Emergency Management Flashcards
What are the 4 phases of emergency management
mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery
This assessment identifies potential hazards, threats, and adverse events, and assesses their impact on the care, treatment, and services they provide for patients. It is designed to assist hospitals in gaining a realistic understanding of vulnerabilities.
HVA- Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
6 critical areas addressed in the HVA, Hazard Vulnerability analysis
Communications, Resources and assets, safety and security, staff responsibilities, utilities, patient clinical and support activities.
An unexpected or sudden event that significantly disrupts the organizations ability to provide care, or the environment of care itself, or that results in a sudden increased demand for services.
An emergency
A type of emergency that due to its complexity, scope, or duration, threatens and organizations capabilities and requires outside assistance to sustain patient care, safety, or security functions.
A Disaster
Who participates in the planning activities prior to developing an emergency operations plan?
hospital leaders, including medical staff
True of False, does the hospital have the flexibility to develop multiple HVA’s?
Yes, as remote sites may be significantly different from the main campus.
examples of what the hospitals HVA will communicate with community emergency response agencies
needs and vulnerabilities. This occurs at the hospital’s annual review of its emergency operations plan or whenever its needs change
What 2 things do hospitals together with its community partners do with potential emergencies identified in its HVA?
prioritizes and documents these priorities.
The hospital’s incident command structure is integrated into and consistent with…?
It’s communities command structure.
What might the hospital keep a documented inventory of in terms of resources and assets needed during an emergency?
PPE, water, fuel, medical surgical equipment, medication related resources, and assets.
A successful response effort relies on a comprehensive and flexible _____ ____ ___.
Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)
The hospital develops and maintains a written emergency operations plan that describes What?
the response procedures to follow when emergencies occur.
Name some examples of what may be in the response procedures of an EOP?
Maintaining or expanding services Conserving resources Curtailing services Supplementing resources from the outside closing the hospital to new patients staged evacuation total evacuation
The EOP identifies the hospitals capabilities and establishes response procedures for when the hospital cannot be supported by the local community to provide for resources, assets, staff, utilities, communications etc, for patient care for how many hours?
at least 96 hours
