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Catastrophic Planning |
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The information is this
section focuses on providing guidance and tools to hospitals to respond to
any natural or man-made incident, including terrorism that results in a
number of ill or injured persons sufficient to overwhelm the capabilities of
immediate local and regional emergency response and health care systems |
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CDC Emergency Water Supply Planning Guide This document provides
valuable information and guidance for emergency plans related ot critical
water usage in a health care facility that could be impacted by a water
outtage. |
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Center for Biosecurity Preparedness Report - January 2010 The Next
Challenge in Healthcare Preparedness: Catastrophic Health Event |
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Center for Biosecurity - Hospital Preparedness Evaluation Report - 2009 |
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Discharge Planning |
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The links in this section
provide plans, procedures, and guidance to assist hospital personnel in
planning for the discharge of patients to help them continue improving
outside of a clinical setting. |
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AHRQ (Agency for Hospital Research and Quality) Review of Boston Medical
Center re-engineered discharge project.
Florida Department of Health Discharge Planning |
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Florida Department of Health Hospital Emergency Evacuation Toolkit (Reviewed May 2011) - This toolkit is intended
to support Florida's acute care hospitals' all-hazard preparedness
activities. The document provides a guide for the development of an
effective evacuation plan. It builds upon lessons learned from Hurricane
Katrina as well as the evacuations from Florida Hospitals over the past
decade. |
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New York City Rapid Patient Discharge Tool |
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Hospital Surge |
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The purpose of this section
is to provide guidance to assist hospitals to increase their medical surge
capacity and capability. By increasing surge capacity and capability,
hospitals can be better prepared to respond to a catastrophic event and
triage and treat an increased number of victims. (See Medical Surge for
additional information below) |
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - Reopening Shuttered
Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity - Report, Toolkit, and Facility
Checklist. |
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New York City Surge Capacity toolkit |
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Santa Clara County Hospital Surge Capacity Tool Kit |
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Mass Casualty |
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The following links provide
hospitals with resources that include elements of mitigation, preparedness,
response, and recovery. They take into consideration such factors as the
appropriateness and adequacy of physical facilities, organizational
structures, human resources, and communication systems. |
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Insert HPP MCI Document |
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Alaska's Draft Mass Casualty Plan (Sample) |
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Association For Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.,
Center for the Study of Bioterrorism & Emerging Infections - Mass Casualty
Checklist |
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(CDC) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Mass Casualty Event and
Response |
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Medical Surge Resources |
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The following links provide
planning documents, checklists, and general guidance for hospitals when they
need to prepare for major emergencies or disasters involving human
casualties. Such events will severely challenge the ability of healthcare
systems to adequately care for large numbers of patients (surge capacity)
and/or victims with unusual or highly specialized medical needs (surge
capability). (See Hospital Surge for additional information) |
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FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Medical Surge Target Capability |
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GAO
Report on emergency preparedness for medical surge |
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HSEEP Medical Surge Exercise Evaluation Guide |
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US Department of Health and Human Services and ASPR Medical Surge Capacity
Handbook |
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Mutual Aid, Coalitions,
and Other Partnerships |
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Information is this section
includes sample mutual aid and other agreements for shared resources,
guidance, and other tools to assist hospitals develop and implement
partnerships and collaborations for community medical surge capacity and
capability. |
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California Hospital Association - Model Hospital Mutual Aid MOU
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Includes link to American Hospital Association MOU model and others |
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CDC sample mutual aid agreement |
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CDC Public Health Law Program Mutual Aid Agreements |
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Facilitating Hospital Emergency Preparedness Introduction of a Model
Memorandum of Understanding |
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Hospital Disaster Mutual Aid Overview
- Information and additional resources demonstrate the potential offered by
mutual aid agreements and provide examples that can be adapted to improve
your hospital's mutual aid agreements. |
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Polk County Hospitals Memorandum of Understanding for Mutual Aid |
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Public Health Law Association Resources and Samples |
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Public Health Seattle and King County and the King County Healthcare
Coalition - Regional Medical and Evacuation and Patient Tracking Mutual Aid
Plan |
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Michigan Department of Community Health Mutual Aid Issue Brief |
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State of Wyoming Sample Mutual Aid Agreement Template |
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Pediatric Preparedness
Resources |
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Hospital Disaster Plans need
to incorporate the unique and specific vulnerabilities of children during a
public health or mass casualty incident. Planning for the pediatric
population needs to be integrated into all aspects and stages of disaster
planning. Links in this section provide information and resources to assist
hospitals in improving pediatric emergency care and meeting the needs of
this population during a disaster. |
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AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Pediatric Hospital Surge
Capacity in Public Health Emergencies |
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AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Pediatric Terrorism and
Disaster Preparedness - A Resource for Pediatricians, prepared by the
American Academy of Pediatrics. |
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American Academy of Pediatrics Disaster Preparedness
- Provides a variety of reports and resources including a policy statement
on "Care of Children in the Emergency Department." |
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Emergency Medical Services for Children National Resource Center
Publications and Resources - A comprehensive searchable data base of
publications, toolboxes and other resources. Insert "Disaster" in the search
box for a variety of information. |
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Florida
Department of Health Emergency Medical Services for Children in Florida
- Contains links to guidance, information, products, and educational tools. |
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National Center for Disaster Preparedness Pediatric Preparedness for
Disasters and Terrorism - Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia
University. |
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National Child Traumatic Stress Network - Established to improve access
to care, treatment, and services for traumatized children and adolescents
exposed to traumatic events. Natural disasters and terrorism are highlighted
trauma types for information and resources. |
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New York City Pediatric Preparedness - The New York City Pediatric
Preparedness Focus Area webpage contains numerous resources including a
"Hospital Guidelines for Pediatrics Preparedness" publication and a
pediatric table top exercise toolkit. |
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