from those who have experienced fraud through testing initiatives, caregivers, and those disseminating disinformation and misinformation.
Our faith-based leaders are clearly at the point of the spear as they care for their flocks: Join us to learn from faith-based leaders about how they have best served their memberships and flocks:
- Support of loved ones in hospital
- Best Practices in Long COVID Care
- Dealing with grief during the pandemic
- Delivering SAFE Good Samaritan Care
- Loving Friends and Family through Division
The broadcast date of the webinar was June 2, 2022. The best practices are continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates.
The broadcast date of the webinar was May 21, 2020 and can be viewed as a video at https://www.medtacglobal.org/webinarmay2020/ . The science has evolved dramatically since the broadcast and should be viewed from a historical perspective. As of 2022 aerosol spread is known to be a major mode of transmission, however many of the principles of infection prevention are still helpful. Dr. Gregory Botz, Heather Foster, RN, and a rapid response team of more than 30 clinical, operational, and community impact leaders contributed to this program. The program had been designed for non-medical families who may have to prepare a care room for a loved one at home.
The broadcast date of the webinar was July 2, 2020 and can be viewed as a video at https://www.medtacglobal.org/july2020webinar/ . It should be viewed only for a historical perspective as the science has evolved dramatically since then. Participants included medical and security volunteers for faith-based organizations and community membership organizations such as scouts. It addressed the science for practicing social distance, hand hygiene, high contact surfaces, and use of masks.
Speakers included emergency medicine, critical care, security leaders, and infectious disease experts from leading medical centers. We will present video and resources provided on the web that may be used to help care for COVID-19 patients. The speakers were supported by a reactor panel of leading experts.
Many of us have been at risk for bringing the Coronavirus home. We were delighted to have national experts join us to answer the tough questions. The broadcast date of the webinar was August 6, 2020 and can be viewed as a video at https://www.medtacglobal.org/webinaraugust2020/. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice. The concepts of a hot, warm, and safe zones still have value, however the understanding of aerosol spread is clear in 2022. This program is valuable as a snapshot in time.
- How do we keep from bringing the virus home?
- What are the best practices to protect my family?
- What if I am exposed to a COVID-19 patient at work?
- How do I put together a Family Safety Program?
- Can we have safe play dates?
- Why are indoor activities riskier than those outdoors?
- What Personal Protective Equipment do I need to care for a loved one at home?
- How do we get teens and those in their 20’s and 30’s to take the lead in being safe and protecting families?
We all want to keep our children, teens, college students, and young adults as safe as possible. We were delighted to have national experts join us to answer the tough questions regarding keeping our young people safe. The broadcast date of the webinar was September 3, 2020 and can be viewed as a video at https://www.medtacglobal.org/webinarseptember2020/ The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice. Over time we continued to understand that aerosol spread was a critical issue. Best practices have continued to evolve, however many of the principles such as the application of concepts of threats, vulnerability, and risk discussed have not changed as of mid-2022.
- What is the science behind the risk to your kids?
- Does risk vary for kids under 10, teens, and youth?
- What about our college students and young adults?
- What are the CDC school and college guidelines?
- What are the highest risk environments?
- Why are the indoors riskier than the outdoors?
- Are there best practices for play dates and sports?
- How can we safely return to the beach and pool?
- How do we get teens, those in their 20’s, and 30’s to take the lead in protecting our families?
The collective behaviors of our family members will define the safety of each member individually. We all want to keep our children, teens, college students, and young adults as safe as possible. We are delighted to have national experts join us to help you take a step by step approach to developing your family safety plan in case a loved one gets infected with Coronavirus or the Flu.
This program is for families of Essential Infrastructure Workers, teachers, scouts, faith-based leaders, and the general public.
- What is the science behind the risk to your family?
- How can we improve our state of READINESS?
- How do we best RESPOND when a loved is sick?
- How do we RESCUE someone with severe symptoms?
- What is the best RECOVERY plan after an infection?
- How can we make our family more RESILIENT?
- How do we get teens, those in their 20’s, and 30’s to take the lead in protecting our families?
The broadcast date of the webinar was October 1, 2020
The broadcast date of this webinar was November 5, 2020 which was early in the pandemic.The principles of Family Safety Plans have We believed.
we needed to break family and living unit infection transmission chains to save our nation. We knew that a family safety plan can save our workers who are often more vulnerable at home than at work. The collective behaviors of our family members and those we live with will define the safety of each member individually. We all want to keep our children, teens, college students, and young adults as safe as possible. We are delighted to have national experts join us to help you take a step by step approach to build your plan and provide templates you can use.
