Kaiser Permanente has developed a Hazard
Vulnerability Analysis tool and
instruction sheet. This resource is available as a planning
tool only; if sharing publicly, please credit Kaiser Permanente.
This tool is not intended for commercial use.
This checklist is intended to be used as one of several tools to
assist in preparation for Seasonal Influenza and Pandemic.
The tool contains recommendations which are general in nature
with a purpose of prompting review and action. Public health is
the lead agency during these events, and every effort should be
made to remain up-to-date with rapidly changing local, state, and
federal guidance and regulations.
To help members plan for and respond to the financial impacts
impacts of disasters, the California Hospital Association has
prepared this guide outlining considerations for hospitals as
they develop a financial preparedness and response plan.
The guide provides an outline of financial challenges hospitals
face in preparing for disasters while providing hospitals and
healthcare organizations with insights and recommendations on how
to enhance their financial resilience in the face of disasters.
This resource also provides an overview of the various aspects of
disaster preparedness and response from a financial standpoint,
including the costs associated with planning, infrastructure,
staffing, and resource allocation.
It also provides hospitals with strategies and best practices to
mitigate financial risks, optimize resource management, and
strengthen their ability to maintain operations and provide
essential healthcare services during emergencies.
Hospitals facing a sudden rise in emergency department patients
may find it necessary to establish a surge tent for triage
purposes.
The California Department of Public Health (CDPHi) issued guidance
to assist hospitals in preparing for tent utilization which
delineates requirements for obtaining written authorization for
tent deployment. It outlines key considerations for planning,
setting up, and operating surge tents to expand healthcare
capacity during times of increased patient demand.
Additionally, the California Hospital Association has published a
memo addressing the use of surge tents in hospitals. These
resources can aid in streamlining the approval process for
hospitals deploying surge tents.
This “Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Tool Kit” provides
detailed resource materials to assist in effectively managing and
communicating during an emergency or crisis. The Tool Kit
is specifically designed to support writing and implementing a
crisis communication plan. A crisis communication plan
clearly defines your goals, objectives and actions. It
provides specific guidelines and instructions for communicating
during emergencies.
In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting, the
Hospital Code Silver Activation Active Shooter Planning Checklist
was released. The checklist supports hospital efforts to
review and develop active shooter response plans. The tool was
developed with key advisement from agencies including FEMA, the
Department of Homeland Security and the International Association
for Healthcare Security and Safety.
This tool was was developed by the CHA Hospital
Preparedness Program to assist hospitals in development,
implementation and evaluation of their exercises.
Individual exercises are part of an Exercise and Evaluation Cycle
under the hospital’s Emergency Management Program. These
exercises may be isolated within the hospital, or part of a
larger community, or even statewide, exercise such as the
California Statewide Medical Health Exercise. It is the
intent of the checklist to provide an overview, guidance and
resources for hospitals which allows a more coordinated effort
and can be tailored to the facility.
This tool is designed to assist hospitals in the development of
an Incident Action Plan (IAP) for each Operational Period. The
IAP is a process which uses a combination of Hospital Incident
Command System (HICSi) Forms; it is minimally comprised of HICS
201 Incident Briefing, HICS 202 Incident Objectives, HICS 203
Organization Assignment List, HICS 204 Branch Assignment List,
and HICS 215A Incident Action Safety Analysis.
Attached is an updated tool for hospitals, Hospital Repopulation after Evacuation Guidelines and
Checklist. The purpose of the document is to identify
hospital operational and safety best practices, as well as
regulatory agency requirements, which must be considered when
repopulating after full or partial evacuation of general acute
care hospital inpatient building(s) (GACHB). The association
sought consultation from a number of State agencies prior to
publishing this document.
The toolkit was developed to provide guidance to hospitals
in planning for and documenting emergency food supplies as
mandated by regulatory requirements. These resources
were developed for use by hospital Food Services directors
and/or hospital dietitians. Hospital Emergency planners should
also review and become familiar with these documents for joint
planning purposes.
Users should first print the following attachments prior
to viewing the video presentation:
* The Emergency Food Calculation Tool is fully
functional as posted, and no passwords are required to use the
form. However, if users attempt data entry within a (blue)
calculation cell, a password required message will
appear. These cells are purposefully locked to prevent users from
overriding the formulas that drive the tool. Users should only
enter values into pink cells. Blue cells cannot be edited.
Developed by the CHA Hospital Preparedness
Program and is intended to be used as one of several tools to
assist in preparation for H1N1/Seasonal Influenza.
There is no one standard format for an Emergency Management
Program (EMP). The Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) is one
component of the EMP. This tool provides guidance for hospitals
regarding the components included in an EMP.
This checklist provides guidance in the development or update of
a hospital evacuation plan containing detailed information,
instructions, and procedures that can be engaged in any emergency
situation necessitating either full or partial hospital
evacuation, as well as sheltering in place.
The expectation will be that staff may need to accompany patients
and work in staging areas, in local government Alternative Care
Sites (ACS) and/or at receiving facilities, subject to receiving
proper emergency credentials. Drills, training and reviews must
be conducted to ensure that staff have a working knowledge of the
plan and to ensure that the plan is workable.
The hospital evacuation plan should be consistent with federal
NIMS and The Joint Commission requirements.
Attached is the Shelter-In-Place (SIP) Planning Checklist
developed by CHA. The tool includes a decision-making algorithm
for SIP and evacuation activation.
The Checklist and decision tree may be used to assist hospitals
with developing, reviewing or updating their plans. Updated
hospital evacuation plans and shelter in place protocols that
document a hospital’s critical decision making processes are a
Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Year 7 requirement.
The document was developed as a tool to help hospitals ensure
that elements listed have been addressed in their plans,
policies and procedures.
The “Reference” column is to allow each hospital to note where in
their documentation each item is addressed. The decision tree is
to allow you to consider the critical decision making factors.
This is a Tool for the hospital, and is not for submission to the
County.
It is important to note that there are a number of situations or
events that may require or lead a hospital to decide to shelter
in place and, therefore, to plan in advance for those situations.
Please also note that your plan should include what happens to
those “locked out” when you are “locked down” (identify a
sheltering site(s) outside of locked-down facilities). Also note
that SIP differs depending on the type of event.
Coordination of the facility mass fatality plan with
county/region mass fatality planning must occur to provide better
community response. Education, training and exercises must be
conducted to ensure that staff have a working knowledge of the
plan and to ensure that the plan is workable. The hospital mass
fatality plan should be consistent with state and local
regulations, National Incident Management System and The Joint
Commission requirements.
This tool is designed to assist hospitals in evaluating and
enhancing their surge capacity planning efforts. It provides a
comprehensive list of key components of surge planning, including
staffing, space, supplies, communication, patient care, quality,
training, and exercises.
The checklist helps hospitals assess their readiness to manage
increased patient volumes during emergencies or disasters and
identify areas for improvement in surge response capabilities.