California hospitals are a critical element within the disaster
medical response system and work collaboratively with local
government, other health care providers and other agencies to
plan, prepare for and respond to the needs of victims of natural
or man-made disasters, bioterrorism, and other public health
emergencies. Hospital emergency preparedness is a priority for
government at all levels, as well as a key focus of regulatory
and accrediting agencies.
Learn how UCDH conducted an in-depth inventory of the current EM
program and used a focused self-assessment protocol to identify
and address gaps that can be easily applied to your hospital’s EM
Program. Hear how this collaboration opportunity with
stakeholders increased the success of the EM program, and what
The Joint Commission surveyors thought of these efforts.
Available tools for attendees include an updated Hazard
Vulnerability Analysis template and standards cheat sheet
spreadsheet.
Presenters:
Kristina Spurgeon, Emergency Manager,
UC Davis Health
Charles Schafer, Emergency Management
Coordinator, UC Davis Health
This presentation demonstrates how CHOC adapted to the barrage of
issues that were faced during COVID-19. The hospital command
center (HCC) implemented day care for staff families, outdoor
preprocedural drive-through testing, staff guidance and
information sharing through “Source of Truth” messaging and
two-way situational reporting amongst coalition peers.
Documenting all activities through a virtual HCC tool with over
6,000 activity log entries over 36 operational periods has proven
to be a best practice that made a daunting task manageable.
Presenters:
Christopher Riccardi, CHSP, CHEP,
Manager, Emergency Management & Business Continuity
Calvin Fakkema, Director of Support
Services, Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOC)
Kaiser Permanente embarked upon a journey to standardize
emergency response and research and deploy an incident response
tool which will allow the organization to communicate effectively
in an accurate and timely manner. Join us in a discussion to
review the research, development and implementation process
Kaiser has utilized to adopt and standardize a hospital incident
response system covering eight regions, 42 hospitals and a
national command center. The purpose of the discussion will be to
help others identify technology needs, potential questions,
issues and strategies.
Presenters:
Kimberly Galey, National EM
Consultant
Shakiara Kitchen, CHEP, CEM, Regional
Practice Specialist, Emergency Management, Kaiser Permanente
The AFN Guidebook is a tool hospital emergency managers can use
to broaden their understanding of diverse AFN communities while
empowering them to develop hospital policies and procedures, risk
assessments, and Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) capable of
meeting the complexities associated with serving the AFN
community during disasters.
Presenters:
Kevin Muszynski, Project Manager,
Support Services
Steve Storbakken, Director, Emergency
Preparedness & Environment of Care Compliance, Pomona Valley
Hospital Medical Center
L. Vance Taylor, Chief, Office of
Access and Functional Needs, California Governor’s Office of
Emergency Services
The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Pilot Program is
identifying opportunities to enhance partnerships between
military and civilian health care systems to improve
military-civilian interoperability and medical surge capabilities
and capacity to care for combat casualties repatriated to the
United States. This session will provide an overview of the pilot
program, activities completed to date, highlight medical surge
readiness and opportunities for improvement in the Sacramento
region based on stakeholder feedback. Attendees will leave with a
better understanding of opportunities and mechanisms to improve
medical surge readiness in California.
Presenter:
Kelly Anderson, Enterprise Emergency
Management, City of Hope
Disruption is now the norm, and hospitals must be prepared to
respond to multiple types of disasters – sometimes running
simultaneous responses or prolonged Incident Command Centers.
Learn from an emergency preparedness coordinator whose hospital
has opened HICSi 17 times in seven years, responding to a wide
variety of disasters. During this session, you’ll learn how to
engage staff and leaders in a meaningful way to build a living,
relevant EM program that has the strength to be flexible, adding
resilience to your team to emerge stronger after disasters.
Presenter:
Morgan Jarus, Emergency Preparedness
Coordinator, Sutter Lakeside Hospital
