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Coordinating Regional Healthcare Emergency Preparedness: Creating the Northern Virginia Hospital Alliance (NVHA). Public Health Emergency Preparedness Summit Washington, DC. Dan Hanfling, MD February 21, 2007. Northern Virginia Emergency Response Coalition. Academic Affiliations GMU/SPP
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Coordinating Regional Healthcare Emergency Preparedness: Creating the Northern Virginia Hospital Alliance (NVHA) Public Health Emergency Preparedness Summit Washington, DC Dan Hanfling, MD February 21, 2007
Northern Virginia Emergency Response Coalition • Academic Affiliations • GMU/SPP • VCU • GWU/ICDRM • JHU/CBDS • Poison Control • Liaison with Local, State • and Federal Government • MWCOG • VDH/CDC • HHS • DHS/FEMA Local Public Health Department NVERC (NVEMSC) NVHA Fire/EMS Local Law Enforcement Medical Community Local Emergency Management
Northern Virginia Hospital Alliance Created Oct 15, 2002 13 hospitals in 8 counties in Northern Virginia 2.2 million lives Pentagon, CIA, Dulles and National airports, Metro system State identified NVHA as regional hospital preparedness coordinating group, Nov 7, 2003
NoVA Disaster Region Jurisdictions: Alexandria City Arlington County Caroline County Fairfax County Fairfax City Falls Church City Fauquier County Fredericksburg City King George County Loudoun County Manassas City Manassas Park City Prince William County Spotsylvania County Stafford County NoVA Disaster Region Hospitals: DeWitt Army Community Hospital Fauquier Hospital HCA Emergency Services Center Inova Alexandria Hospital Inova ECC– Fairfax Inova ECC – Healthplex Inova ECC – Cornwall Inova ECC – Reston Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Inova Fairfax Hospital Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Inova Loudoun Hospital Center Mary Washington Hospital Potomac Hospital Prince William Hospital Reston Hospital Center Virginia Hospital Center
Situational Awareness Provides the ability to make choices about expected volume of patients which allows medical decision makers to consider issues related to the change in standards of care Responses to Surge in Demand for Care: Estimate the Demand in order toCalibrate the Supply Increase Supply (Improve Distribution) Change the Model
Pentagon Victim Disposition Patients Received 44 23 0 6 3 3 13 10 4 106 Treated/Released 26 4 1* [transfer] 6 2* 3 5 7 3 57 Facility VHC-Arl IAH IFH (Trauma) NV Comm IECC-Sp GWU WHC Arl Urgent Rader Clin Totals Admitted 18* [2 to WHC] 19 n/a n/a n/a n/a 8* 3* [2 to VHC, 1 to WRMC] 1* [1 to VHC] 49 Arlington County After-Action Report on the Response to the September 11 Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon, Annex B, Page B-15, 2001.
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Richmond Commonwealth of Virginia Maryland Norfolk Roanoke SYSCOMM State EOC Fairfax UVA Childrens HMARS Regional Hospital Coordinating Center NVHA RHCC DC Northern Virginia
Dan Hanfling, MDDirector, Emergency Management and Disaster MedicineInova Health SystemAssociate Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, George Washington UniversityAdjunct Distinguished Senior Fellow, School of Public Policy, George Mason University