This program is for families of Essential Infrastructure Workers, teachers, scouts, faith-based leaders, and the general public.
- WHO should create a Family Safety Plan?
- WHAT should a Safety Plan include look like?
- WHEN should a family build a plan?
- HOW do I build a plan from scratch?
- WHY does my plan need to be customized?
The broadcast date of the webinar was November 5, 2020.
Every family and group living together need to know how to care for someone at home. The broadcast date of the webinar was December 3, 2020 and the science has evolved dramatically. However, whether members are in quarantine, are infected and need to be isolated, or develop “emergency signs” defined by the CDC that indicate the immediate need for professional care; everyone needs to know what to do. Since this broadcast we have come to understand aerosol transmission is the main route of spread.
Therefore this program should be viewed as a snapshot in time on December 2020.
- WHO should care for someone at home?
- WHAT do I need to know to provide care?
- HOW do I safely care for someone at home?
- WHEN do I seek holp from doctors?
- WHY do I need to get ready NOW?
The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice.
The first quarter of 2021 will likely be the toughest period of the pandemic, yet we have hope in the deployment of a vaccine. Families will need to be focused on optimizing their own safety as healthcare resources of staffing, space, and supplies are exhausted. This program will focus on how to care for your family on a budget, adjust to rising threats in communities, and deal with the probability of caring for someone at home.
We will address the community recovery phase as vaccines are deployed.
- HOW do vaccines work?
- WHAT do I do after I am vaccinated?
- WHEN will we get back to normal?
- HOW do we adjust family activities while waiting?
- WHAT will be the “new normal” for my family?
- WHEN will children be vaccinated?
The broadcast date of the webinar was January 7, 2021.
We are in the toughest phase of the Coronavirus Crisis. The broadcast date of this webinar was February 4, 2021. It was a critical time to be ready for emergencies while our healthcare system was stressed. The principles of bystander rescue care have continued to evolve, however many of the basic principles discussed have not changed as of mid-2022.
We answered:
- WHEN should we seek emergency medical care?
- HOW do we prepare for COVID emergencies?
- WHAT do we need to do to prepare our family?
- HOW do we get someone safely to the hospital?
- WHAT should we expect at the Emergency Dept?
The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for real time advice.
The Coronavirus Crisis is far from over and many of our family members, roommates, and friends are at risk for having to be admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU). The variants and vaccine deployment are both wildcard factors.
We will answer:
- HOW do we prepare in case of ICU care?
- WHAT should families and friends anticipate?
- WHAT do we need to know about ICU care?
- HOW do we make sure to get the best care?
- WHAT can families do to help their loved ones?
Dr. Gregory Botz is the clinical leader of our Med Tac Bystander rescue team and a leader in patient safety. He is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care UT MD Anderson Cancer Center and an Adjunct Clinical Professor, at Stanford. He provides first hand advice to families that apply the to COVID crisis and whenever loved ones or friends are in the ICU. Dr. Tim Jessick is a palliative care leader and expert in end of life issues and will provide guidance on the critical issues everyone should understand and prepare for if a loved one or friend may pass away in the hospital or during care. The broadcast date of the webinar was March 4, 2021. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice. ICU care has continued to evolve, however many of the principles discussed have not changed as of mid-2022.
We will address the rapidly evolving science regarding vaccines, the impact of viral variants, and what is important on the road to victory over the pandemic. The broadcast date of the webinar was April 1, 2021 and much has changed. It should be considered as merely a historical perspective.The science has evolved tremendously since the broadcast date so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice.
VACCINES:
- What are vaccines and how do they work?
- What is the “adaptive Immune system” – B cells and T cells?
- What is vaccine hesitancy about?
- Are our vaccines really safe?
- What do I need to know about side effects?
- What are the differences between the vaccines?
- What about kids – are vaccines safe and effective?
VARIANTS:
- What are variants and why are they important?
- Why can they be more contagious and more lethal?
- Why is the B117 U.K. variant important to us?
- What about the South African and Brazilian variants?
VICTORY:
- Our Survive & Thrive Guides™ What’s New?
- What will be the New Normal?
- What do we do on the “recovery bridge to victory?”
- What is the “Take a Shot and Play it Safe” Campaign?
- What is a Good AND SAFE Samaritan?
Our expert team of physicians, nurses, and infection preventionists will help you develop your road to victory over the virus to a safer new normal. A panel of youth, college students, and young adults will compliment our clinical experts.
We are in the race between vaccinations and the surge of Coronavirus variants. A tremendous number of COVID sufferers are having long term harm.
We will answer:
- WHAT are the “long hauler” conditions and harm?
