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Title: Susanna Shaw Manager Environmental Safety


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Susanna ShawManager Environmental Safety
Employee Health
CAERDisaster Preparedness PresentationFebruary
28, 2007
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Emergency Management
  • JCAHO Defines Emergency Management to Include 4
    Phases of a Disaster
  • Mitigation
  • Preparedness
  • Response
  • Recovery

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Mitigation
  • Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA)
  • Naturally Occurring Events
  • Technological Events
  • Human Hazards
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Prioritization of Disaster Preparedness Efforts
    Resources, Staff Education, Community.

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Mitigation
  • Also includes everyday operations such as
  • Seismic bracing of equipment over 60 in height.
  • Chaining and securing medical gas cylinders.
  • Storing hazardous chemicals in designated
    flammable cabinets.

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Preparedness
  • Regulatory Requirements JCAHO, DHS
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Emergency Management Manuals in all of the
    departments that include
  • Earthquake plan
  • Fire plan
  • Decontamination Plan
  • Currently working on a Pandemic Plan with the
    County Public Health and Emergency Medical
    Services.
  • County Surge Capacity Consultant

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Preparedness
  • Equipment and Supplies
  • Hospitals are required to be self-sufficient for
    72 hours.
  • Cottage Health System maintains EMERGENCY
    supplies on site to be sufficient for 72 hours.
  • For example, at SBCH we have 60,000 gallons of
    water (recommendations call for 1.5 gallons per
    person per day)
  • Food to feed patients and staff for almost 4 days
  • Emergency generator power with diesel on site to
    last more than 3 days
  • 2 mass casualty shelter tents with cots, etc.

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Preparedness
  • Equipment and Supplies (cont.)
  • Grants
  • Trauma Center Grant from State EMS.
  • HRSA Funds.

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Preparedness
  • Access to Services and Additional Supplies
    Memorandums of Understanding
  • Improving Coordination with External Agencies
  • 8 Hour OSHA Decontamination trainings
  • 2007 Conversion to HICS. Will conduct
    trainings with Administration, Management,
    Medical Staff Officers, and Disaster Coordinators
    to be NIMS Compliant.

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Response
  • All hazards approach to disaster planning. Same
    Plan Different Enemy
  • Hospital Emergency Incident Command System
    (HEICS) See SBCH Org Chart as an example.
  • Note, this will change to HICS in 2007.

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Your Companys Emergency Response Team Structure
Call List
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Exercising Response Plan
  • Disaster Drills are conducted twice a year at all
    three hospitals.
  • Drills help us identify weaknesses in our
    emergency management plans and correct them.
  • The emergency preparedness exercises also give
    staff time to practice skills and learn more
    about CHSs emergency response procedures.

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GVCH Disaster Drill Photos
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GVCH Disaster Drill Photos
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Recovery
  • Reimbursements HEICS includes forms established
    in alignment with government reimbursement
    assistance.
  • Data Entry This is for the catch up of
    patients entered into the electronic medical
    record system in the event of power failure and
    utilization of down time procedures.

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What Can You Do? Be Prepared at Home!!!
  • Have a Grab n Go Bag for each person in the
    house. Recommended items
  • Flashlights, batteries, light sticks
  • Portable radio and batteries, paper and pencil
  • Toilet articles (comb, toothbrush, toothpaste,
    soap, washcloth, towel, shampoo, tissue, toilet
    paper)
  • Keys (house and car), Money (coins and bills)
  • Medications, glasses, contact lenses solutions
  • Comfortable clothing, hat, blanket, tent
  • Emergency phone list, people to notify out of
    state
  • Drinking water and food (granola bars, trail mix,
    peanut butter)
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