This tool was was developed by the CHA Hospital Preparedness Program to assist hospitals in developing, implementing, and assessing their preparedness exercises.
Individual exercises are part of an exercise and evaluation cycle under the hospital’s emergency management program. These exercises may be isolated within the hospital, part of a larger community, or even statewide (for example, the California Statewide Medical Health Exercise). The checklist provides an overview, guidance, and resources for hospitals to support more coordinated effort, and can be tailored to the facility.