HOSPITAL EMERGENCY READINESS SOLUTION
Resources
Documents & Plans
Standards
Department of Homeland Security - Mar 2004
Product of Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-5.
Department of Homeland Security - Jan 2008
The NRF represents a true "national" framework in terms of both product and process.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA's ongoing resource typing initiative.
National Fire Protection Association - 2004
Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs 2004 Edition.
Canadian Standard Association
CSA's Emergency Preparedness and Response standard, CAN/CSA-Z731-03, provides advice on planning, administration, training, resource utilization, auditing, and other aspects of emergency preparedness and response.
Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)
List of the states that have passed intrastate agreements with links to their legislation, to be used as reference.
Federal Geographic data Committee
The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Homeland Security Working Group has been tasked to develop a standard set of symbols for use by the Emergency Management and First Responder communities at all levels of need (i.e. National, State, Local and Incident).
Reference Guides
California Emergency Medical Services Authority - Aug 2006
Excellent source for all aspects of implementing NIMS/ICS programs in health care settings.
VHA Center for Engineering & Occupational Safety and Health - Feb 2002
VHA 'all-hazards' approach to emergency management. Designed to address Joint Commission requirements.
Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management - Dec 2002
A Comprehensive Functional System Description for Mass Casualty Medical and Health Incident Management.
American Hospital Association
Full-service hospitals are vital to meeting the health care needs of the communities they serve by providing a wide range of acute care and diagnostic services, supporting public health needs, and offering a myriad of other community services to promote the health and well being of the community.
Capital Health Region - 2006-2007
The purpose of this document is to provide current best practice/evidence-based guidelines to assist staff in Continuing Care Centres with outbreak prevention, control, and management of respiratory or gastrointestinal infections that arise from the transmission of viruses.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Mar 2003
Strategies for Creating and Sustaining Community-wide Emergency Preparedness Systems
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - 2006
It is crucial that health care organizations understand what surge hospitals are and how they can plan for and establish them, including whom they should work with to do so.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Apr 2007
Surge Capacity for Terrorist Bombings - Challenges and Proposed Solutions
CNA Corporation - Aug 2004
A Management System for Integrating Medical and Health Resources During Large-Scale Emergencies
Reference Papers
Emerg Infect Dis. - 2007 Sep
Faced with an epidemic of an infectious disease, persons may take precautionary actions to try to reduce
their risk. Such actions include avoiding situations that persons perceive to be risky, which can have
negative health and economic effects.
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management - 2007
Emergency management is often evaluated and improved after the occurrence of a disaster, especially in the case of preparedness. This paper discusses the importance of logistics planning and operation as it relates to disaster preparedness.
Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine - Jul 2005
The purpose of this study was to assess the ability and willingness of HCWs in the NYC metropolitan region to report to work during different types of catastrophic events.
Center for Technology in Government - Jun 2004
Research into what organizations did in the midst of the World Trade Center crises and response provides valuable lessons for improving crisis response and emergency management and planning.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Apr 2004
Sufficient studies were available to suggest that hospital disaster drills were effective in training hospital staff to respond to an MCI.
ICS/NIMS Reference Documents
http://www.emsa.ca.gov
The most up to date resource for ICS in a hospital setting.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
all on-going NIMS implementation activities that have been prescribed by the NIMS Integration Center in FYs 2005 and 2006, as well as the seven new activities for States and territories and six new activities for tribes and local jurisdictions required in FY 2007.
Planning Guides
World Health Organization - Jul 2005
WHO Handbook and Field Guide
Capital Health - May 2005
Regional Emergency Coordination Plan for Capital Health in Alberta
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - Jul 2005
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Emergency Response Plan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Sep 2002
Logistical Considerations and Guidance for State and Local Planning for Emergency, Large-scale, Voluntary Administration of Smallpox Vaccine in Response to a Smallpox Outbreak.
Reference Libraries
Links to Journals, Books, and Reports produced by Faculty and Staff.