Healthcare Emergency Management

Emergency Management Program

Healthcare Emergency Management

The Emergency Management Program (EMP) implements the mission, vision, goals and objectives of the organization as related to Emergency Management. The EMP utilizes organized analysis, planning, decision making and assignment of available resources to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from all hazards.

Other community partners need to be aware of the hospital's EMP and be involved in integrating the various other agency plans. Community planning cannot be accomplished by hospitals developing Emergency Management Programs in a vacuum, there are too many shared and common resources used by multiple hospitals and multiple community agencies to have effective plans without joint planning.

EMP / EOP Assistance for Hospitals

The California Hospital Association (CHA) makes a number of resources available for hospitals to develop and/or update their Emergency Management Programs and Emergency Operations Plans. CHA checklists for plans include Surge, Evacuation, Shelter in Place, EMP, and Mass Fatality Management.

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CHA Hospital Preparedness Coordinators (HPCs) throughout the state offer technical assistance to hospitals and have a variety of resources to recommend. A map of counties with HPC names and contact information is available from CHA.

Key Components of a Hospital Emergency Management Program (EMP)

Attached is an Emergency Management Program (EMP)/Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Checklist which provides guidance to hospitals on the components included in an EMP. This tool was developed by CHA’s Hospital Preparedness Program.