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