At the end of this session participants will be familiar with PRCFCC:

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PRC/FCC Program Management

• At the end of this session participants will be
  familiar with PRC/FCC
• Organization
• Community Support
• Operations and Training
• Patient Reception Plans
• Bed Availability Reporting
• Communications Requirements
• Financial Management

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PRC/FCC Program Management
National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)

• Represent the Federal Government
• Authority to represent the PRC/FCC Director
• Link to Community and all Emergency Response
  Organizations

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PRC/FCC Program Management
Incident Command System (ICS)
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PRC/FCC Program Management
Community Support!

• Bread and Butter
• Steering Committee
• Numerous Local Emergency Management Working
  Groups to attend
• Volunteer Agencies and Military Reserve Units
• Empower agencies that want to Lead and provide
  resources

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PRC/FCC Program Management
Hospital Enrollment and Support

• State Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
• Colorado Springs OEM
• El Paso County OEM
• Pueblo OEM
• Grand Junction OEM
• Colorado Department of Public Health and
• Environment (CDPHE)
• Jefferson County Incident Management Team
• (IMT)
• National Medical Response Team
• (NMRT)
• American Medical Response (AMR)
• Defense Coordinating Element (DCE)
• FEMA Region VIII
• NDMS FEMA Region VIII
• HHS Region VIII
• Colorado National Guard

• USNORTHCOM
• Evans Army Community Hospital (EACH)
• USA MEDDAC EOC
• Denver NDMS Hospitals
• Colorado Springs NDMS Hospitals
• Pueblo NDMS Hospitals
• Grand Junction NDMS Hospital
• Butts Army Airfield
• Colorado Salvation Army
• American Red Cross (Pikes Peak)
• Fort Carson Warrior Transition Battalion
• Fort Carson Transportation Motor Pool (TMP)
• Colorado Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES)
• Civil Air Patrol (CAP)
• Colorado Behavioral Health

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PRC/FCC Program Management
Coordinate Patient Reception Operations

• Activation Notice Full or Partial
• Ensure all Essential Personnel are Alerted
• Local ESF 8 HHS will assist
• Utilize current PRC/FCC OPLAN Concept
• Deploy Patient Reception Team

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PRC/FCC Program Management
Patient Reception and Movement Concept
Patient Reception - Notification
Hospital Status Bed Availability
Re-Evaluate Capabilities (continue mission)
Triage
IMT-IC
PRC/FCCNDMS HOSP Reps
Air Coordinator Ground - Coordinator
Bulk Movement
Status Report from Hospitals
Federal Representative State Representative
(CO OEM)
Situational Report
PRC/FCC PRT Compile Cumulative Patient Report
Sixty Minutes
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PRC/FCC Program Management
Training and Exercise Opportunities

• Practice and Develop Operations Plan - OPLAN
• Practice and Develop Operations Orders OPORD
• Annual Requirement
• Utilize local airfields, hangars and support
  facilities
• On-Line Education and Schoolhouse Courses

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(UNCLASSIFIED) Exercise Purposes Only
Exercise Sketch - Sample
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Exercise Hangar Sketch - Sample
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PRC/FCC Program Management
Patient Reception Plans

• Each PRA plan should address
• Concept of Operations
• System Activation
• Alerting of Participating
• Hospitals
• Patient Reception
• Patient Administration
• Communications

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PRC/FCC Program Management
Patient Reception Plans (cont)

• Each PRA plan should address
• Transportation
• Personnel Administration
• Test (Exercise) and
• Evaluation
• Public Relations and
• Media Information

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PRC/FCC Program Management
Bed Availability Reporting

• PRC/FCC Coordinator responsibilities
• Provide training to PRC/NDMS member hospitals
• Standard definitions available beds,
• categories, throughput, etc.
• Local bed reporting system
• Provide the GPMRC with primary/
• alternate points of contact
• Participate in planned and ad-hoc local bed
  reporting exercises

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PRC/FCC Program Management
Bed Availability Reporting

• PRC/FCC Coordinator responsibilities (cont.)
• Alert PRC/NDMS member hospitals when PRA
  activation is imminent or has occurred
• Receive bed-reporting instructions from GPMRC
  through Service or VA channels, as appropriate
• Report PRA bed availability totals to the GPMRC
  in accordance with instructions

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PRC/FCC Program Management
Facilitating Communications
"What we've got here is a failure to
communicate."

Cool Hand Luke, 1967
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PRC/FCC Program Management
Facilitating Communications

• Obstacles
• The lack of interoperable systems
• Inadequate or outdated equipment
• Poorly trained personnel and staff
  retention
• The absence of effective command
• and control procedures
• Variance in PRC/FCC capacity
• Poor collaboration and coordination within and
  across response organizations

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The PRC/FCC Coordinator is responsible for
PRC/FCC Program Management
Facilitating Communications

• Planning,
• Testing, and
• Coordinating
  communications
• Procedures,
• Processes, and
• Equipment

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Planning
PRC/FCC Program Management
Facilitating Communications

• Identify primary/alternate means of communication
• Detailed contact list
• Normal operating hours
• After regular working hours

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Contact list should include
PRC/FCC Program Management
Facilitating Communications

• Internal PRC/FCC contacts
• Appropriate headquarters elements/agencies
• GPMRC
• Local authorities and agencies
• Patient reception site authorities
• Patient reception teams
• Patient transport agencies
• All participating NDMS hospitals
• Others as required

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PRC/FCC Program Management
Financial Management

• PRC/FCC Coordinators assist in developing budgets
  and coordinating fiscal information to support
• Training
• Equipment
• Exercises
• Operations
• Pre-Activation Expenses
• Activation Expenses

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PRC/FCC Program Management

• Today, we have discussed PRC/FCC
• Organization
• Community Support
• Operations and Training
• Patient Reception Plans
• Bed Availability Reporting
• Communications Requirements
• Financial Management

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PRC/FCC Program Management

• Questions?

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PRC/FCC Program Management