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Hazard Vulnerability Assessments in Climate Change Preparedness

2024 Disaster Conference

This presentation reviews Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (HVA) categories associated with climate change and proposes ways hospitals can plan for the risks associated with climate change. The session explores current and anticipated interdependencies between multiple hazard categories in California, as well as the typical timeline of HVA methodology.

Engaging Offsite Clinical Partners in Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

2023 Disaster Conference – Best Practice Showcase

Developed by Stanford Health Care, this tool details how this health care system re-engaged more than 140 outpatient clinics by rounding on their disaster supplies, networking in person, and coordinating offsite sessions to complete a site-specific Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA).

Virtual Tabletop Exercises: A Simultaneous Approach

2023 Disaster Conference – Best Practice Showcase

This information details the Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM) and offers insights to the challengers, solutions, and provides materials, facilitation and environment for conducting tabletop exercise simultaneously across multiple regions, states, and coalitions.

SNF Evacuation: Exercising and Responding as a Health Care Coalition

2024 Disaster Conference

This session presents lessons learned from the Golden Hills Post Acute Care evacuation of 88 SNF residents and 22 sub-acute patients due to severe storm damage to their building. The session reviews how the facility coordinated with local SNFs, prioritized load leveling, and supported facilities receiving patients with Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO’s). Learn how Sharp HealthCare’s Coronado campus, having practiced full facility evacuations, effectively received evacuees, demonstrating exceptional compassion and resourcefulness.

Prepare Your Facility for a Chemical Emergency

2022 Disaster Conference

Chemical emergencies can happen at any time at health care facilities. The impact may not only be to the facility but patients, staff, and the surrounding community. To assist hospitals and all health care partners, ASPR/TRACIE has developed a “Chemical Emergency Considerations for Health Care Facilities” resource to assist in preparing and responding to chemical emergencies.

Crisis Care Resources for Hospitals

Public health emergencies, natural disasters, and mass casualty events require hospitals to implement triage protocols to prioritize care based on patient severity and treatment likelihood. Hospitals must strive for equitable access, particularly for vulnerable populations, while addressing the ethical implications of resource allocation.

Difficult Decisions: Implementing Rationing Strategies with Scare Resources

When the demand for healthcare services surpasses available resources, hospitals face challenging decisions. Effective resource allocation requires assessing the urgency and necessity of treatments, and hospitals may establish frameworks to prioritize patients based on factors such as the severity of their condition, the likelihood of treatment benefit, and overall public health outcomes.

How can a hospital demonstrate participation in community wide disaster planning?

Local public health departments, local emergency medical services agencies (LEMSA) and the Department of Homeland Security, are all working together to test readiness for various scenarios. Hospitals should participate in the planning for these events as well as working with the Hazard Vulnerability Analysis for each hospital to coordinate community participation with the specific needs of the hospital.