Emergency Management Principles and Practices for Healthcare Systems

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Emergency Management Principles and Practices for
Healthcare Systems
Awareness Level
2
Course Objectives

• Describe the concepts and principles that support
  comprehensive emergency management (CEM)
  programs.
• Identify various industry standards and
  government regulations and explain how they can
  be incorporated in a CEM program.
• Explain how a CEM program can be developed
  through a nine-step process.

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Primary Reference

• Emergency Management Principles and Practices for
  Healthcare Systems, The Institute for Crisis,
  Disaster and Risk Management (ICDRM) at the
  George Washington University (GWU) for the
  Veterans Health Administration, Department of
  Veterans Affairs (VA), Washington, DC, June,
  2006. Available at www.va.gov/emshg

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Agenda

• Tight!
• 11 short presentations
• Discussion questions
• Sample templates
• Final question and answer session

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The Faculty

• Connie Boatright, RN, MSN
• Pete Brewster
• Ron Burger
• Anthony Macintyre, MD
• Joanne McGlown, RN, PhD
• John Lindsay
• Ann Potter, RN
• Mitch Saruwatari

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Attendee Backgrounds

• Health System
• Outpatient clinic
• Hospital
• Public health
• Government
• Local
• State
• Federal
• University
• Other?

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Questions ?