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Great Shakeout Exercise: UCLA Hospital System Disaster Preparedness Drill

Join the critical earthquake exercise on October 20, 2011, to enhance readiness for natural disasters. Review potential impacts, participate in specific drills, and prepare departmental responses to ensure safety and minimize harm. Learn key emergency protocols and reinforce preparedness.

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Great Shakeout Exercise: UCLA Hospital System Disaster Preparedness Drill

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  1. Great Shakeout Exercise –October 20, 2011

  2. Exercise Background • Part of our yearly emergency/disaster exercise schedule • Earthquake is rated as the number 1 naturally occurring hazard by: • UCLA Hospital System • Los Angeles City and Santa Monica • Los Angeles County • Significant fault systems in the state of California • Shakeout is in its 3rd year and expected to generate over 8 million participants

  3. Earthquake Review • Not if, but when… • May create significant numbers of injuries/deaths in the community including psychological trauma • May impact physical resources of community and medical centers • Structural damage • Utilities including water, electricity, sewers, natural gas • Communication • Transportation

  4. Exercise Specifics • 10:20AM and 8:20PM – Overhead announcements to asking all faculty, staff, volunteers, students, and visitors to drop, cover, and hold • All units/departments: • to complete and submit a Unit Disaster Assessment Form (via Command Aware or paper form) • to complete an “Envelope Exercise” • Each Area will receive an envelope with instructions and questions to answer/activities to complete: • “What is the location of your area’s disaster binder?” • “Print one form from the forms portal that you would use in an IT downtime situation.”

  5. Additional Daytime Activities10:20AM to 1:30PM • RR Emergency Department & Admissions/Registration: • Simulated patients (moulaged volunteers) will be triaged and registered in the ED – will not progress further • Labor Pool: • HR will practice credentialing mock volunteer practitioners • Internal volunteers will be reassigned to alternate positions and will receive just in time training • Disaster Cache Activation: • Materials Management will coordinate distribution of Medical/surgical Supplies • Surge Trailer activation will occur and positioned (deployment after main exercise)

  6. Additional Activities10:20AM to 1:30PM • Command Center Activation: • Security will practice command center set up • Pre-defined Incident Management Team members will respond and develop an initial incident briefing/incident objectives and incident action plan for the next operational period • Communication: • Test of department head page group and incident management team callback activation • Debriefing • 1:30 to 2:00PM in Tamkin Auditorium (B130)

  7. Preparing for the Exercise • Messages to review in huddles: • Drop, cover, and hold • Locations and Contents of Disaster/Emergency Response Manual (Red Binder), Disaster Kit, Downtime Binder, Emergency Management Website • Locations of ELS and Disaster Phones, Evacuation Stairwells • What is a Code Triage / staff responsibilities • Checking area for objects/furniture that could fall in an earthquake • Assessing the area after an earthquake / submitting a Unit Disaster Assessment Report (including logging into CommandAware) • Specific Departmental Responsibilities following an Earthquake • Reinforce personal/home preparedness

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