Hospital Disaster Preparedness

Presentation: Building Workforce Resilience

2016 Disaster Conference

This presentation discusses strategies hospitals can use to build a resilient workforce. The session focuses on key considerations for hospitals with emphasis on factors that affect resilience, such as availability of senior management, acclimation, employee acknowledgement, and staff appreciation.

Collaborating with Law Enforcement to Boost Resilience

2016 Disaster Conference

This session reviews how hospitals can boost resilience by incorporating law enforcement into their plans, policies and procedures. The presentation identified ways hospitals can involve law enforcement into their drills, training, and community outreach, how to incorporate law enforcement into their safety/security threat assessments, and their and Workplace Violence Prevention Program (WPVPP).

National Perspective on Responding To Terrorist Actions

2016 Disaster Conference

This presentation describes the paradigm shift that governs law enforcement’s approach to ‘active shooter’ events. The session provided an overview of the continuum of care that extends from field management to hospital care, and the steps hospitals can take to ensure trauma/burn surge capabilities.

Preparing for Mass Casualty Shootings

2018 Disaster Conference

Presented by Sunrise Hospital of Las Vegas, this session reviews the hospital’s efficiencies, challenges, and lessons-learned from their response to a mass casualty incident.

Mass Casualty Incident Response Protocols

2018 Disaster Conference

This session provides strategies for hospitals to automate their Mass Casualty Incident Response to improve outcomes. The presentation provides an overview of the threat landscape, ways hospitals can identify essential elements, describes the need for mass casualty incident protocols, and reviews lessons-learned from past events/exercises.

Incorporating Clinics into Network Command Centers

2018 Disaster Conference

This session provides an overview of how hospitals can include clinics in their emergency operations plans, exercises, and communications to meet standards and requirements, as well as strengthen their overall emergency response capabilities.

Preparing Fire Evacuation of Rural Hospitals

2018 Disaster Conference

This presentation provides an overview of steps hospitals can take in preparing for imminent evacuation due to wildfire events. The session provides an overview of Helena-Fork Fire, details the hospital’s immediate response, their actions and activities, reviews decision making strategies, and provides overall lessons-learned from the event.