- WHAT is my risk to get “long hauler” syndromes?
- WHY are the virus variants impacting us now?
- WHERE are resources for my family to recover?
- WHAT can I do to recover from my loss?
- HOW are “long hauler caregivers” managing?
We will share the view of those who are nationally working with “Long Haulers”. Our expert team of physicians, nurses, and infection preventionists will help you understand the long term impact of COVID. A panel of youth, college students, and young adults will complement our clinical experts to address the impact on the young.. The broadcast date of the webinar was May 6, 2021. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice. Even in mid-2022, the COVID Long Haul disease is not well understood. This program should be viewed as a historical snapshot.
We are tremendously excited to reopen and recover our businesses and get back to work, school, worship, and play. Join our world class experts as we address the 10 best safe practices to get to our “new normal”.
Our Four P Framework will be used to provide you with what you need to turn the science into safety and that safety into success as we proceed to the “New Normal”.
- Prevention
- Preparedness
- Protection
- Performance Improvement
We will provide a thorough update on coming home safe, keeping our kids safe, developing family safety plans, how to be ready to care for someone at home, and how to handle future surges. The broadcast date of the webinar was June 3, 2021. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice. The 4 P’s is a terrific framework that has been timeless for us..
We are tremendously excited to reopen and recover our businesses and get back to work, school, worship, and play. Join our world class experts as we address the 10 best safe practices to get to our “new normal”.
Our Four P Framework will be used to provide you with what you need to turn the science into safety and that safety into success as we proceed to the “New Normal”.
- Prevention
- Preparedness
- Protection
- Performance Improvement
We will provide a thorough update on coming home safe, keeping our kids safe, developing family safety plans, how to be ready to care for someone at home, and how to handle future surges. The broadcast date of the webinar was July 1, 2021. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice. The 4 P’s is a terrific framework that has been timeless for us..
As many experts predicted, we are experiencing surges and outbreaks of Coronavirus Delta Variant. It is much more contagious, lethal, and can really impact our young.
Join us to hear our experts answer the tough questions:
- How bad is the Delta Variant?
- What about masks and safe distance?
- Am I safe even if I am vaccinated?
- What if I am not vaccinated?
- What about Long Haul COVID disease?
- How safe are our kids from Delta?
- What about booster vaccines?
We will provide a thorough update on how to keep your family and business safe through future surges. The broadcast date of the webinar was August 5, 2021. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice. Review of the Delta surge now in 2022 provides a historical perspective.
More than 1,000 household responses have guided our learning community. Our professional first responders and the critical essential workers who keep the light, water, food, money, and education flowing in our communities are experiencing an unprecedented infection rate in their families with the current surge. Join us and learn about tools employees can use. What if a roommate or family member:Is exposed or infected?
- Needs to go the ED?
- Needs care at home?
- Is admitted to the ICU?
- Needs to recover at home?
- Gets Long Haul COVID disease?
- Answer the following questions:
- Masks – do I upgrade or not?
- Vaccines – do I need a booster?
- If I have been infected, do I need a vaccine?
- What is a Family CFO – the Chief Family Officer
The Coronavirus Community of Practice and our panel of speakers and reaction panelists were introduced. Law enforcement and emergency response experts were complimented by caregivers in critical care and infection preventionists. A first responder human resources training and legal expert was introduced. The broadcast date of the webinar was September 2, 2021. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice. The CDC guideline information is dated since this broadcast was produced.
Special Care for Special Populations: The Immunocompromised, Seniors, and Children
More than 1,000 household responses have guided our learning community. To date we have covered typical healthy Americans. In this special program we will address the immunocompromised, high risk populations, and children. Patients who are immunocompromised have a reduced ability to fight infections and other diseases. The immunocompromised may have certain diseases or conditions such as AIDS, cancer, diabetes, malnutrition, and certain genetic disorders. It may also be caused by certain medicines or treatments, such as anticancer drugs, radiation therapy, and stem cell or organ transplant. Our children who have not yet been vaccinated or are not yet eligible are also at special risk. Whether with the immunocompromised or with children we will address:
- Who are at higher risk for COVID?
- What is the In Case of Emergency Checklist?
- Who are the immunocompromised?
- Why are medical records so important?
- Why is the Golden Hour important?
- How can I prevent harm to those at higher risk?
We will provide a thorough update on how to keep your employees families and business safe through future surges.. The broadcast date of the webinar was October 7, 2021. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice.
More than 1,000 household responses have guided our learning community. Although infection rates and deaths are trending down, the national forecasters indicate we may have surges through and after the holidays. There are key questions we need to answer. The best defense is a strong offense:
- How I make an airline flight safer?
