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Disaster Planning Topic of Next Health Executive Institute Seminar

Gibsonia, Pa. - March 21, 2006 - "Disaster Planning" will be the topic of the next Health Executive Institute seminar offered by St. Barnabas Health System. The free seminar, sponsored by Cura Hospitality, will be Friday, April 7 at The Village at St. Barnabas, 5850 Meridian Road. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. with the seminar scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. An optional lunch for $8 will follow the seminar.

Topics and speakers at the "Disaster Planning" seminar will include:

• "An Overview of Allegheny County Emergency Management Services and Functions" by Robert Full. Full is the Allegheny County fire marshal and the chief of Allegheny County Department of Emergency Services. His public safety background, both in career and volunteer services, spans 30 years.
• "Public Health Emergencies: Plans and Laws" by Hugh Teitelbaum, Vice President and General Counsel for St. Barnabas Health System. In addition to a career in health care law, Teitelbaum serves as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. He is also Emergency Management Coordinator for Oakmont Borough, a board member of Richland Emergency Management Services, an emergency response planner for Allegheny County Sheriff's Reserves and legal counsel and Director of Research for Air Search and Rescue.
• "Emergency Planning Workshop" by Sandra Wraith, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross. Wraith oversees the chapter's Community Disaster Education program and leads the Emergency Planning and Preparedness project, which trains administrators and staffs of facilities serving vulnerable populations how to develop and implement an emergency operations plan.


"Disaster Planning" is open to nursing home administrators and executive directors, personal care home administrators and their staffs, and directors of nursing and nursing personnel. The seminar has been approved for four Pennsylvania Nursing Home Administrator credits and has been accepted by the Department of Public Welfare for Personal Care Home administrative credits. For registration information, contact Peg Slye at 724-444-5561 or by e-mail at pslye@stbarnabashealthsystem.com.

About St. Barnabas, St. Barnabas Health System is the largest health care concern of its kind in Pennsylvania and offers service apart from the ordinary in a faith-based, non-denominational setting. Tracing its heritage back to 1900, the system serves approximately 900 inpatients and residents, plus 35,000 outpatients and home care clients. The health system is composed of the St. Barnabas Communities, including The Village at St. Barnabas, The Washington Place at St. Barnabas and The Woodlands at St. Barnabas; St. Barnabas Clinical Services, including St. Barnabas Nursing Home, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas and The Arbors at St. Barnabas; the Kean Theatre; and St. Barnabas Charities, the fund-raising arm.

Contact:
Kathleen Brenneman
(724) 444-5530
kbrenneman@stbarnabashealthsystem.com