2024 Disaster Conference
This presentation delves into the critical issue of hospital surge and explores the various factors contributing increased patient volume, resource scarcity, and workforce shortages. Also discussed are the potential impacts of hospital surge on patient care quality, health care worker morale, and overall hospital operations.
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.
2020 Virtual Disaster Conference
This presentation offers strategies hospital can use in taking a simplified approach to planning, engagement, and communications as they plan to manage patient surges.
Developed and shared by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, these clinical checklists, guides, and just-in-time references to manage a surge of pediatric patients.
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.
Hancock Health presented on a cyberattack event they experienced, describing their pre-incident conditions, the timeline of the attack, and their response to the event. The session provided a legal analysis, and gave insights on how hospitals and health systems can prepare for, and lessen the likelihood of, cyberattack incidents.
Guidelines for Pertussis Control provides comprehensive recommendations for the prevention and management of pertussis (whooping cough) in health care settings. It emphasizes the importance of vaccination, particularly in vulnerable populations such as infants and pregnant women. The document outlines strategies for outbreak management, including case identification, reporting, and contact tracing. Additionally, it discusses treatment options and the role of health care providers in educating patients about the disease. The guidelines aim to enhance public health response and reduce the incidence of pertussis through coordinated efforts across health care settings.
ASPR TRACIE’s program on the impact of radiological incidents on health and health care provides information and planning strategies related to radiological incidents.
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.
2024 Disaster Conference
This presentation covers best practices for integrating information security and emergency management professionals in planning and resiliency efforts against cyber threats posed against partners in the health care sector.