- How do we design a safer family gathering?
- How do we make it safer for the elderly?
- What can I do for the immune-compromised?
- How about play dates – what can we do?
- What if someone has a close contact?
- What is a Family CFO – a Chief Family Officer?
- What is a Family Lifeguard?
- What do we tell our kids, teens, young adults?
We will provide a thorough update on how to keep your employees, families, and business safe through future surges.. The broadcast date of the webinar was November 4, 2021. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice.
The Omicron Variant could not have come on the scene at a worse time – most states and countries were already seeing a holiday surge. Our more than 1,000 household responses and more than 130 subject matter experts have guided our learning community. Let’s learn together and answer:
- How should Omicron impact my plans?
- How should HR leaders plan for “return to work”?
- How do I make an at home hybrid model work?
- How do I plan for a Breakthrough Infection?
- Can I work at home if someone is in Isolation?
- What if someone has a close contact?
- How do I make an airline flight safer – do I go?
- How do we design a safer family gathering?
- How will Omicron impact my Family Safety Plan
We will provide a thorough update on how to keep your employees, families, and business safer through future surges.. The broadcast date of the webinar was December 2, 2021. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates and consult professional caregivers for advice.
We are in the midst of the Omicron Variant surge. The CDC tells us the WHAT to DO. We will provide the HOW. Our more than 1,000 household responses and more than 130 subject matter experts have guided our learning community. Let’s learn together and answer:
- How should OMICRON impact my plans?
- TESTING: HOW do I get the right test?
- QUARANTINE: HOW do I follow the new guidelines?
- ISOLATION: HOW do I follow the new guidelines?
- BREAKTHROUGH INFECTION: How deal with one?
- How do I care for leading FAMILY EMERGENCIES?
- How do we design a safer FAMILY GATHERING?
- How should I “RETURN TO WORK”?
We will provide a thorough update on how to keep your employees, families, and business safer through future surges.. The broadcast date of the webinar was January 6, 2022. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates.
Testing is becoming very important to our “new normal”. The CDC tells us the WHAT to DO. We will provide the HOW. Our more than 1,000 household responses and more than 130 subject matter experts have guided our learning community. Let’s learn together and answer:
- What is VIRAL LOAD and what do I need to know?
- What is the RIGHT TEST at the RIGHT TIME?
- How do the TESTS DIFFER – PCR vs Antigen?
- QUARANTINE: HOW does testing impact it?
- ISOLATION: HOW does testing impact it?
- Can testing make FAMILY GATHERINGS SAFER?
- How does TEST-TO-STAY work?
- How do I best TEST-TO-TRAVEL?
We will provide a thorough update on how to keep your employees, families, and business safer through future surges.. The broadcast date of the webinar was February 3, 2022. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates.
The COVID crisis has created gaping holes in our public safety net – EMS, Firefighters, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Caregivers are stretched past the breaking point. Public health leaders tell us the WHAT to DO. We will provide the HOW. Our more than 1,000 household responses and more than 130 subject matter experts have guided our learning community. Let’s learn together and answer:
- How do we deal with family medical emergencies?
- What do I need to know about EMS?
- How do we help loved ones get to the ED?
- How has COVID impacted Law Enforcement?
- How has COVID impacted Firefighters?
We will provide a thorough update on how to keep your employees, families, and business safer through future surges. The broadcast date of the webinar was March 3, 2022. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates.
The impact of the COVID Pandemic is far from over even as the Omicron surge is dissipating. Join us and learn what we have through our study of more than 1,000 families:
•Readiness – How can we be ready next time?
•Response – How do we respond to a new surge?
•Rescue – How do we best respond to emergencies?
•Recovery – How do we deal with Long COVID?
•Resilience – Can we reduce our family’s vulnerability?
Hear from our experts on the latest we know about the “Next Normal”. We will provide an updated tour to our 24 Survive and Thrive Guides developed from our 90-minute programs in March of 2020. The broadcast date of the webinar was April 7, 2022. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates.
The impact of the COVID Pandemic is far from over. There is much more we can apply to medical emergencies…whether we have more COVID or other challenges. Join us and learn what we have learned through our study of more than 1,000 families:
•Prevention of harm – primary and secondary harm
•Preparedness for surges, infections, and disasters
•Protection strategies and tactics
•Performance Improvement – apply what we learned
Hear from our experts on what can apply today and on our journey forward.. regardless of the medical emergency. The broadcast date of the webinar was May 5, 2022. The science is continually evolving so go to our website at www.MedTacGlobal.org for updates.