2023 Disaster Conference – Best Practice Showcase
Is your hospital ready for the next Big One? This resource offers information for the health care industry on designing and retrofitting existing facilities using precise methodologies for seismic hazard analysis for building design. Learn how optimized earthquake engineering can result in a greater efficiency and economics in seismically active environments.
Developed by LA County EMS Agency, The Mass Fatality Management Guide for Healthcare Entities guidance for hospitals aims to assist in the effective management of mass fatality operations.
This resource serves as an educational resource for health care providers, encouraging proactive measures to protect against measles by raising awareness, focusing on its symptoms, transmission, and the importance of vaccination. It highlights key facts about the disease, including how it spreads, its potential complications, and the critical role of the measles vaccine in preventing outbreaks.
This toolkit outlines resources and models for meeting the challenges of health care organizations during disaster scenarios. These scenarios often overwhelm hospital resources, necessitating the development of preparedness and response strategies. The guide covers the importance of proactive planning, partnership-building among stakeholders, and development of scalable response plans in hospital disaster planning.
Hospitals facing a sudden rise in emergency department patients may find it necessary to establish a surge tent for triage purposes.
This session offers new strategies for hospitals as they prepare to deliver health care in disasters, along with an overview of challenges faced and new solutions to help hospitals respond.
This presentation outlines California’s Public Health and Medical Response System, identifies healthcare facilities’ role in the system, and details best practices and lessons-learned from events.
Evacuation of a health care facility may be necessary following an emergency such as a facility fire or damage from a natural disaster such as an earthquake or flooding. The decision to evacuate a health care facility will be based on the ability of the facility to meet the medical needs of the patients. Immediate threats to life, such as internal fires or unstable structures, will require emergent evacuation, while other situations may allow for a planned and phased evacuation.
Active shooter events in a health care setting present unique challenges: a potentially large vulnerable patient population, hazardous materials (including infectious disease), locked units, special challenges (such as weapons and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines (these machines contain large magnets which can cause issues with firearms, or remove it from the hands of law enforcement), as well as caregivers who can respond to treat victims.
The topics covered in the Emergency Management Principles and Practices curriculum are vital for enhancing hospital planning efforts. These principles are essential for coordinating efforts among various agencies and ensuring a unified approach to crisis management.