2016 Disaster Conference
This presentation outlines the evolving requirements for health care continuity planning, shares lessons learned, and provides resources and planning tools for hospital continuity planning.
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What’s happening: On June 23, the Office of Administrative Law approved the Emergency Medical Services Authority’s (EMSA’s) emergency regulations to implement Assembly Bill (AB) 40 (2023), establishing standards, protocols, and tools to improve ambulance patient offload times (APOTs) within California’s emergency medical services system.
These templates are intended to serve as samples for those new to HICS. Hospitals can use these templates to support their response framework, ensuring that teams are aligned in their patient care approach, resource allocation, and communications.
These resources are essential for enhancing hospital preparedness and response capabilities in the event of bomb threats and mass casualty incidents. They provide valuable guidance on assessing and improving security protocols, ensuring hospitals are ready to handle potential threats. Hospitals can also benefit from strategies for expanding their capacity to manage a sudden influx of patients during emergencies, ensuring continued efficiency and quality of care.
Hospitals are required to have an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) detailing plans for responding and recovering from hazards. The plan must include 6 critical elements within The Joint Commission’s Emergency Management Standards:
HICS Courses About HICS Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) is a standardized approach to incident management tailored specifically for hospitals and health care organizations. HICS provides a framework for hospitals to respond quickly and effectively to various incidents and supports hospitals in emergency management planning, response, and recovery capabilities. Key elements of HICS include: Identifying […]
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Last year’s stay-at-home mandates, plus a need to limit the spread of COVID-19, caused many health care facilities to cancel in-person visits and procedures. The result? Telehealth visits — seeing a health care professional by phone or video conference rather than going into their office — increased by leaps and bounds.
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LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Long Beach200 S Pine AvenueLong Beach, CA 90802 December 4 is National Sock Day! Did you know socks are one of the most requested, but least donated items at shelters? Please bring a pair (or more) of new socks to the symposium, and we will donate them to a local charity for ...
REMEMBER, RECHARGE, and RECONNECT “Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.” -Thomas Monson What health care workers experienced over the last two years will be talked about for generations to come. We suffered professional and personal losses, pushed ourselves beyond our limits, and learned more than we ever expected. Fortunately, […]