1. Disaster Planning Drills and Readiness Assessment Mary Massey, R.N., B.S.N. Disaster Coordinator Anaheim Memorial Medical Center Anaheim, CA

2. DISASTER PLANNING DRILLS Anaheim

3. TYPES OF DRILLS Facility Net/County MMRS (Metropolitan Medical Response System) Statewide

4. KEY LESSONS LEARNED Identify the objectives Bring all the players together Build the relationships

5. Bring all the players together Bring the players together BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

6. COMMUNITY-WIDE PLAN JCAHO Emergency Preparedness standard 1.6 Section O: alternate roles and responsibilities of personnel during emergencies, including who they report to within a command structure that is consistent with that used by the local community

7. Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS)

8. HEICS: emergency management system unifies hospitals with other emergency responders Chain of command Common terminology Flexible

9. OTHER LESSONS LEARNED Mistakes are OK –document the problems –find a solution –test it at the next drill

10. STANDARDIZED FORMS Patient tracking forms HEICS job action sheets Standardized critique forms

11. ECONOMICS HEICS website www.emsa.ca.gov HRSA funding MMRS funding Office of Domestic Preparedness classes Creativity and elbow grease

12. TRAINING Having the best disaster drill ideas in the world won’t work unless everyone knows the plan

13. STANDARDIZED FORMS Patient tracking forms HEICS job action sheets Standardized critique forms