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360 Degrees of Awareness

For Planning, Response and Recovery. 360 Degrees of Awareness. By: Carl Taylor. The ability of a healthcare system to rapidly expand beyond normal services to meet sudden or sustained increased demand for medical care. What is Surge Capacity?. Why plan for Surge?.

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360 Degrees of Awareness

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  1. For Planning, Response and Recovery 360 Degrees of Awareness By: Carl Taylor

  2. The ability of a healthcare system to rapidly expand beyond normal services to meet sudden or sustained increased demand for medical care. What is Surge Capacity?

  3. Why plan for Surge? The U.S. healthcare system, overall, is woefully unprepared to effectively handle large numbers of casualties caused by man made or natural disasters such as hurricanes or infectious disease outbreaks, and because IT happens.

  4. Surge Capacity: The ability to evaluate and care for a markedly increased volume of patients - one that challenges or exceeds normal operating capacity. Surge Capability: The ability to manage patients requiring unusual or very specialized medical evaluation and care, e.g., infectious disease or burn patients. Surge Capacity vs. Capability

  5. What key principle will guide our response? What do planners need to consider in developing a plan? What important issues must be addressed? What information, tools and models are available as resources? Overcoming Challenges and Meeting Our Goal

  6. We will work to maximize lives saved, which must include our staff and our patients Key Principle

  7. Surge conditions may last for months not just days Your other patients have needs also The usual scope of practice may not apply External events will impact internal response Planning For A Surge

  8. The time of day or month may matter Communication both internal and external may be challenged Physicians will have issues that need to be addressed Staff challenges will create the need for flexibility both during and after the event Planning Continued

  9. Some staff may not be yours Supplies and supply chain disruption may occur Transportation and Fuel issues are problematic Alternate facilities and COOP planning a new challenge Planning Continued

  10. Leadership at every level will matter Security of staff, patients and facility is paramount Cash and Financial Management may be more damaging to the facility than wind and water There is no one size fits all response- the nature of the event matters Planning Final

  11. Do we know our communities health? Can we communicate with public health and disaster leadership? Who is making the decisions during a disaster (and can we count on them)? When we need help where does it come from and do we know how to access it? Important Issues

  12. Two guiding points: Whatever you are doing for exercises JC notwithstanding you are inadequately prepared. For all of the plans the real issue is do you have situational awareness and can you see around corners? What Information, Tools and Resources Are Available

  13. Center for Strategic Health Innovation http://www.cshi.southalabama.edu Alabama Incident Management System (AIMS) https://www.al.aimslive.org AIMS Training Website http://www.training.aimslive.org

  14. Questions?

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