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Emergency
Management
Hurricane Readiness
Reopening
Shuttered Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity
(Includes Surge Tool Kit and Facility Checklist):
Identify former hospital facilities that
can help meet surge demand; tools and checklists
for ramp up, opening day, and ongoing operations.
Evaluation
of Hospital Disaster Drills: A Module-Based
Approach: Standardize evaluation of disaster
drills to identify areas for improvement
and track changes over time.
Altered
Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events:
Develop and plan to use altered standards
of care during a hurricane to save as many
lives as possible.
Mass
Medical Care with Scarce Resources:
A Community Planning Guide: Know the ethical
and legal considerations and issues related
to pre-hospital, hospital, alternative,
and palliative care when allocating scarce
resources during a hurricane.
Adapting Community Call Centers for Crisis
Support: Adapt existing community call
centers to allow callers to retrieve critical
information during a hurricane.
Nursing
Homes in Public Health Emergencies:
Learn about the potential roles and unique
needs of nursing homes; includes a special
section on Hurricane Katrina.
Locate facilities and resources during a
hurricane
Emergency
Preparedness Atlas: U.S. Nursing Home
and Hospital Facilities: Locate nursing
home and hospital facilities by bed and
staff size in each State.
Rocky
Mountain Regional Care Model for Bioterrorist
Events (Alternate Care Site Selection
Tool): Learn how to locate alternate care
sites to enhance surge response when local
hospitals are overwhelmed by hurricane casualties.
Emergency
Preparedness Resource Inventory: Track
resources needed to support emergency response
by location, type, amount available, and
possible delivery time.
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