Disaster Planning Drills and Readiness Assessment

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Disaster Planning Drills and Readiness Assessment

• Mary Massey, R.N., B.S.N.
• Disaster Coordinator
• Anaheim Memorial Medical Center
• Anaheim, CA

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DISASTER PLANNING DRILLS
Anaheim
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TYPES OF DRILLS

• Facility
• Net/County
• MMRS
• (Metropolitan Medical Response System)
• Statewide

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KEY LESSONS LEARNED

• Identify the objectives
• Bring all the players together
• Build the relationships

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BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

• Bring all the players together
• Bring the players together

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COMMUNITY-WIDE PLAN

• JCAHO Emergency Preparedness standard 1.6
• Section O alternate roles and responsibilities
  of personnel during emergencies, including who
  they report to within a command structure that is
  consistent with that used by the local community

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Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS)
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HEICS emergency management system unifies
hospitals with other emergency responders

• Chain of command
• Common terminology
• Flexible

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OTHER LESSONS LEARNED

• Mistakes are OK
• document the problems
• find a solution
• test it at the next drill

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STANDARDIZED FORMS

• Patient tracking forms
• HEICS job action sheets
• Standardized critique forms

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ECONOMICS

• HEICS website www.emsa.ca.gov
• HRSA funding
• MMRS funding
• Office of Domestic Preparedness classes
• Creativity and elbow grease

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TRAINING

• Having the best disaster drill ideas in the
  world wont work unless everyone knows the plan

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STANDARDIZED FORMS

• Patient tracking forms
• HEICS job action sheets
• Standardized critique forms