Disaster Planning Drills and Readiness Assessment Mary Massey, R.N., B.S.N. Disaster Coordinator Anaheim Memorial Medical Center Anaheim, CA.

Disaster Planning Drills and Readiness

Assessment

Mary Massey, R.N., B.S.N.Disaster CoordinatorAnaheim Memorial Medical CenterAnaheim, CA

DISASTER PLANNING DRILLS

Anaheim

TYPES OF DRILLS• Facility• Net/County• MMRS

(Metropolitan Medical Response System)

• Statewide

KEY LESSONS LEARNED

• Identify the objectives

• Bring all the players together

• Build the relationships

• Bring all the players together

• Bring the players together

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

COMMUNITY-WIDE PLAN

• JCAHO Emergency Preparedness standard 1.6Section 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

Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS)

B A S IC IN C ID E N T C O M M A N D S TR U C TU R E

L I A IS O N O FFIC E R IN FO R M A T IO N O FFIC E R

S A FE T Y /S E C U R I T Y O FFIC E R

FI N A N C E S E C T I O N P L A N N IN G S E C T IO N O P E R A T I O N S S E C T I O N L O G IS T I C S S E C T IO N

IN C I D E N T C O M M A N D E R

HEICS: emergency management system unifies hospitals with other emergency responders• Chain of command

• Common terminology

• Flexible

OTHER LESSONS LEARNED

• Mistakes are OK– document the

problems– find a solution– test it at the

next drill

STANDARDIZED FORMS

• Patient tracking forms

• HEICS job action sheets

• Standardized critique forms

ECONOMICS• HEICS website www.emsa.ca.gov

• HRSA funding• MMRS funding• Office of Domestic

Preparedness classes

• Creativity and elbow grease

TRAINING

Having the best disaster drill ideas in the world won’t work unless everyone knows the plan

STANDARDIZED FORMS

• Patient tracking forms

• HEICS job action sheets

• Standardized critique forms