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Hospital Preparedness Program Information Sharing Webinars |
The Florida Department of Health's Information-Sharing Webinars focus on new information, experiences, and best practices between Florida's health care system partners. This webpage contains information on upcoming webinars as well as recordings, slides, and supporting documents from past department's information sharing series. Past topics include fatality management and Ham radio operators. |
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FEMA Emergency Management Institute - List of Independent Study Courses |
FEMA Emergency Management Institute Independent Study Program - list of courses. |
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Discussion Based Tabletop Exercise: Design Template and Documentation |
This resource is a guide for use in designing and facilitating a tabletop exercise, as well as providing a tool for documenting the performance and findings during the exercise.
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Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference Materials - 2016 |
This is a link to the website of the Governor's Hurricane Conference (Florida). Presentation slides and in some cases, session recordings, are available for downloading. Various sessions will be of interest to long term care providers.
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Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers - National Resource List |
CDC provides funding for 14 Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers (PERLCs) across the U.S. These centers provide training to state, local, and tribal public health authorities within self-defined service areas and meet partners' unique workforce development needs in the area of public health preparedness and response; specialized training, education, and consultation. This CDC webpage provides links to each center. Many PERLCs have resources for long term care facilities. |
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Video: Healthcare Active Shooter Training Video |
This healthcare active shooter training video was produced by the MESH Coalition, a non-profit, public-private healthcare preparedness coalition located in Marion County, Indiana (Indianapolis). The video setting is a hospital. |
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Video: Don't Sweat It - Preparing for Disasters in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities |
This video was developed to be an educational tool for staff training on emergency preparedness specific to long-term care facilities. The scenario follows staff as they deal with a major storm that causes a week-long power outage. The video covers topics including preparedness, sheltering in place, and evacuation. Source: Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, through grant funding provided by the Office of Assistant Secretary For Preparedness and Response (ASPR). |
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Online Lesson: Long Term Care Facilities Emergency Preparedness Plans |
This 2 hour online course reviews the reasons for planning in long-term care facilities and who should be involved. The course explains the all-hazards model of emergency management planning, and the critical issues involved in preparedness planning. The Center for Public Health Preparedness offers e-learning on healthcare preparedness topics and other resources. |
Planning and Response |
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NHICS: Nursing Home Incident Command System |
This resource, updated in 2017 by the California Association of Healthcare Facilities, provides a guide and extensive supporting documents and tools associated with the Nursing Home Incident Command System (NHICS), which can be used by facilities regardless of size or resident care capabilities, to assist with emergency planning and response efforts for all hazards. |
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Help Your Employees Be Prepared - Personal Preparedness |
This is a link to the USA.gov page with many resources to help staff of LTC centers be more personally prepared when a disaster hits. Use these resources, plus tools from the American Red Cross, to help your staff be prepared. |
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Webinar Recording - Continuity of Operations and Business Continuity Planning for Long Term Care Facilities |
This 45-minute webinar recording on Continuity of Operations Planning for Long Term Care is available on the website of the California Association of Health Facilities. |
Planning and Response |
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Disaster Preparedness Program Resources - California Association of Health Facilities |
This is a link to the website of the California Association of Health Facilities Disaster Preparedness Program, established in September 2006, with the help of the California Department of Public Health Services (CDPH) and with funding through the Federal Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP). The CAHF-DPP website provides information and tools to assist long-term care facilities determine effective and efficient ways for disaster planning and integration into their Emergency Management Program, where appropriate. The site offers updated information and tools compliant with the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule (implementation date Nov 15, 2017).
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Planning and Response |
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ESRD National Coordinating Center for Kidney Community Emergency Response |
This is a link to the Kidney Community Response page on the website of the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) National Coordinating Center. There are many valuable tools on this site for professionals as well as patients. |
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Continuity of Operations Planning for Healthcare Organizations - Training PowerPoint |
This is a PowerPoint presentation used in COOP training conducted by the Northeast Florida Healthcare Coalition on February 24, 2015, "Continuity of Operations Planning for Healthcare Organizations." |
Planning and Response |
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TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) |
TRACIE is the acronym for the Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange, a website established June 2015 by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HSS), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR). TRACIE was created to meet the information and technical assistance needs of regional ASPR staff, healthcare coalitions, healthcare entities, healthcare providers, emergency managers, public health practitioners, and others working in disaster medicine, healthcare system preparedness, and public health emergency preparedness. TRACIE includes resources and information for all public health preparedness partners. |
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