The National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) serves as a critical tool for hospitals to prepare for and respond to potential terrorist incidents, ensuring patient and staff safety. Hospitals can use this system for important updates on the threat levels, potential terrorist activities, and for staying informed about evolving threats. Hospitals should also integrate NTAS alerts into their emergency planning and response strategies.
This tool serves as a guide for understanding the legal context of public health emergency management on health care providers. It outlines the implications for and health care providers, covering key legal frameworks, including the Public Health Service Act and the Stafford Act, emphasizing their role in facilitating emergency responses during health crises. The tool also discusses the powers granted to federal and state authorities, coordination among agencies, and the importance of maintaining public safety and health during emergencies.
This tool is designed to address these challenges by providing a curriculum that can be used to train hospital personnel on how to prepare for and respond to the psychological consequences of large-scale disasters. The training has three modules that are intended to be used either as standalone training or in combination depending on the facility and audience needs:
This self-assessment tool assists hospitals in evaluating their preparedness for bomb threats. It outlines key assessment areas, including policies, staff training, communication protocols, and emergency response plans.
The Earthquake Country Alliance (ECA) is a public-private-grassroots partnership of organizations, working together to improve earthquake and tsunami preparedness, mitigation, and resiliency.
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO developed this guide as a basis for forming a strong community tsunami readiness policy. It provides a general plan of action and basic framework for dealing with the unique hazards resulting from tsunamis.
Hospitals must be prepared for the eventuality of drought-related operational challenges. With planning, hospitals can be better prepared to maintain operations when impacted by drought conditions, ensuring continued patient care and operational efficiency.
UC San Diego’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center shares a preview of the largest, most complex seismic test ever conducted. Get an inside look at how UC San Diego’s five-story hospital may be impacted by dramatic earthquakes, and gain an understanding of how complex hospital building systems perform after earthquakes.
The number and magnitude of natural disasters affecting Missouri in 2011 demonstrated the importance of hospital planning and preparedness. Hospitals throughout Missouri activated their emergency operations plans and the hospital command centers because of the 2011 disasters. And, although the financial damage for all three events was substantial, the impact on the health care system was manageable.
Developed by the Healthcare & Public Health Sector Coordinating Councils, this tool highlights some of the impacts of a water interruption and poses questions to ask to help you prepare for an interruption.