Search Results for: "Evacuation"

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CHA Checklist: Shelter-in-Place

CHA developed the attached the Shelter-In-Place Planning Checklist, which includes a decision-making algorithm for shelter-in-place and evacuation activation and may be used to assist hospitals with developing, reviewing, or updating their plans. The checklist is intended to help hospitals ensure that elements listed have been addressed in their plans, policies, and procedures.

Patient Movement Surge Playbook

2023 Disaster Conference – Best Practice Showcase

Shared by the Alameda County Emergency Services Agency, the California Patient Movement Surge Playbook Poster outlines a framework for managing complex patient transfers and hospital capacity challenges during catastrophic events. It identifies gaps in patient movement, coordination priorities, and best practices.

Patient Safety Evaluation System — 2024 Virtual Summit

Discover how to leverage your Patient Safety Evaluation System (PSES) to transform health care into a learning structure. This innovative summit will teach you how to break barriers and solve what keeps us up at night. It will provide information to help you communicate better (internally and with patients) and strengthen patient care delivery. Presenters will address how to improve patient care design, and discuss innovative programs that reduce costs, accelerate efficiency, and enhance reliability.  

Increasing Knowledge and Perceptions of Disaster Preparedness: A Brief Educational Intervention

2022 Disaster Conference – Best Practice Showcase

The Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles shares their review of evacuation plans, and details the critical need for health care organizations to plan for addressing evacuation, educate hospital staff on response procedures, and practice protocols through drills and exercises. The process identifies gaps in processes and staff education and helps engage stakeholders to review the organization’s plan and pilot educational interventions.