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Increasing Knowledge and Perceptions of Disaster Preparedness: A Brief Educational Intervention

2022 Disaster Conference – Best Practice Showcase

The Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles shares their review of evacuation plans, and details the critical need for health care organizations to plan for addressing evacuation, educate hospital staff on response procedures, and practice protocols through drills and exercises. The process identifies gaps in processes and staff education and helps engage stakeholders to review the organization’s plan and pilot educational interventions.

Vulnerable Populations: Overview

Hospitals play a critical role in safeguarding the health and safety of all individuals during disaster events, particularly those from vulnerable populations. These groups—such as the elderly, children, individuals with disabilities, those experiencing homelessness, and non-English speakers—often face unique challenges during crises, making tailored disaster planning essential.

Virtual Tabletop Exercises: A Simultaneous Approach

2023 Disaster Conference – Best Practice Showcase

This information details the Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM) and offers insights to the challengers, solutions, and provides materials, facilitation and environment for conducting tabletop exercise simultaneously across multiple regions, states, and coalitions.

Preparing for Pediatric Disaster Victims

2024 Disaster Conference

This presentation provides valuable insight into pediatric disaster planning and response and highlights three new resources – a family preparedness activity, a pediatric decontamination picture book, and a virtual training workshop covering many pediatric disaster scenarios.

Pediatric Patient Surge Preparedness

2024 Disaster Conference

This presentation outlines approaches for pediatric patient surges: what to prepare for, important roles and responsibilities, and share resources and best practices. The session reviews pediatric surge planing and reviews steps to developing an plan for mass casualty incidents.

California’s Neonatal, Pediatric and Perinatal Disaster Preparedness in Action

2016 Disaster Conference

This session identifies current local, regional, state and national resources and efforts supporting disaster preparedness for infants and children. The session describe why a statewide CONOPs for infants and children is essential to California’s Med/Health Preparedness, and lists resources for improving local capabilities for infants, children and pregnant women.

SNF Evacuation: Exercising and Responding as a Health Care Coalition

2024 Disaster Conference

This session presents lessons learned from the Golden Hills Post Acute Care evacuation of 88 SNF residents and 22 sub-acute patients due to severe storm damage to their building. The session reviews how the facility coordinated with local SNFs, prioritized load leveling, and supported facilities receiving patients with Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO’s). Learn how Sharp HealthCare’s Coronado campus, having practiced full facility evacuations, effectively received evacuees, demonstrating exceptional compassion and resourcefulness.