1. Spring 2019 Exercise Controller & Evaluator Training
WCMHPC ltc/snf
Spring 2019 Exercise Controller & Evaluator Training

2. The Basics… Date: May 22nd, 2019 Time: 13:00-16:00
Location: Personal Facilities
Scope of Exercise: Surge & Evacuation
The Basics…

3. Objectives… MNTrac Patient Tracking
Command Center
Bed Count Updates
Chat Feature
Patient Tracking
Surge
Evacuation
Test & Evaluate Facility Based Plans
Objectives…

4. MNTrac… https://mntrac.org/
Do you have staff that are trained to function in MNTrac
Attempt to log-in prior to exercise to test log-in functionality
Look around and make yourself comfortable
Chat (location)
Command Center (location)
MNTrac…

5. Shawn…insert patient tracking information here…

6. Facility Plans… Find your plans Do you have a specific plan
Surge
Evacuation
Are you & your staff familiar with your plans
Facility Plans…

7. Evacuation Facilities will practice urgent evacuation due to a Fire
Will utilize current census
Will move paper patients versus real patients
Will need to make arrangements for transportation
Invite your county emergency manager to participate
Invite your transportation partners to participate (either in person or virtually)
EMS, Medi-van, Bus company
Will need to track patients and staff during the evacuation
What tools do you have in place to track this?
Will need to evacuate to an alternate site (not another nursing home) using your Memorandums of Understanding already in place

8. Surge
Facilities will practice urgent surging up their current capacity
Will utilize current census
Will move paper patients versus real patients
Invite your county emergency manager to participate
Will discuss how to incorporate a surge of residents in a short amount of time.
Discuss how to exceed your current capacity
Include how to request additional staffing to cover the surge
Identify how to set up alternate areas within the facility that could take patients in an emergency and what the capacity of those areas are
Identify the resources that you have available and what is needed in order to surge
Discuss how many patients your facility realistically can surge to
Utilize MNTrac – Command Center to communicate with the coalition and fellow facilities

9. Preparation… May 22nd, 2019 13:00-13:15 Prepare your team
Share rough ideas
Log in to MNTrac
Confirm ability to log in
Begin exercise injects at 1315

10. Participation… 13:15-15:30 Respond to MNTrac Alerts
Share & work through injects with your team
Maintain patient tracking
Surge or evacuation of patients
Utilize & test your current plans for functionality
Surge & evacuation
Participation…

11. 15:30-16:00
Discuss the objectives and how well they were accomplished
MNTrac
Were you able to easily access
Was it functional for you
Were you able to share information that was relative & important
Plans & Policies
Were you able to utilize them without struggle
Were they adequate & functional
Patient Tracking
Were you able to track all of your patients that were moved (in or out)
Did you loose any patients
Wrap-up & hot wash…

12. Questions or concerns…