First responders in all 50 states using University of Minnesota app to manage compassion fatigue
University of Minnesota | October 14, 2020
First responders in all 50 states are now using an app designed by University of Minnesota researchers to help manage the emotional and physical exhaustion of their work that can lead to personal burnout, reduced feelings of empathy and poorer job performance.
The First Responder Toolkit, created by College of Education and Human Development researchers in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Health, provides an interactive platform to help emergency physicians, mental health providers, medical technicians, firefighters, police officers, and other professionals whose roles involve significant emotional investments in the management of compassion fatigue. The app was developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with help from CEHD’s Educational Technology Innovations team. It is available for free download.
The First Responder Toolkit, created by College of Education and Human Development researchers in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Health, provides an interactive platform to help emergency physicians, mental health providers, medical technicians, firefighters, police officers, and other professionals whose roles involve significant emotional investments in the management of compassion fatigue. The app was developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with help from CEHD’s Educational Technology Innovations team. It is available for free download.
University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Windgap Medical receive $3.2 million NIH grant to develop cyanide antidote autoinjector
University of Minnesota | January 13, 2020
The University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Windgap Medical have received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new device to quickly administer a recently developed antidote for cyanide poisoning.
Under the grant, researchers from the University’s Center for Drug Design, College of Pharmacy, and Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company Windgap Medicalare collaborating to design an autoinjector. The collaboration’s goal is to develop a valuable tool for first responders to use in saving victims of cyanide poisoning. The five-year grant comes from the NIH’s CounterACT program, which aims to prepare countermeasures against chemical threats that have the potential to be used as weapons.
Op ed: More public-private partnerships ideal for Greater Minnesota economy
The Globe Minnesota | July 2015
Greater Minnesota faces a growing challenge. Regional economies throughout the state are feeling the effects of unsteadiness in key industries like manufacturing and agriculture. In some cases, jobs, and consequently residents, are moving to the metro area, leaving rural communities with shrinking populations and diminished representation in the state Legislature. Recently, officials from many rural communities expressed disappointment in a legislative session they believe resulted in too little funding for priorities like workforce housing, job training and broadband Internet access.